Protocryptomonas mukdenensis is the type species of the genus Protocryptomonas. Described by Skvortsov in 1960, it lacks chloroplasts, as in other Protocryptomonas species. Instead, it has a single, large starch granule, half the cell's length and almost as wide as the cell itself.[1][2]
| Protocryptomonas mukdenensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Superclass: | Cryptomonada |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Cryptomonadales |
| Family: | Cryptomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Protocryptomonas |
| Species: | P. mukdenensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Protocryptomonas mukdenensis Skvortsov ex C.E.M.Bicudo 1989 | |
Aside from this, it shares other general characteristics of the genus, such as the contractile vacuole near the flagellar bases and the central nucleus. The primary flagellum is twice the cell's length, and the secondary flagellum is nearly the same length. It was found in a lake near Mukden (present-day Shenyang), and its distribution is inferred to be in Northeast China, Liaoning Province.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 Skvortsov, Boris Vassilievich (1960). "Algae Novae et Minus Cognitae Chinae Boreali-Orientalis 2. Flagellatae Prope Oppidum Mukden in Anno 1957 Collectarum". Bulletin of Botanical Research. 0 (1): 1–8.
- ↑ "Protocryptomonas mukdenensis Skvortsov ex C.E.M.Bicudo 1989". AlgaeBase. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
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