Chilomonas - Wikipedia
Chilomonas is a genus of cryptophytes, including the species Chilomonas paramecium. [2] Chilomonas is a protozoan (heterotroph). Chilomonas is golden brown and has two flagella.
Chilomonas - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Colorless species include Chilomonas (possess a reduced chloroplast without pigments, the leucoplast) and Goniomonas (lacks plastids and a nucleomorph). The nucleomorph, a vestigial nucleus originating from a secondary endosymbiosis event, is a distinctive structure located in the periplastidial compartment between the two outer and the two ...
Chilomonas | Microbus Microscope Educational Website
Chilomonas are small, from 20-40µm long. The mastigophora all have one thing in common. They have flagella or flagellum (hence, they as a group are sometimes called "flagellates"). These whip like extensions are composed of a complex arrangement of protein microtubules.
Chilomonas - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Chilomonas. Identification Numbers. TSN: 10610. Geography. Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Footer Menu - Employment. Careers & Internships; Contracting; Footer Menu - …
Chilomonas | algae genus | Britannica
Falcomonas. cryptomonad, (class Cryptophyceae), any of several genera of small biflagellate algae occurring in both fresh and salt water. Most cryptomonads contain pigments found elsewhere only in red algae and cyanobacteria. Some live harmlessly as zooxanthellae within other organisms.
Culturing Chilomonas | Flinn Scientific
Chilomonas are free-living, freshwater protozoans. They inhabit water littered with decaying plant matter like stagnant ponds, ditches or marshes. These protozoans are unable to photosynthesize because they lack chloroplasts, or chromatophores, which are pigment containing structures.
phycokey - Chilomonas - University of New Hampshire
Morphology: Biflagellate unicells. Asymmetric "tear-drop" with a slight bend at the basal end. Two subapically-inserted flagella. Colorless. Sack-like gullet lined with many rows of ejectisomes. More detail at Guiry and Guiry. Similar genera: Habitat: Freshwater including temporary lakes …
Chilomonas is a very minute infusorian, which commonly appears in great numbers in cultures containing decaying plant material. The body forms an elongated ovoid
Revision of the Genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a Combination …
Oct 1, 2003 · Campylomonas and Chilomonas are reduced to synonyms of Cryptomonas, the genus Cryptomonas is revised and typified, two new species are described and six species are emended.
Genus Chilomonas - iNaturalist
Chilomonas is a genus of cryptophytes, including the species Chilomonas paramecium. Chilomonas is a protozoa (heterotroph). Chilomonas is golden brown and has two flagella.