CRYPTOPHYCEAE


Meaning of CRYPTOPHYCEAE in English

ˌkriptəˈfīsēˌē, -fis- noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + -phyceae

: a class of motile usually brownish green algae that are sometimes included among the Pyrrophyta and that have asymmetrical compressed cells enclosed in a firm periplast and with the two slightly unequal flagella inserted laterally or terminally

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