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Cryptophyta (Noun)

Meaning

A phylum in the kingdom Protoctista.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Examples

  • The Cryptophyta phylum is composed primarily of flagellate unicells with an ovoid body shape.
  • They are grouped in the Kingdom Protoctista due to the absence of a common morphological feature uniting all of them, primarily the Cryptophyta.
  • Each cell of the members of the Cryptophyta phylum has a combination of characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell.
  • Cryptophyta is typically characterized by possession of two flagella, identical in length and identical in form at right angles to each other.
  • In phylogenetic analysis, the members of the Cryptophyta often fell together as sister group to the alveolate lineage within the large group of chromalveolate organisms

Synonyms

  • Phylum Cryptophyta
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