Prymnesium
Sign in to savePrymnesium is a genus of haptophytes, including the species Prymnesium parvum. The genus is a unicellular motile alga. It is ellipsoidal in shape one flagellum is straight and there are two longer ones which enable movement.
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GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumHaptophyta
- ClassPrymnesiophyceae
- OrderPrymnesiales
- FamilyPrymnesiaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Prymnesium is a genus of haptophytes, including the species Prymnesium parvum. The genus is a unicellular motile alga. It is ellipsoidal in shape one flagellum is straight and there are two longer ones which enable movement.
The name Latinizes the Greek ' ‘cable (for mooring)’, from ' ‘stern’, from '' ‘hindmost’.
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