''Cryptaulaxella elegans'' (previously known as ''Cryptaulax elegans'') is a species of

kinetoplastid Kinetoplastida (or Kinetoplastea, as a class) is a group of flagellated protists belonging to the phylum Euglenozoa, and characterised by the presence of a distinctive organelle called the kinetoplast (hence the name), a granule containing a lar ...

previously classified as a

cryptomonad The cryptomonads (or cryptophytes) are a superclass of algae, most of which have plastids. They are traditionally considered a division of algae among phycologists, under the name of Cryptophyta. They are common in freshwater, and also occur ...

. It was found in tropical marine sediments.

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''Cryptaulax elegans'' at Biolib.cz
Protists described in 1990 Euglenozoa species Kinetoplastids {{Excavata-stub