Cryptochrysis is a formerly recognized genus of

cryptomonads The cryptomonads (or cryptophytes) are a group of algae, most of which have plastids. They are common in freshwater, and also occur in marine and brackish habitats. Each cell is around 10–50 μm in size and flattened in shape, with an anterio ...

first proposed by

Adolf Pascher Adolf Alois Pascher (31 May 1881 – 7 May 1945) was a Bohemian botanist and phycologist, notable for his descriptions of several new genera of algae, protists, and vascular plants. Biography Born in Stožec, Pascher was the son of a teacher, a ...

in 1911. He initially treated it as the sole genus in family ''Cryptochrysidaceae'', but later treated it as a member of the ''Cryptochrysideae'' subfamily of

Cryptomonadaceae Cryptomonadaceae is a family of Cryptophyta in the order Cryptomonadales Cryptomonadales is an Order (biology), order of Cryptomonad, Cryptophyta containing the families Cryptomonadaceae and Hilleaceae. References Cryptomonads Bikont ord ...

, along with

Rhodomonas ''Rhodomonas'' is a genus of cryptomonads. It is characterized by its red colour, the square-shaped plates of its inner periplast, its short furrow ending in a gullet, and a distinctly shaped chloroplast closely associated with its nucleomorph. Hi ...

Chroomonas ''Chroomonas'' is a genus of cryptophytes first described by Anton Hansgirg. It includes the species '' Chroomonas elegans'', '' Chroomonas placoidea'', '' Chroomonas baltica'', '' Chroomonas guttula'' and ''Chroomonas vectensis ''Chroomonas ...

, and Cyanomonas. In 1967, R.W. Butcher relegated the group to a subgenus within

. It is now regarded as paraphyletic, with its species now various reassigned into Pyrenomonas and

Rhinomonas ''Rhinomonas'' is a genus of cryptophytes. It includes the species ''Rhinomonas pauca''. References Cryptomonad genera {{Cryptomonad-stub ...

since 1988.

Species

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q23070358 Cryptomonad genera