Cryptochrysis is a formerly recognized genus of

cryptomonads 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 ...

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, ...

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 of Cryptophyta The cryptomonads (or cryptophytes) are a Class (biology), superclass of algae, most of which have chloroplast, plastids. Th ...

, 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 A chloroplast () is a type of memb ...

Chroomonas ''Chroomonas'' is a genus of cryptophytes first described by Anton Hansgirg. It includes the species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can ...

, 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 ''Pyrenomonas'' is a genus of cryptomonad.Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Pyr ...

'', ''

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

'' and ''

Cryptomonas ''Cryptomonas'' is the name-giving genus of the Cryptomonads established by German biologist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in 1831. The algae are common in freshwater habitats and brackish water worldwide and often form blooms in greater depths o ...

''.

Species

* '' Cryptochrysis amoeboidea'' Pascher 1917 * '' Cryptochrysis atlantica'' Lackey 1940 * '' Cryptochrysis carinata'' Czosnowski 1948 * ''Cryptochrysis commutata'' Pascher 1911 : '' Cryptomonas commutata'' * ''Chroomonas (Cryptochrysis) fragarioides'' : ''

Rhinomonas fragarioides ''Rhinomonas'' is a genus of cryptophyte 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. T ...

'' * ''Cryptochrysis fulva'' Butcher 1952 : ''

Rhinomonas fulva ''Rhinomonas fulva'' is a phytoplanktonic species of 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 th ...

'' * '' Cryptochrysis gigas'' Pascher 1917 * ''Cryptochrysis lateralis'' Butcher 1952 : ''

Rhinomonas lateralis ''Rhinomonas lateralis'' is a species of 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 Cr ...

'' * '' Cryptochrysis magna'' Kufferath 1942 * '' Cryptochrysis minor'' Nygaard 1950 * '' Cryptochrysis minutissima'' * '' Cryptochrysis ovalis'' Petersen & Hansen 1961 * '' Cryptochrysis pochmannii'' Huber-Pestalozzi 1950 * '' Cryptochrysis polychrysis'' Pascher 1913 * '' Cryptochrysis rubens'' * '' Cryptochrysis virescens''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q23070358 Cryptista genera