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Komma caudata

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Class
  
Cryptophyceae

Family
  
Chroomonadaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Cryptophyta

Order
  
Pyrenomonadales

Scientific name
  
Komma caudata

Genus
  
Komma D. R. A. Hill, 1991

Similar
  
Goniomonas, Hemiselmis, Plagioselmis, Geminigeraceae, Chroomonas

Komma caudata is a cryptomonad, and the only described species in the genus Komma, although four or five more species may exist. Its cells are 4.5–5.5 μm wide by 7–10 μm long and bear two unequal flagella.

References

Komma caudata Wikipedia