Superphylum Heterokonta Class Pelagophyceae Family Pelagomonadaceae | Phylum Ochrophyta Order Pelagomonadales Genus Pelagomonas | |
Pelagomonas calceolata is a species of heterokonts. It is an ultra-planktonic marine alga.
Description
It is uniflagellate, about 1.5 × 3 μm in size. Microtubular roots, striated roots and a second basal body are absent. A thin organic theca surrounds most of the cell. There is a single chloroplast with a girdle lamella and a single, dense mitochondrion with tubular cristae. A single Golgi body with swelled cisternae lies beneath the flagellum, and each cell has an ejectile organelle that putatively releases a cylindrical structure. A vacuole, or cluster of vacuoles, contains the putative carbohydrate storage product.
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