Cryptochrysis
| Cryptochrysis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Division: | Cryptophyta |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Cryptomonadales |
| Family: | Cryptochrysidaceae Pascher, 1911 |
| Genus: | Cryptochrysis Pascher, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Cryptochrysis commutata Pascher, 1911 | |
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Cryptochrysis is a formerly recognized genus of cryptomonads first proposed by Adolf Pascher 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, along with Rhodomonas, Chroomonas, and Cyanomonas. In 1967, R.W. Butcher relegated the group to a subgenus within Chroomonas.
It is now regarded as paraphyletic, with its species now various reassigned into Pyrenomonas, Rhinomonas and Cryptomonas.