Cryptophyceae

plural noun

Cryp·to·phy·ce·ae | \ ˌkriptəˈfīsēˌē, -fis-\

Definition of Cryptophyceae

: a class of motile usually brownish green algae that are sometimes included among the Pyrrophyta and that have asymmetrical compressed cells enclosed in a firm periplast and with the two slightly unequal flagella inserted laterally or terminally

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