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Name derivation:
Classification:
Polykrikos Bütschli 1873; 10 of 15 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2017).
Morphology:
Biflagellate unicell with ‘harpoon’and cingulum that wraps at least six times around the cell.
Similar genera:
Habitat:
Marine plankton
References:
Bütschli, O. 1873. Einiger über Infusorien. Archiv für Mikroscopie und Anatomie 9: 657-678, plates XXV, XXVI. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 February 2013.