Cryptophytes

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Cryptophytes are microscopic unicellular algae that occur in freshwater and marine habitats. It is a small (200 species) but ecologically important primary producer in deep waters. Like Euglenoids, Cryptophyceae appear to have originated from symbiosis of heterotrophic host and red algae. They consist of single cell flagellates of 2 unequal lengths.