''Pyrenomonas'' is a genus of
cryptomonad.
[Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Pyrenomonas Santore, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106288 on 2018-08-12 ]
''Pyrenomonas salina'', the type species, was characterized in 1984
but has since been renamed to ''
Rhodomonas salina
''Rhodomonas'' is a genus of cryptomonads. It is characterized by its red colour, the square-shaped plates of its inner periplast, its short furrow ending in a gullet, and a distinctly shaped chloroplast closely associated with its nucleomorph. H ...
''.
Therefore, making the genus ''Pyrenomonas'' a synonym of ''
Rhodomonas''.
References
Cryptomonad genera
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