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Phylum of unicellular flagellates which botanists treat as a separate division, Cryptophyta, but which zoologists treat as the flagellate order Cryptomonadida. Some photosynthetic species form commensal relationships with marine corals to their mutual benefit.

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Cryptomonad - Information from Wikipedia on this small group of flagellates, most of which have chloroplasts. The Mystery of the Foam on the Sea Shore - Article by Wim van Egmond on the microscopic alga Phaeocystis, which forms part of the phytoplankton and is believed to be the cause of foam on the sea.

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