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Cryptophyte vs Mastigoneme - What's the difference?

cryptophyte | mastigoneme |

As nouns the difference between cryptophyte and mastigoneme

is that cryptophyte is (biology) any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water while mastigoneme is one of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.

cryptophyte

English

Noun

(wikipedia cryptophyte) (en noun)
  • (biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water
  • (biology) A cryptomonad

    • mastigoneme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia mastigoneme)
  • One of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.