Pelagomonas
| Pelagomonas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Dictyochophyceae |
| Order: | Pelagomonadales |
| Family: | Pelagomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Pelagomonas R.A.Andersen & G.W.Saunders |
| Species: | P. calceolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.W.Saunders | |
Pelagomonas is a genus of heterokont algae. It is a monotypic genus and includes a single species, Pelagomonas calceolata which is a unicellular flagellate organism, an ubiquitous constituent of marine picoplankton. It is an ultra-planktonic marine alga.