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Komma caudata

species of alga

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ6428382 ↗
Source-derived summary

Komma caudata is a cryptomonad, and the only described species in the genus Komma, although four or five more species may exist. Its cells are 4.5–5.5 μm wide by 7–10 μm long and bear two unequal flagella.

Editorial summary

“Komma caudata” enters the record as species of alga. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Komma, caudata and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current 37-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Komma, caudata and species.
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“Komma caudata” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Komma, caudata and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6428382. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Komma caudata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.