Pyrenoid (compound)

Pyrenoid (compound)

Research domain

Taxonomy

Taxonomic markers

Dinophyceae

Definition

Described in Levanderina fissa (Dinophyceae). Centrally the cell contained numerous aggregated pyrenoids. They formed a compound pyrenoid system. The pyrenoids lacked penetrating thylakoid lamellae. See also coumpound chloroplast. 

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