Trichocyst

Trichocyst

Research domain

Taxonomy
Predation

Taxonomic markers

Parvilucifera
Dinophyceae
Syndiniales

Definition

A cytoplasmic ejectile organelle; a minute structure that emerges through pores in the theca of armoured dinoflagellates and related lineages that releases filamentous or fibrillar threads when discharged. 

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