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.