Pycnococcaceae

Pycnococcaceae is a family of green algae in the order Pseudoscourfieldiales.^[1] The defining features of this family include the single invagination of the pyrenoid where the mitochondrial membrane fits into it ^[2] and the "decapore" - a ring of 10 pores through the thick cell wall.^[3]

Pycnococcaceae
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Pyramimonadophyceae
Order:	Pseudoscourfieldiales
Family:	Pycnococcaceae R.R.L.Guillard
Genera
Crassosphaera Pseudoscourfieldia Pycnococcus