What is "peridinin"

n. A light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

Peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment associated with chlorophyll and found in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates, best studied in Amphidinium carterae.