Chlorophyta: Chlorophyceae: Volvocales
Pandorina
Bory
Genus: Colony spherical; 8-16 cells of similar size, close together, mutually compressed;
2-layered gelatinous envelope; cells with 2 equal-length flagella;
2 contractile vacuoles anterior; nucleus central (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Pandorina, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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