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Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocida: Volvocina: Volvocidae

Volvox globactor
(Linnaeus, 1758) Ehrenberg
Linné 1758 (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983)
Linnaeus 1758 (John et al. eds. 2002)
Syns.: V. stellata Ehrenberg 1832, V. monoicus Cohn 1875

Volvox Species: 5000-15,000 cells with cytoplasmic connections (Kudo, 1966). Cell body star-shaped, or amoeboid in shape, gelatinous matrix clearly separated from each other; colony consisting of 8000-17000 cells with a thick cytoplasmic connection.

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Volvox globactor (Linnaeus, 1758) Ehrenberg, cell body amoeboid in shape with cytoplasmic connections, gelatinous matrix clearly separated from each other, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Japan, June 14, 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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V. aureus Ehrenberg: 1000-1500 cells; with cytoplasmic connections (Kudo, 1966). Cell body ovoid in sphape, gelatinous matrix fused with each other; colony consisting of 1000-4000 cells with 1-3 thin cytoplasmic connections.

V. carteri: Cell body spherical in shape, gelatinous matrix clearly separated from each other; colony consisting of 500-8000 cells without cytoplasmic connections.

* V. globactor Linnaeus: 5000-15,000 cells with cytoplasmic connections (Kudo, 1966). Cell body star-shaped, or amoeboid in shape, gelatinous matrix clearly separated from each other; colony consisting of 8000-17000 cells with a thick cytoplasmic connection.


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