Volvulina Volvulina

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocida: Volvocina: Volvocidae

 Volvulina steinii
Nozaki 1989 (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000)
Playfair 1915 (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983; John et al. eds. 2002)

Volvulina Genus:
Species: Colony without gelatinous sheath; cells lack pyrenoids (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).
Similar genus -->> Eudorina;

Volvulina steinii, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Naruto town, Chiba Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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A colony undergoing cell division to form daughter colonies
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