surface view
Description:
Volvox (vol-vox) is the iconic colonial volvocid - motile green alga. In this case hundred of cells are embedded in a sphere of common mucus. Each individual cell is tiny, linked to others by fine threads of cytoplasm, has two flagella, and a cup-shaped chloroplast - a bit like a Chlamydomonas cell. There are a number of related genera which form colonies using mucus as a common matrix, but they differ in the numbers of cells involved, how tightly packed they are, and the shape of the colony. This picture is a detail of the surface showing the chloroplasts within individual cells and showing the links among cells. Differential interference contrast.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Chlorophyta (chlorophytes)
- Chlorophyceae
- Chlamydomonadales
- Volvocaceae (volvox family)
- Volvox (Globe Algae)
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