About: Volvulina

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Volvulina is a genus of colonial green algae in the family Volvocaceae. The colony (coenobium) is broadly ellipsoidal or spherical and consists of a fixed number of cells, usually 16 in mature individuals (rarely 4, 8 or 32). The cells are located at periphery of the coenobium and separated from each other by being embedded in a swollen sack. The cell body is lens-shaped or half spherical when mature with two flagella. The chloroplast is dish- or bowl-shaped. Pyrenoids may be present or absent, the stigma large. The nucleus is centrally located and there may be 4 to 8 contractile vacuoles. Sexual reproduction is by isogamy.

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  • Volvulina is a genus of colonial green algae in the family Volvocaceae. The colony (coenobium) is broadly ellipsoidal or spherical and consists of a fixed number of cells, usually 16 in mature individuals (rarely 4, 8 or 32). The cells are located at periphery of the coenobium and separated from each other by being embedded in a swollen sack. The cell body is lens-shaped or half spherical when mature with two flagella. The chloroplast is dish- or bowl-shaped. Pyrenoids may be present or absent, the stigma large. The nucleus is centrally located and there may be 4 to 8 contractile vacuoles. Sexual reproduction is by isogamy. (en)
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  • Playfair (en)
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  • Volvulina steinii (en)
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  • * Volvulina boldii * Volvulina compacta * Volvulina pringsheimii * Volvulina steinii (en)
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  • Species (en)
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  • Volvulina (en)
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  • Volvulina is a genus of colonial green algae in the family Volvocaceae. The colony (coenobium) is broadly ellipsoidal or spherical and consists of a fixed number of cells, usually 16 in mature individuals (rarely 4, 8 or 32). The cells are located at periphery of the coenobium and separated from each other by being embedded in a swollen sack. The cell body is lens-shaped or half spherical when mature with two flagella. The chloroplast is dish- or bowl-shaped. Pyrenoids may be present or absent, the stigma large. The nucleus is centrally located and there may be 4 to 8 contractile vacuoles. Sexual reproduction is by isogamy. (en)
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  • Volvulina (en)
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