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Is a Volvox unicellular or multicellular?
Multicellularity in the Volvocine Algae In a way, Volvox exhibits a relatively streamlined type of multicellularity. It possesses just two cell types, and these cells are not organized into tissues or organs.
What are Volvox cells?
Volvox is a spherical multicellular green alga, which contains many small biflagellate somatic cells and a few large, non-motile reproductive cells called gonidia, and swims with a characteristic rolling motion. Most studies of Volvox reported in the last 30 years have used those strains of V.
Do volvox have cells?
Volvox form spherical or oval hollow colonies that contain some 500 to 60,000 cells embedded in a gelatinous wall and that are often just visible with the naked eye. Volvox colonies move through their environment by the coordinated movements of their cells’ flagella.
Is Volvox a phytoplankton or zooplankton?
Vibrio cholerae is responsible for a large number of waterborne outbreaks (Alam et al., 2006) and has been detected both in the planktonic state and also attached to both abiotic and biotic surfaces that have included zooplankton (e.g. amoebae), phytoplankton (e.g. Volvox) and cyanobacteria.
What is the phylum of Volvox?
Green algae
Globe algae/Phylum
What phylum is Volvox?
Chlorophyta
| Volvox | |
|---|---|
| Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Volvocaceae |
Is Volvox a zooplankton?
Is Volvox a unicellular algae?
Volvox and its relatives live in freshwater ponds all over the world. Some of the species are unicellular, while others live in colonies of up to 50,000 cells. Many of the colonial algae species are visible to the eye and appear to be little green spheres rolling through the water.