Chlorophyceae
Eudorina
Volvocaceae family
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Play: Eudorina is considered an AUXOTROPH.
Fact: Volvocales can form colonies known as a gonium (4-32 cells) or a volvox (>500 cells).
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Eudorina is a genus of colonial green algae, specifically of the Volvocaceae.[1] Eudorina colonies consist of 16, 32 or 64 individual cells grouped together. Each individual cell contains flagella which allow the colony to move as a whole when the individual cells beat their flagella together. Description by GM Smith (1920, p 95):[2] Eudorina Ehrenberg […] read more