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Volvox is a motile colonial green alga. It is a hollow sphere with small vegetative cells arranged on the surface. Each individual cell has two whip-like projections know as flagella.

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What colonial algae is studied today?

Volvox


What category would the volvox be classified as?

algae


What protist group do volvox belong to?

Volvox belong to the phylum Chlorophyta. An easy way to find this information would be to search volvox on a search engine website, such as google.com or bing.com.


What is is a volvox made of?

green algae made of chlorophyll


Green algae sometimes grows in colonies as?

volvox


What is an example of colonial organism?

example of colonial organisms red algae blue algae green algae volvox


Is a volvox cell a plant cell?

Yes, it is a type of algae.


What type of organism is volvox?

Volvox is a type of green algae that forms spherical colonies. It consists of many individual cells that are interconnected and work together to form a multicellular organism.


Is algae unicellular or multicellular?

Depending up on its form an alga may be unicellular like Chlamydomonas to multi-cellular like Volvox. More higher forms of algae are filamentous and even branched.


What family does volvox belong?

Volvox is an algae, of the Order Volvocales, and the Family Volvocacea. One of the plants first identified by van Leeuwenhoek.


What is vovlox?

Do you mean Volvox, which is a genus of chlorophytes, a type of green algae


What is the scientific name of volvox?

The scientific name of Volvox is Volvox carteri. Volvox is a genus of green algae that forms spherical colonies. Each colony is made up of numerous individual cells that work together in a coordinated manner, exhibiting characteristics of both multicellular and unicellular organisms.