Eudorina | |
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Eudorina elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: | Volvocaceae |
Genus: | Eudorina Ehrenberg |
Species | |
Eudorina is a paraphyletic genus in the volvocine green algae clade.[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]