#genus_Volvox__Volvox type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis
supertype: protoctist_genus any genus of Protoctista
member of: family_Volvocaceae__Volvocaceae unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates
member of: order_Volvocales__Volvocales chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial
member of: class_Chlorophyceae__Chlorophyceae algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
member of: division_Chlorophyta__Chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
member of: kingdom_Protoctista__Protoctista in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
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