Volvox globator Linnaeus
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Chlorophyceae
Order Volvocales
Family Volvocaceae
Genus Volvox
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Anderson Lake, Washington, USA; 200x, DIC. 05 Jul 2009. Karl Bruun.
Anderson Lake, Washington, USA; 200x, DIC. 05 Jul 2009. Karl Bruun.
M.D. Guiry.
Publication details
Volvox globator Linnaeus 1758: 320
Original publication: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Vol. 1 pp. [i-iv], [1]-823. Stockholmiae [Stockholm].
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Volvox is Volvox aureus Ehrenberg.
Status of name
This is regarded as a current name.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Volvox globator Linnaeus)
Europe: Britain (Pentecost 2002), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).
North America: Michigan (Prescott 1961), Wisconsin (Prescott 1961).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Key references
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: vii + 276.
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.
Pentecost, A. (2002). Order Volvocales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 303-327. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 955 Volvox globator
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SAG Cultures
199.80 Volvox globator
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 6 samples identified as Volvox globator.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 01 November 2008 by M.D. Guiry
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