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Volvox (Chlorophyceae)

Volvox sp.
Dark field lighting highlights many daughter colonies developing.
Modified from image at Goldstein Lad, Cambridge University

 

Volvox sp.
Modified from image at Exploratorium

 

Volvox sp.
Many daughter colonies nearly ready to depart from parent colony when a rift develops.
Modified from image at King Saud University

 

Volvox. sp.
Modified from an image posted at the University of Wisconsin, Madision WI USA

 

Volvox sp.
Modified from image posted at nifty.com

 

Volvox sp.
Fine connecting "plasmodesmata" connecting all cells into a network are evident.
Modified from image posted at nifty.com

 

Volvox aureus
Focus is on a daughter colony inside parent sphere
Modified from image 0473-3L at the National Institute of Environmental Science, Japan

 

Volvox aureus
Focus is on the parent colony cells and their interconnecting network
Modified from image 0473-1L at the National Institute of Environmental Science, Japan

 

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