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    Volvox carteri

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    Source-identified Volvox carteri; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Volvox carteri · Photo courtesy of Aurora M. Nedelcu, from the Volvocales Information Project ( http://www.unbf.ca/vip/index.htm ). · CC BY 3.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumChlorophyta
    5. ClassChlorophyceae
    6. OrderChlamydomonadales
    7. FamilyVolvocaceae
    8. GenusVolvox
    9. SpeciesVolvox carteri
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Viridiplantae kingdom
    4. Chlorophyta phylum
    5. core chlorophytes clade
    6. Chlorophyceae class
    7. CS clade clade
    8. Chlamydomonadales order
    9. Volvocaceae family
    10. Volvox genus
    11. Volvox carteri species

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    No direct child records in this snapshot.

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    Source-identified Volvox carteri; Documentary organism photograph; source identification retained. Framed for display
    Species · Volvox

    Volvox carteri

    Volvox carteri

    Volvox carteri is a multicellular green alga whose spherical colonies divide work between motile somatic cells and larger reproductive cells. It is …