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    NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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    Volvox

    Genus

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumChlorophyta
    5. ClassChlorophyceae
    6. OrderChlamydomonadales
    7. FamilyVolvocaceae
    8. GenusVolvox
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    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

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