Species: Cell body spherical in shape, gelatinous matrix clearly separated from each other;
colony consisting of 500-8000 cells; cytoplasmic connections absent.
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V. aureus Ehrenberg: 1000-1500 cells; with cytoplasmic connections (Kudo, 1966). Cell body ovoid in sphape, gelatinous matrix fused with each other; colony consisting of 1000-4000 cells with 1-3 thin cytoplasmic connections.
* V. carteri: Cell body spherical in shape, gelatinous matrix clearly separated from each other; colony consisting of 500-8000 cells without cytoplasmic connections.
V. globactor Linnaeus: 5000-15,000 cells with cytoplasmic connections (Kudo, 1966). Cell body star-shaped, or amoeboid in shape, gelatinous matrix clearly separated from each other; colony consisting of 8000-17000 cells with a thick cytoplasmic connection.