Chlorophyceae:
Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocida: Volvocina: Volvocidae
Pandorina morum
(Müller) Bory, 1824
Species: Cells 8-17 μm;
colony 20-50 μm to 250 μm;
16 cells as a tight sphere within clear matrix
(How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Colony barrel-shaped, 8- or 16-celled; cells wedge-shaped; chloroplast longitudinally striated;
colony 20-42 μm across, 60 μm
long; cells 8-17 μm diam. (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Sexual reproduction by isogamy
(An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
Sexual reproduction by iso- or anisogamy
(Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).
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Pandorina morum (Müller) Bory,
colony 40 μm long, 35 μm wide,
x 640, Oh-asoh (very close to Ara-kawa), Kumagaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 29, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Pandorina morum (Müller) Bory, stock Skmo-4, axenic culture with KCM & Hyponex (April 21 to May 21, 2004),
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Oh-asoh (very close to Ara-kawa), Kumagaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 29, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Pandorina, stock Skmo-4, axenic culture with KCM & Hyponex (April 21 to May 21, 2004),
juvenile colony 56 μm long, 45 μm wide,
x 640, Oh-asoh (very close to Ara-kawa), Kumagaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 29, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Mature colony 80 μm in diam., cell body 66 μm in diam., x 640
Daughter colonies, x 640
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