Green Algae, Volvox, Lm
by Hermann Eisenbeiss
Title
Green Algae, Volvox, Lm
Artist
Hermann Eisenbeiss
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Photograph - Photograph
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Volvox (Volvox sp.) is found in ponds and ditches. Up to 1000 single-celled green algae, each one with a tiny pair of whip-like tails, are linked together to form a hollow sphere. Inside this sphere you can see smaller daugther-colonies, which eventually come free when the original colony disintegrates. Volvox is more like a multicellular organism than a colony of single cells. It displays already the two essential features of a multicellular organism the cells become specialised and they cooperate. Magnification 60x at 5'x7'.
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July 7th, 2014
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