Eudorina

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Eudorina

Eudorina elegans

Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Viridiplantae
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Volvocaceae
Genus:	Eudorina

Species

E. cylindrica
E. elegans
E. illinoisensis
E. minodii
E. sp.
E. sp. Chile-3
E. sp. China-6
E. sp. Hono
E. sp. Laos
E. sp. Seekonk
E. sp. Suz
E. sp. Thai
E. unicocca

In taxonomy, Eudorina is a genus of algae, specifically of the Volvocaceae.^[1] Eudorina is a colonial green algae consisting of 32 individual cells grouped together. Each individual cell contains flagella which allow the colony to move as a whole when the individual cells beat their flagella together.

1 References
2 Further reading
- 2.1 Scientific journals
3 External links
- 3.1 Scientific references
- 3.2 Scientific databases

[edit] References

^ See the NCBI webpage on Eudorina. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Scientific journals

Nozaki H, Onishi K, Morita E (2002). "Differences in pyrenoid morphology are correlated with differences in the rbcL genes of members of the Chloromonas lineage (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae)". J Mol Evol. 55: 414–430. PMID 12355262.