Gonium

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Gonium
Gonium pectorale
Gonium pectorale
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Volvocales
Family: Volvocaceae
Genus: Gonium
O. F. Muller, 1773
Species
  • Gonium multicoccum
  • Gonium octonarium
  • Gonium pectorale
  • Gonium quadratum
  • Gonium sacculiferum
  • Gonium sociale
  • Gonium viridistellatum
Gonium colony of 16 cells at nominal magnification of 450x.
Gonium colony of 16 cells at nominal magnification of 450x.

Gonium is a genus of colonial algae, a member of the order Volvocales. Typical colonies have 4 to 16 cells, all the same size, arranged in a flat plate, with no anterior-posterior differentiation. In a colony of 16 cells, four are in the center, and the other 12 are on the four sides, three each.

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