#genus_Volvox__Volvox  type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis
  supertype:  #protoctist_genus  any genus of Protoctista
  member of:  #family_Volvocaceae__Volvocaceae  unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates
     member of:  #order_Volvocales__Volvocales  chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial
        member of:  #class_Chlorophyceae__Chlorophyceae  algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
           member of:  #division_Chlorophyta__Chlorophyta  large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
              member of:  #kingdom_Protoctista__Protoctista  in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals

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