| NOUN | animal | Volvocales, order Volvocales | chiefly freshwater green algae |
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| Meaning | chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial. | |
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| Synonym | order Volvocales | |
| Member of | Chlorophyceae, class Chlorophyceae | algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments |
| Members | Chlamydomonadaceae, family Chlamydomonadaceae | green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome |
| Volvocaceae, family Volvocaceae | unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates | |
| Broader | protoctist order | The order of protoctists |
| Spanish | orden Volvocales, volvocales, Volvocales | |
| Catalan | volvocales, Volvocal, volvocals | |
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