Definition of Genus Volvox

1. Noun. Type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis.

Exact synonyms: Volvox
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Family Volvocaceae, Volvocaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Volvox

genus Vigna
genus Viminaria
genus Vinca
genus Vincetoxicum
genus Viola
genus Vipera
genus Vireo
genus Virgilia
genus Viscum
genus Vitis
genus Vittaria
genus Viverra
genus Viverricula
genus Volvaria
genus Volvariella
genus Volvox (current term)
genus Vorticella
genus Vulpes
genus Vultur
genus Weigela
genus Welwitchia
genus Welwitschia
genus Wintera
genus Wisteria
genus Wolffia
genus Wolffiella
genus Woodsia
genus Woodwardia
genus Wyethia
genus Wynnea

Literary usage of Genus Volvox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"... drawn by him in its changes of shape, is really a species of Astasia—a genus not known by name in Müller's day. Müller assigned to a genus "Volvox" the ..."

2. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"The series finds its culmination in the genus Volvox, the species of which show considerable range in size and complexity. The number of cells in the mass ..."

3. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"genus Volvox. Colonies of many cells in a sphere. Species globator (a ball). Class 3. Infusoria. Type: Paramecium caudatum. Locomotor organs, cilia ..."

4. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"The best-known and most beautiful example of this family is the genus Volvox (PI. 7. fig. 24), consisting when mature of a spherical membranous sac, ..."

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