Volvocida

[väl′väs·əd·ə]

(invertebrate zoology)

An order of the protozoan class Phytamastigophorea; individuals are grass-green or colorless, have one, two, four, or eight flagella, and thick cell walls of cellulose.

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The flagellate community was represented by 106 taxa, belonging to 8 Orders: Chromulinales (6 taxa), Crypto mo nadida (5 taxa), Euglenida (71 taxa), Gymnodiniales (5 taxa), Kinetoplastea (8 taxa), Peridiniales (2 taxa), Synurales (2 taxa), Volvocida (6 taxa) and 1 residual taxa.

Longitudinal variation of attributes from flagellate protozoan community in tropical streams/ Variacao longitudinal dos atributos da comunidade de protozoarios flagelados de riachos tropicais

The community of flagellate protozoa was represented by 120 taxa (Table 1 and Figure 2), belonging to 10 orders and one residual group: Choanoflagellida (1 taxa), Chromulinales (6 taxa), Cryptomonadida (8 taxa), Euglenida (81 taxa), Gymnodiniales (3 taxa), Kinetoplastea (4 taxa), Peridiniales (5 taxa), Synurales (3 taxa), Volvocida (6 taxa) and three residual taxa.

Composicao e riqueza de especies de protozoarios flagelados de ambientes associados ao rio Baia (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil): influencia do periodo hidrologico e da conectividade

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