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Volvox is a polyphyletic genus in the volvocine green algae clade. [2] Each mature Volvox colony is composed of up to thousands of cells from two differentiated cell types: numerous flagellate somatic cells and a smaller number of germ cells lacking in soma that are embedded in the surface of a hollow sphere or coenobium containing an ...
Volvox carteri [1] is a species of colonial green algae in the order Volvocales. [2] The V. carteri life cycle includes a sexual phase and an asexual phase.V. carteri forms small spherical colonies, or coenobia, of 2000–6000 Chlamydomonas-type somatic cells and 12–16 large, potentially immortal reproductive cells called gonidia. [3]
Just offshore of the Florida Keys along the edge of the Florida Straits is the Florida Reef (also known as the Florida Reef Tract), separated from the keys by the Hawk Channel. The Florida Reef extends 170 miles (270 km) from Fowey Rocks just east of Soldier Key to just south of the Marquesas Keys.
Volvox globator is a species of green algae of the genus Volvox. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 work Systema Naturae. [1] In 1856 its sexuality was described by Ferdinand Cohn and is the same as Sphaeroplea annulina. [2] It is colonial flagellate found in freshwaters.
Map. Florida Keys Scenic Highway: 110 miles. One of Florida's two All-American roads, this scenic highway stretches across the islands of the Florida Keys, with plenty of panoramic and scenic ...
Mound Key Archaeological State Park is a Florida State Park, located in Estero Bay, near the mouth of the Estero River.One hundred and thirteen of the island's one hundred and twenty-five acres are managed by the park system.
Ballast Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States.It is the southernmost point of land in the contiguous United States.It was the last privately owned land within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge.
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