WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Volvocales

AphiaID

18526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:18526)

Classification

Authority

Oltmanns, 1904

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Chlorophyceae

Synonymised names

Protococcales · unaccepted

Volvocida · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (1)

Ordering

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By status

Children Display

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Family Dangeardinellaceae Ettl, 1958

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Volvocales. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=18526 on 2025-10-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2008-10-22 09:06:10Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]