Editing Volvox (section)

=== Species ===
''Volvox'' contains the following species, according to [[AlgaeBase]].<ref name=AlgaeBase/> In addition to these accepted species, there a number of dubious "species" described under the genus ''Volvox'' which are amoebae, and/or otherwise do not belong to the current definition of ''Volvox''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=On the life-history of a soil amoeba|last1=Wilson|first1=C.W.|journal=University of California Publications in Zoology|volume=16|issue=16|pages=241–292|date=1916}}</ref>

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'''''Volvox'' sect. ''Besseyosphaera'''''<ref name=Nozaki2015/>
*''[[Volvox gigas]]''
*''[[Volvox powersii]]''

'''''Volvox'' sect. ''Janetosphaera'''''<ref name=Nozaki2015/>
*''[[Volvox aureus]]''
*''[[Volvox pocockiae]]''

'''''Volvox'' sect. ''Merrillosphaera'''''<ref name=Nozaki2015/>
*''[[Volvox africanus]]''
*''[[Volvox carteri]]''
*''[[Volvox dissipatrix]]''
*''[[Volvox obversus]]''
*''[[Volvox ovalis]]''
*''[[Volvox reticuliferus]]''
*''[[Volvox spermatosphaera]]''
*''[[Volvox tertius]]''
*''[[Volvox zeikusii]]''<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/00318884.2018.1540238 |title=Morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of ''Volvox dissipatrix'' (Chlorophyceae) from Thailand, with a description of ''Volvox zeikusii'' sp. nov.'' |date=2019 |last1=Nozaki |first1=Hisayoshi |last2=Takusagawa |first2=Mari |last3=Matsuzaki |first3=Ryo |last4=Misumi |first4=Osami |last5=Mahakham |first5=Wuttipong |last6=Kawachi |first6=Masanobu |journal=Phycologia |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=192–199 |bibcode=2019Phyco..58..192N }}</ref><ref group=note>Closely related to ''V. dissipatrix''.</ref>

'''''Volvox'' sect. ''Volvox'''''<ref name=Nozaki2015/>
*''[[Volvox amboensis]]''
*''[[Volvox biwakoensis]]''<ref name=Nozaki2024>{{cite journal|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0310549|doi-access=free |title=Two species of the green algae ''Volvox'' sect. ''Volvox'' from the Japanese ancient lake, Lake Biwa |date=2024 |last1=Nozaki |first1=Hisayoshi |last2=Matsuzaki |first2=Ryo |last3=Shimotori |first3=Koichi |last4=Ueki |first4=Noriko |last5=Heman |first5=Wirawan |last6=Mahakham |first6=Wuttipong |last7=Yamaguchi |first7=Haruyo |last8=Tanabe |first8=Yuuhiko |last9=Kawachi |first9=Masanobu |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=9 |pages=e0310549 |pmid=39312548 |pmc=11419359 }}</ref>
*''[[Volvox barberi]]''
*''[[Volvox capensis]]''
*''[[Volvox ferrisii]]''
*''[[Volvox globator]]''
*''[[Volvox kirkiorum]]''
*''[[Volvox longispiniferus]]''<ref>{{cite journal|doi= 10.1371/journal.pone.0235622|doi-access= free|title= A new preferentially outcrossing monoicous species of ''Volvox'' sect. ''Volvox'' (Chlorophyta) from Thailand|date= 2020|last1= Nozaki|first1= Hisayoshi|last2= Mahakham|first2= Wuttipong|last3= Heman|first3= Wirawan|last4= Matsuzaki|first4= Ryo|last5= Kawachi|first5= Masanobu|journal= PLOS ONE|volume= 15|issue= 7|pages= e0235622|pmid= 32614898|pmc= 7332039|bibcode= 2020PLoSO..1535622N}}</ref>
*''[[Volvox merrillii]]''
*''[[Volvox perglobator]]''
*''[[Volvox prolificus]]''
*''[[Volvox rousseletii]]''
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*''[[Volvox fertilis]]''<ref>{{cite journal|title=On some freshwater algae from Egypt|last1=Nayal|first=A.A.|journal=Revue algologique|date=1934|volume=8|issue=3–4|pages=311–319|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/281372#page/30/mode/1up}}</ref>
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Although the genus ''Volvox'' is easy to identify, species-level identification of ''Volvox'' can be difficult.<ref name=Smith1944/> Species are morphologically distinguished based on a variety of characters including zygote morphology, developmental characteristics, and sexual characteristics (e.g. [[dioicy]] or [[monoicy]]).<ref name=Nozaki2015/><ref name=Nozaki2024/>