Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of

flagellate A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like appendages called flagella. The word ''flagellate'' also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many prokaryotes and eukaryotes and the ...

d or

pseudociliate Pseudociliate (su-do-sil-i-A-ta) is made of two roots, One Greek and one is Latin. Pseudos (ψευδής) in Greek means false, cilium in Latin means eyelash. It refers to a type of cells which are covered by small coordinated flagella (cilia ...

green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ( Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alg ...

, specifically of the

Chlorophyceae The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. They are usually green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The chloroplast A chlorop ...

.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Chlamydomonadales
Data extracted from the Chlamydomonadales can form planar or spherical colonies. These vary from ''

Gonium ''Gonium'' is a genus of colonial algae, a member of the order Chlamydomonadales. Typical colonies have 4 to 16 cells, all the same size, arranged in a flat plate, with no anterior-posterior differentiation. In a colony of 16 cells, four are ...

'' (four to 32 cells) up to ''

Volvox ''Volvox'' is a polyphyletic genus of chlorophyte green algae in the family Volvocaceae. It forms spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells. They live in a variety of freshwater habitats, and were first reported by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 170 ...

'' (500 cells or more). Each cell has two

flagella A flagellum (; ) is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many protists with flagella are termed as flagellates. A microorganism may have f ...

, and is similar in appearance to ''

Chlamydomonas ''Chlamydomonas'' is a genus of green algae consisting of about 150 speciesSmith, G.M. 1955 ''Cryptogamic Botany Volume 1. Algae and Fungi'' McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc of unicellular flagellates, found in stagnant water and on damp soil, ...

'', with the flagella throughout the colony moving in coordination. Both asexual and

sexual reproduction Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete ( haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg cell) with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote th ...

occur. In the former, cells divide until they form new colonies, which are then released. In the smaller forms, typically all cells are involved, but larger forms have anterior vegetative and posterior reproductive cells. Sexual reproduction varies from

isogamy Isogamy is a form of sexual reproduction that involves gametes of the same morphology (indistinguishable in shape and size), found in most unicellular eukaryotes. Because both gametes look alike, they generally cannot be classified as male or ...

(both genders produce flagellated

gamete A gamete (; , ultimately ) is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually. Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells, also referred to as sex cells. In species that produce ...

s of equal size) to

oogamy Oogamy is an extreme form of anisogamy where the gametes differ in both size and form. In oogamy the large female gamete (also known as ovum) is immobile, while the small male gamete (also known as sperm) is mobile. Oogamy is a common form o ...

(one gender produces a much larger, nonmotile gamete). The classification of the Chlamydomonadales varies. Very often they are taken to include the orders Volvocales and Dunallielales, which contain closely related unicellular flagellates, as suborders. Colony inversion is believed to have arisen twice in this order. Spheroidal colony formation differs between the two lineages: rotation of daughter protoplasts during successive cell divisions in

Astrephomene ''Astrephomene'' is a genus of green algae in the family Goniaceae, order Chlamydomonadales. The genus was first described in 1937 by Pocock and named by Pockock in 1953 (Stein 1958). Taxonomy It was formerly placed in the monotypic family A ...

, and inversion after cell divisions in the Volvocaceae.Yamashita S, Arakaki Y, Kawai-Toyooka H, Noga A, Hirono M, Nozaki H
Alternative evolution of a spheroidal colony in volvocine algae: developmentalanalysis of embryogenesis in Astrephomene (Volvocales, Chlorophyta).
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Families

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accepted the following families: *

Actinochloridaceae Actinochloridaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. Genera , AlgaeBase accepted four genera: *Actinochloris Korschikov – 1 species *Deasonia H.Ettl & J.Komárek – 6 species * Macrochloris Korshikov – 6 species *P ...

Korshikov *

Asteromonadaceae Asteromonadaceae are a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Chlamyd ...

Péterfi * Carteriaceae Pascher *

Characiochloridaceae Characiochloridaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlamydomonadales Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage o ...

Skuja *

Characiosiphonaceae The Characiosiphonaceae are a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on ...

Iyengar * Chlamydomonadaceae F.Stein *

Chlorangiellaceae Chlorangiellaceae is a green algae family in the order Chlamydomonadales Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Chla ...

Bourrelly ex Fott *

Chlorochytriaceae Chlorochytriaceae is a family of algae within the order Chlamydomonadales Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Chl ...

Setchell & N.L.Gardner *

Chlorococcaceae Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. List of genera * ''Apodochloris'' * ''Bracteacoccus'' * ''Chlorococcopsis'' * ''Chlorococcum'' * ''Chlorohippotes'' * ''Chlorotetraedron'' * ''Closteridium'' * ''Cocco ...

Blackman & Tansley *

Chlorosarcinaceae Chlorosarcinaceae is a family of chlorophyte green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. Genera , AlgaeBase accepted the following genera: *'' Borodinella'' V.V.Miller – 1 species *''Chlorosarcina ''Chlorosarcina'' is a genus of green alga ...

Bourrelly ex Groover & Bold *

Dunaliellaceae Dunaliellaceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Dunaliellaceae Data extracted from the Genera As accepted by GBIF; * '' Aulacomonas'' (1) * '' Dunaliella'' (5) * ''Hafniomonas'' (2) * '' Phylloca ...

T.A.Christensen *

Goniaceae Goniaceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Chlamydomonadal ...

(Pascher) Pascher *

Haematococcaceae Haematococcaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlamydomonadales. See also * Algaculture * Astaxanthin Astaxanthin is a keto-carotenoid within a group of chemical compounds known as terpenes. Astaxanthin is a metabolite of zeaxa ...

G.M.Smith *

Hormotilaceae ''Hormotila'' is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae. Former family ''Hormotila'' was formerly the type genus of the family Hormotilaceae. , AlgaeBase AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of ...

Korshikov *

Hypnomonadaceae Hypnomonadaceae is a family of green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophyte ...

Korshikov * Palmellaceae Decaisne * Palmellopsidaceae Korshikov *

Phacotaceae Phacotaceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlamydomonadales Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Chlamyd ...

Francé *

Pleurastraceae ''Pleurastrum'' is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae. , it was the only genus in the family Pleurastraceae. Species , AlgaeBase accepted the following species: *''Pleurastrum insigne'' Chodat *''Pleurastrum photoheterotr ...

K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart * Protosiphonaceae Blackman & Tansley *

Sphaerocystidaceae Sphaerocystidaceae is a family of chlorophyte green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plant ...

Fott ex Tsarenko * Sphaerodictyaceae C.-C.Jao *

Spondylomoraceae Spondylomoraceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales.See the NCBI The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...

Korshikov * Tetrabaenaceae H.Nozaki & M.Ito * Tetrasporaceae Wittrock * Volvocaceae Ehrenberg * Wislouchiaceae Molinari & Guiry

References

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