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CHLOROPHYCEAE
Volvox
Presented by : Ratul nath
Assistant professor,
Department of Botany,
Systematic position
Kingdom - Plantae
Division - Chlorophyta
Class - Chlorophyceae
Order - Volvocales
Family -Volvocaceae
Genus- Volvox
OCCURENCE
Includes about 20 species
All are aquatic and free floating
They mostly occur in fresh water bodies
It forms a beautiful green coloured phytoplankton
on the surface of water body
It occurs as green rolling balls of pin head sized
coenobia
VEGETATIVE STRUCTURE
Plant body is multicellular motile coenobium
The coenobia of Volvox are spherical, oval are ellipsoidal in shape
 Each cell is biflagellate and the alga rolls over the surface of water by the
joint action of flagella of other cells by a series of cytoplasmic strands, called
plasmodesmata.
• The coenobium of Volvox is an assemblage of similar and independent
cells. Each cell performs its own function of nutrition, respiration and
excretion.
• Each cell has its own gelatinous sheath. It is connected with the sheath of
other cells by a series of cytoplasmic strands, called plasmodesmata.
REPRODUCTION
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
1. Occurs during growing season at maturity, few cells in posterior half are
pushed back into hollow cavity.
2. Cells withdraw their flagella, increase in size, become round shaped.
3. These reproductive cells are called gonidia.
4. The protoplasm of each gonidium divides by successive longitudinal
divisions & forms daughter coenobium.
5. Sometimes, young coenobia are formed inside the young daughter coenobia,
called grand daughter colonies.
ANTHERIDIA (ANDROGONIDIA) and OOGONIA (GYNOGONIDIA
Each antherozoid is uninucleate, biflagellate and possesses a
small chloroplast.
• The mass of antherozoids (spermatozoids) is released at maturity.
• The protoplasm of female gametangium does not divide, but
metamorphosed into single, non flagellated green spherical egg
or oosphere.
• The female gametangium is now called oogonium.
FERTILIZATION
•The antherozoids are attracted chemotactically towards oogonium
• Only one antherozoid fuses with the egg from the side and the egg now
become zygote
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
OOGAMOUS TYPE
• Male sex organs: Antheridia (androgonia)
• Female sex organs: oogonia (Gynogonidia)
• Some species are monoecious and some are dioecious
• Some cells at posterior half of coenobium retract flagella, enlarge,
& become gametangia
• Male gametangium give rise to antheridium and female
gametangium to oogonium
ZYGOTE
• Zygote secretes its own cell wall. It is
three layered – exospore, mesospore and
endospore
• The zygote remains embedded inside the
oogonium and tides over the unfavourable
conditions
• Finally the parent colony decays and the
zygote fall to the bottom of water body
• Prior to germination, the diploid nucleus
of zygote divides by meiosis
• Zygote protoplasm metamorphoses into
a zoospore
• Zygote divides to form a hollow sphere of
cells and produces a young coenobium
LIFE CYCLE
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Volvox.pptx

  • 1. CHLOROPHYCEAE Volvox Presented by : Ratul nath Assistant professor, Department of Botany,
  • 2. Systematic position Kingdom - Plantae Division - Chlorophyta Class - Chlorophyceae Order - Volvocales Family -Volvocaceae Genus- Volvox
  • 3. OCCURENCE Includes about 20 species All are aquatic and free floating They mostly occur in fresh water bodies It forms a beautiful green coloured phytoplankton on the surface of water body It occurs as green rolling balls of pin head sized coenobia
  • 4. VEGETATIVE STRUCTURE Plant body is multicellular motile coenobium The coenobia of Volvox are spherical, oval are ellipsoidal in shape  Each cell is biflagellate and the alga rolls over the surface of water by the joint action of flagella of other cells by a series of cytoplasmic strands, called plasmodesmata. • The coenobium of Volvox is an assemblage of similar and independent cells. Each cell performs its own function of nutrition, respiration and excretion. • Each cell has its own gelatinous sheath. It is connected with the sheath of other cells by a series of cytoplasmic strands, called plasmodesmata.
  • 5.
  • 6. REPRODUCTION ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION 1. Occurs during growing season at maturity, few cells in posterior half are pushed back into hollow cavity. 2. Cells withdraw their flagella, increase in size, become round shaped. 3. These reproductive cells are called gonidia. 4. The protoplasm of each gonidium divides by successive longitudinal divisions & forms daughter coenobium. 5. Sometimes, young coenobia are formed inside the young daughter coenobia, called grand daughter colonies.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9. ANTHERIDIA (ANDROGONIDIA) and OOGONIA (GYNOGONIDIA Each antherozoid is uninucleate, biflagellate and possesses a small chloroplast. • The mass of antherozoids (spermatozoids) is released at maturity. • The protoplasm of female gametangium does not divide, but metamorphosed into single, non flagellated green spherical egg or oosphere. • The female gametangium is now called oogonium.
  • 10. FERTILIZATION •The antherozoids are attracted chemotactically towards oogonium • Only one antherozoid fuses with the egg from the side and the egg now become zygote
  • 11. SEXUAL REPRODUCTION OOGAMOUS TYPE • Male sex organs: Antheridia (androgonia) • Female sex organs: oogonia (Gynogonidia) • Some species are monoecious and some are dioecious • Some cells at posterior half of coenobium retract flagella, enlarge, & become gametangia • Male gametangium give rise to antheridium and female gametangium to oogonium
  • 12. ZYGOTE • Zygote secretes its own cell wall. It is three layered – exospore, mesospore and endospore • The zygote remains embedded inside the oogonium and tides over the unfavourable conditions • Finally the parent colony decays and the zygote fall to the bottom of water body • Prior to germination, the diploid nucleus of zygote divides by meiosis • Zygote protoplasm metamorphoses into a zoospore • Zygote divides to form a hollow sphere of cells and produces a young coenobium