Pandorina morum
| Pandorina morum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Volvocaceae |
| Genus: | Pandorina |
| Species: | P. morum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pandorina morum (O.F.Müller) Bory | |
Pandorina morum is a species of green algae in the family Volvocaceae, and is the type species of the genus Pandorina.
It is a freshwater species with a cosmopolitan distribution, and is common in lowland rivers, lakes, ponds, and ditches with circumneutral pH. It sometimes forms blooms of up to a thousand cells per mL.