Pleodorina

Pleodorina
Pleodorina californica (GM Smith, 1920, plate 57, p 97.)
Scientific classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Volvocaceae
Genus: Pleodorina
W.R.Shaw
Type species
Pleodorina californica
W.R.Shaw
Species
  • Pleodorina californica
  • Pleodorina illinoisiensis
  • Pleodorina indica
  • Pleodorina japonica
  • Pleodorina sphaerica
  • Pleodorina starrii
  • Pleodorina thompsonii

Pleodorina is a genus of colonial green algae in the family Volvocaceae. It occurs in freshwater habitats and has a cosmopolitan distribution.