Biking to the Commons. Directly across Rich Street from Columbus Commons is a CoGo Bike Share station, providing a great alternative mode of transportation to and from the Commons. And if you'd like to ride your own bicycle to Columbus Commons, there is plenty of bike parking at and near the park.
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 1700.Volvox diverged from unicellular ancestors approximately 200 million years ago.ach mature Volvox colony is composed of numerous flagellate cells similar to Chlamydomonas, up to 50,000 in total, and embedded in the surface of a hollow sphere or coenobium containing an extracellular matrix made of a gelatinous glycoprotein.
A close-up of individuals cells within the colony, 2 flagella and red eyespot are visible. Volvox is a Chlorophyte, or green alga. It exists as a grand spherical colony. Each little alga within the colony bears two flagella, whip-like hairs.The individual alga are connected to each other by thin strands of cytoplasm that enable the whole colony to swim in a coordinated fashion. The individual alga also have small red eye spots.lthough the colony is bigger, the individual cells of Volvox globator are slightly smaller (4 micron) than the cells of Volvox aureus (5 to 8 micron). The cells of Volvox aureus are also a bit more egg-shaped. An easier way to determine the species is to look at the sexual reproduction of Volvox.