Gonium Sacculiferum
''Gonium'' (Ancient Greek, Greek: γωνία ''gonia'', "angle" or "corner") is a genus of colonial green algae, a member of the order Chlamydomonadales. The genus was first described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1773, and is among the most common types of algae found in freshwater habitats. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. Typical colonies of ''Gonium'' consist of 4 to 16 cells arranged in a flat plate. ''Gonium'' is capable of both asexual reproduction, asexual and sexual reproduction. Along with other algae such as ''Volvox'', ''Eudorina'' and ''Chlamydomonas'', it is a model organism for studying the origins and evolution of multicellularity. Description ''Gonium'' consists of flat, planar colonies of four to 32 cells, all identical with the colony having no anterior-posterior differentiation. In one species ''Gonium dispersum'', single cells may also be found. In a colony of 16 cells, four are in the center, and the other 12 are on the four sides, three each. A descripti ...
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