<i>Pleodorina starrii</i> (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

<i>Pleodorina starrii</i>

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Pleodorina starrii has an incomplete division of labor. Although the 12 small cells near the top of this colony only swim, the 20 larger cells both swim and reproduce.

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Copyright 2008 Matthew Herron.

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