Volvox releasing a daughter colony aided by Cladocera

This Volvox mother colony was found in farm pond water located in the Missouri Ozarks, USA. Guest appearances by an amphipod (scud) and a variety of plankton.
New to Volvox? "Volvox is a genus of some 20 species of freshwater green algae (division Chlorophyta) found worldwide. Volvox form spherical or oval hollow colonies that contain some 500 to 60,000 cells embedded in a gelatinous wall and that are often just visible with the naked eye." Read more here: www.britannica...
Filmed with an Opti-TekScope OT-SC on March 16, 2018.
CC Music: Marigold

[@PhillipYewTree]

Stunning!! Thanks for sharing.

[@SynthAddict]

beautiful footage, one of my favorite species of micro algae
nice work and darkfield really sells it

[@sarvajagannadhareddy1238]

Dear, thank you

[@NatureinMotionVideos]

Thank you too!

[@bhishkhan564]

This is satisfying

[@archanakathiravan825]

Really awesome

[@sobhithamathew5339]

Superb

[@Darth.Nihilist]

what is the size comparrison between individual cells of the volvox making up the daughter colonies, and the size of the smallest of the white particulate debris in the water?

[@NatureinMotionVideos]

I don't have a way to measure, sorry.

[@A_QuestioningSoul]

Would've loved if magnification details were added. It would let many understand how much life is never seen to most of us! 🙏🏾😌

[@NatureinMotionVideos]

The digital microscope I use doesn't give me magnification details. I wish it did!

[@renee7893]

are all those green things the babies?

[@erah.1968]

Yes

[@jzinteng6742]

Volvox and cladocera are different organisms.

👍👍👍

[@KudaHitam]

olalaaa