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Volvox Aureus

group	chlorophyta
cell shape	more or less spherical
structural features	forms spherical colonies
particle size	determined with a microscope: reff=105 μm, veff=0.007
refractive index	1.24 + i0.12 (calculated following the method of Morel & Bricaud 1986)
scattering matrix	632.8 nm
article	Volten H, de Haan JF, Hovenier JW, Schreurs R, Vassen W, Dekker AG, Hoogenboom HJ, Charlton F, Wouts R. Laboratory measurements of angular distributions of light scattered by phytoplankton and silt. Limnology and Oceonography, vol. 43, pp. 1180-1197, 1998