what is a protist colony
Each 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.olvox is a polyphyletic genus of chlorophyte green algae in the family Volvocaceae.