Eudorina elegans Ehrenb.
(a colonial green alga)

Interactions where Eudorina elegans is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is parasitised by			Rhizophydium eudorinae	a chytrid	Rhizophydiales: Rhizophydiaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium eudorinae/	Rhizophydium eudorinae	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Volvocales/Volvocaceae/Eudorina elegans/	Eudorina elegans	a colonial green alga								parasitises
		is parasitised by			Rhizophydium transversum	a chytrid	Rhizophydiales: Rhizophydiaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium transversum/	Rhizophydium transversum	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Volvocales/Volvocaceae/Eudorina elegans/	Eudorina elegans	a colonial green alga	?							parasitises
coenobium		coenobium is parasitised by			Dangeardia mamillata	a chytrid	Chytridiales: Chytridiaceae	Studies on British Chytrids: I. Dangeardia mammillata Schröder, Canter, H.M., 1946 Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytridiaceae/Dangeardia mamillata/	Dangeardia mamillata	a chytrid					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Volvocales/Volvocaceae/Eudorina elegans/	Eudorina elegans	a colonial green alga			coenobium					parasitises coenobium
coenobium		coenobium is parasitised by internal			Volvorax ingoldii	a chytrid	Chytridiales: Endochytriaceae	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Endochytriaceae/Volvorax ingoldii/	Volvorax ingoldii	a chytrid		internal			Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Chlorophyceae/Volvocales/Volvocaceae/Eudorina elegans/	Eudorina elegans	a colonial green alga			coenobium					internal parasitises coenobium

Author & Year	Title	Source
Canter, H.M., 1946	Studies on British Chytrids: I. Dangeardia mammillata Schröder	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 128-134.
Canter, H.M., 1953	Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids	TBMS Vol 36 (4): 278-301.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Eudorina elegans (a colonial green alga) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eudorina
(a genus of colonial green algae)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Eudorina elegans (a colonial green alga)
Genus	Eudorina (a genus of colonial green algae)
Family	VOLVOCACEAE (a family of algae)
Order	VOLVOCALES (an order of algae)
Class	CHLOROPHYCEAE (a class of green algae)
Phylum	CHLOROPHYTA (green algae)
Subkingdom	VIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Eudorina elegans is also a member of:
Chlorophyta/Xanthophyta - filamentous alga sp (via Chlorophyta)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Chlorophyta)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eudorina elegans (a colonial green alga)

Eudorina elegans (a colonial green alga) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHLOROPHYCEAE
(a class of green algae)

CHLOROPHYTA
(green algae)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eudorina elegans (a colonial green alga):

CHLOROPHYCEAE
(a class of green algae)

CHLOROPHYTA
(green algae)

VIRIDIPLANTAE
(lower green plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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