Order Volvocales (green algae)
Parent taxon: Chlorophyceae according to E. Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Anatoliporaceae, Chaetophorales, Chlorococcales, Chlorotylites, Chuvashovia, Dascladales, Dasycladales, Euglena, Hungarodiscus, Hydrodictyaceae, Larvaria, Noremia, Paleosiphonocladales, Pediastrites, Pediastrum, Pleurozonaria, Receptaculitidae, Scenedesmaceae, Tetrasporales, Ulothrix
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Volvocales in the database