THE 
COMMON GLOBE-ANIMAL. 
Generic Character. 
Animalcule fimple, fpherical, pellucid. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Spherical VOLVOX, either green or yellow, with 
varioufly-lized fcattered globulets. 
The GLOBATOR. 
The GLOBE-ANIMAL. 
Baker Empl. for Micr. p. 322. pi. 12. f. 27. 
Kugel-Thier. 
Roes. ins. 3. p. 617. pi. 101. f. 1. 2.3* 
The Volvox Globator or Globe-Animal is among 
the largeft of the microfcopic animalcules, and fre¬ 
quently arrives at fuch a fize as to be diftinCtly vi- 
lible to the naked eye; appearing under the form of 
a fmall globule, fometimes of a deep yellow, or 
orange-color, and fometimes green. During the 
fummer months, fo numerous is this fpecies as to 
caufe a very vifible difcoloration of the fluid in which 
it is found. Its general refidence is in ftagnant wa, 
ters. Its motions are irregular, moving in all di¬ 
rections. 
