Captain here: that green marble is Valonia ventricosa, nicknamed sailor's eyeballs. Smithsonian Ocean notes each bubble is a single cell that can reach about 5 cm across. Guinness lists it among the largest unicellular algae, coenocytic with many nuclei inside one membrane.
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the_weiNewcomerNov 6, 2026
I thought it was an ostrich egg?
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park.jihoNewcomerNov 6, 2026
If we had known about multinucleated cells, this would have impressed us less
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mateus_95xNewcomerNov 6, 2026
The forbidden grape
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mei52NewcomerNov 6, 2026
I have doubts if you could really count coenocytic organisms as single celled. This algae has a multitude of nuclei. It would be better to think of it as a multicellular organism where the cells dont divide but stay fused during mitosis.
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sanne.jansenNewcomerNov 6, 2026
The largest single-cell organism is Caulerpa, a green alga genus (such as Caulerpa taxifolia) that can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long.
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realthandiNewcomerNov 6, 2026
The mitochondria on that thing could power a house
Captain here: that green marble is Valonia ventricosa, nicknamed sailor's eyeballs. Smithsonian Ocean notes each bubble is a single cell that can reach about 5 cm across. Guinness lists it among the largest unicellular algae, coenocytic with many nuclei inside one membrane.
I thought it was an ostrich egg?
If we had known about multinucleated cells, this would have impressed us less
The forbidden grape
I have doubts if you could really count coenocytic organisms as single celled. This algae has a multitude of nuclei. It would be better to think of it as a multicellular organism where the cells dont divide but stay fused during mitosis.
The largest single-cell organism is Caulerpa, a green alga genus (such as Caulerpa taxifolia) that can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long.
The mitochondria on that thing could power a house
What about a married living cell?
What dose it tast like?
Imagine the mitochondria on this bad boy