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Specimen from the WarmAcid mesocosm experiment in 2012
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Specimen from Scripps Canyon area in July 2009
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Drawing from the species description of Eutintinnus pectinus (as Tintinnus serratus) by Kofoid in 1905. It was found near kelp beds off San Diego, CA (USA).
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A tintinnid ciliate, Steenstrupiella steenstrupii, from Tara Ocean s Expedition Station 82 in the Southern Atlantic.
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Dadayiella is genus of widespread species. Data shown are from Dolan, J.R., Pierce, R.W. 2013. Diversity and Distributions of Tintinnid Ciliates. in Biology and Ecology of Tintinnid Ciliates: Models for Marine Plankton, Dolan, J.R., Agatha, S., Coats, D.W., Montagnes, D.J.S., Stocker, D.K. (eds). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp 214-243.
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Illustration from the original description of Dadayeilla ganymedes by Géza Entz Sr. in 1884. Micron bar based on the text description of the mouth diameter as 0.03 mm
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Lugol's-fixed specimen from the California Current Ecosystem in the NE Pacific
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Drawing from original description of Amphorides amphora as Tintinnus amphora from Claparède & Lachmann 1858 (Plate 8 figure 3).
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Claparède & Lachmann's 1858 figure from Plate 9 of Tintinnus quadrilineata, now known as Amphorides quadrilineata
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A common tintinnid ciliate in Mediterranean. It is about 150 microns long. Like other tintiinids, the ciliate cell which resembles an oligotrich ciliate is inside a shell or lorica. Tintinnids feed on phytoplankton, microscopic algae and in turn serve as food for larger plankton organisms such as copepods and fish larvae.
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Lugol's-fixed specimen from the Bay of Villefranche (43°41’10’’ N, 7°19’00’’ E) in Sept 2010.
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Living specimen from the Bay of Villefranche. The species is often found attached to a large diatom.
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From Daday 1887 described as Tintinnus inquilinus, Plate 18, fig. 2.
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The image shows 3 specimens of Eutintinnus fraknoii; 'normal, 'cytoplasm consumed by a parasite' and a lorica or shell full of newly formed parasites. All 3 specimens are from a sample taken at 50 meters depth at a station off the coast of Chile.
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Drawing from Plate 18, fig. 1; dimensions from text description page 582.
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Amphorellopsis quinquealata from the Admunsen Sea (Antarctica)
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Tintinnus quinquealata by Laackmann in 1907, now known as Amphorellopsis quinquealata.
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Amphorides laackmanni from near Villefranche-sur-Mer, found at 250 m depth on April 10 2017.
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Specimen from the of Indian Sundarbans, Jyotirampur.
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From Schmidt 1902, original description of Amphorella acuta, now known as Amphorellopsis acuta.