Tintinnopsis campanula

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Ciliophora
Class: 
Oligotrichea
Sub-Class: 
Oligotrichia
Order: 
Choreotrichida
Sub-Order: 
Tintinnina
Family: 
Codonellidae
Genus: 
Tintinnopsis
Species: 
campanula
Authority: 
Ehrenberg 1840
Synonym(s): 
Codonella campanula

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis: Lorica bell shaped; wall thin & homogenous with freely aggomerated foreign matter; spiral structure.
 

Etymology

campanula : little bell

Type species

Tintinnopsis beroidea Stein

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type locality: Baltic Sea

Ecology

Substrate:planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine

 

Life cycle

Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual

Feeding behaviour

Phagotrophy

Mode of locomotion

cilia

Original description

Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien.

Ehrenberg CG (1840) Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien. Ehrenberg, C. G. (1840). Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von InBericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 197-219.

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Duboscquodinium kofoidi
Chatton E (1952) Classe des Dinoflagellés ou Péridiniens. Dinoflagellés parasites. In: Traité de zoologie, Grassé, P.-P. (ed.). Masson & Cie, Paris, pp 363-390