Tintinnopsis cf subacuta

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Ciliophora
Class: 
Oligotrichea
Sub-Class: 
Oligotrichia
Order: 
Choreotrichida
Sub-Order: 
Tintinnina
Family: 
Codonellidae
Genus: 
Tintinnopsis
Species: 
cf acuta
Authority: 
Jörgensen 1899

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis_Genus: Genus name is derived from type host genus, Tintinnopsis, and the Greek phaein (-phagos) meaning eat (-eating) and is Latinized in the masculine to imply tintinnid eater.

 

Ecology

Substrate:planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
Salinity: brackish
 

Life cycle

Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual

Feeding behaviour

Phagotrophy

Mode of locomotion

cilia

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Euduboscquella cf crenulata Rhode River, MD Rhode river
Bachvaroff TR, Kim S, Guillou L, Delwiche CF, Coats DW (2012) Molecular Diversity of the Syndinean Genus Euduboscquella Based on Single-Cell PCR Analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78:334 - 345. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06678-11