Tiarina fusus (Claparède & Lachmann, 1857)

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Tiarina fusus

A = Single specimen (BF); B = Several specimen in feeding positions (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Tiarina fusus
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Single specimen (BF); B = Several specimen in feeding positions (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

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Morphology
Body barrel-shaped and bearing uniquely calcified armored plates in longitudinal rows
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 85-135 µm
Literature
Bergh, R. S. 1879-1880. Tiarina fusus (Clap., Lachm.). Vidensk. Meddel. fra den naturh. Foren. i Kjøbenhavn. 1879-80: 265-270.
Corliss, J. O. 1979. The ciliated protozoa. Pergamon Press, 455 pp.
Dale, T. & Dahl, E. 1987. A red tide in southern Norway caused by mass occurrence of the planktonic ciliate Tiarina fusus. Fauna. 40: 98-103.
Hansen, P. J. 1991. Dinophysis - a planktonic dinoflagellate genus which can act both as prey and a predator of a ciliate. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 69: 201-204.
Kahl, A. 1930. Urtiere oder Protozoa I: Wimptiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria), 1. Allgemeiner Teil und Prostomata. In: F. Dahl (ed.), Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Fischer, Jena, 18: 1-180