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Behavioral responses of the marine
tintinnid Favella sp.
The biology and ecology of
tintinnid ciliates; models for marine plankton.
According to Holt and Holt (2000), marine fish larvae in the wild commonly feed on a large array of microzooplankton, including protozoa (
tintinnid and ciliates), dinoflagellates, larvae of mollusks and, mainly, eggs and nauplii of copepods.
This low diversity was clearly related to the general dominance of the
tintinnid Favella ehrenbergii, which accounted for 69.8% and 78.5% of the microzooplankton assemblage.
During the summer, in surface waters, diatoms survive in association with
tintinnid ciliates.
loricas of
tintinnid species show high levels of polymorphism (Laval-Peuto and Brownlee 1986).
Lethal effect of the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama upon the
tintinnid ciliate Favella taraikaensis.
The red tide dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense: effects on behaviour of and growth of a
tintinnid ciliate.
The most important studies focused on broad phylogenetic description of eukaryotic picoplankton diversity, diatom and dinoflagellate,
tintinnid ciliate, and siphonophore diversity, with especially detailed and enlightening studies of
tintinnids and siphonophores (Dolan et al., 2007; Palma & Silva, 2006).
The period of
tintinnid occurrence seems to be species-specific, and neritic
tintinnids can survive under unfavorable conditions by forming resting cysts (Pierce and Turner, 1993; Kamiyama et al., 1995; Dolan et al., 2006).
Lethal effects of the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama upon the
tintinnid ciliate Favella taraikaensis.
