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Tintinnid cysts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Phili P C. Reid
Affiliation:
Institute for Marine Environmental Research, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth
Anthony W. G. John
Affiliation:
Institute for Marine Environmental Research, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth

Extract

Distinctive flask-shaped cysts have been observed within the loricae of the tintinnids Favella serrata (Mobius),Helicostomella subulata (Ehrenberg), Parundella caudata (Ostenfeld) and Leprotintinnus pellucidus (Cleve) from samples taken by the Continuous Plankton Recorder. Similar cysts occur as a common element in palynological preparations of intertidal sediments from the British Isles. Encystment in tintinnids is now known for over 20 species and appears to be a more important process in the tintinnid life-cycle than previously believed. A possible relationship between tintinnid cysts and the extinct microfossil order Chitinozoa is proposed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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