Vertical distribution, abundance, diversity and community structure of tintinnid assemblages were investigated at monthly intervals at one fixed station in the coastal Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean, between March 2003 and May 2004. A total of 79 species

Tintinnida is a diverse taxon that accommodates over 1,500 morphospecies, which is an important component of marine planktonic food webs. However, evolutionary relationships of tintinnids are poorly known because molecular data of most groups within this

Much has been written on annual variation of tintinnid assemblages although the mechanism causing the annual variation has been poorly studied either in form of species richness or Lorica Oral Diameter (LOD) size-classes. In the present study, a 10-year

Tintinnids are planktonic ciliates that play an important role in marine ecosystem. According to their distribution in the world oceans, tintinnid genera were divided into several biogeographical types such as boreal, warm water, austral and neritic.