Extensive information on the short period of tintinnid community structure along the Mediterranean coastline is available. Contrarily, time-series data are scarce. In the framework of a monitoring program, the distribution, abundance and community structure

A membranous closing apparatus shuts the lorica opening in disturbed tintinnids of six genera belonging to four families. The homology of the apparatuses is investigated, using data from the literature and Mediterranean tintinnids studied in vivo and

The distribution of tintinnid species and their associations with environmental variables were evaluated in the eutrophic Golden Horn estuary ecosystem. The samples were collected from two stations monthly between October 2009 and September 2010. The

Tintinnids are loricated ciliates found in coastal and oceanic waters that play a key role in the transference of energy to highest trophic levels. The purpose of this article is intended to integrate the available information about the taxonomy and distribution

The distribution of planktonic ciliates, aloricate (naked) and loricate (tintinnid) was investigated in the open waters of the Oyashio and Kuroshio Currents, Philippine, Sulu, Celebes and South China Seas, and the western and central equatorial Pacific.