Tropical Tintinnid- Condonella perforata

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Tropical Tintinnid- Condonella perforata

This kind of ciliate constructs a shell or lorica. The species name 'perforata' thus refers to the perforated appearance of its lorica. This specimen came from the South East Pacific. It is about 100 microns in length and feeds on small algae.

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Date: December 12, 2005
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Keywords: plankton protist ciliate microzooplankton