New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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The distribution and morphology of tintinnids (ciliate protozoans) from the coastal waters around New Zealand

D. A. BURNS

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Division of Marine and Freshwater Science Department of Scientific and Industrial Research P.O. Box 12-346, Wellington North New Zealand

Abstract Tintinnids from the surface plankton of New Zealand coastal waters are illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. Brief notes are given on their taxonomy, and their use of silica grains, diatom valves, and coccoliths in construction of the lorica is discussed. Distributional data are given for each species and these are related to the hydrol-ogical regime.

Keywords morphology; scanning electron microscopy; new records; Tintinnidae; Protozoa; Ciliata

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1983, Vol. 17: 387-406 0028-8330/83/1704-0387$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1983 Received 7 July 1982

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