Protistology 13 (3), 159–165 (2019) |
Review of tintinnid species (Ciliophora: Tintinnina) from the Barents Sea |
Olga Chovgan Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Murmansk, Russ | Submitted June 18, 2019 | Accepted July 01, 2019 | Summary The paper presents a list of tintinnid species (Tintinnina Kofoid et Campbell, 1929) in the Barents Sea according to records from the XX through the XXI century. The research also includes original data (2012-2017), which allowed identifying three new tintinnid species in recent years: Ormosella hackeli Kofoid et Campbell, 1929, Parundella caudata (Ostenfeld, 1899) Jörgensen, 1924, and Amphorellopsis tetragona (Jörgensen, 1924) Kofoid et Campbell, 1929. These three alien species of marine ciliates belong to the warm-water fauna; they were recorded in the western part of the Barents Sea and are inhered to the North Cape Current. The research includes a brief biogeographic characteristic and photographic material of alien tintinnids in the Barents Sea.
Key words: Barents Sea, ciliates, distribution, plankton, Tintinnina
Address for correspondence: Olga Chovgan Murmansk Marine Biological Institute KSC RAS, Vladimirskaya St. 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia; e-mail: chovgan@mmbi.info |
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