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Drawing from original description of Amphorides amphora as Tintinnus amphora from Claparède & Lachmann 1858 (Plate 8 figure 3).
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Claparède & Lachmann's 1858 figure from Plate 9 of Tintinnus quadrilineata, now known as Amphorides quadrilineata
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A common tintinnid ciliate in Mediterranean. It is about 150 microns long. Like other tintiinids, the ciliate cell which resembles an oligotrich ciliate is inside a shell or lorica. Tintinnids feed on phytoplankton, microscopic algae and in turn serve as food for larger plankton organisms such as copepods and fish larvae.
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Amphorides laackmanni from near Villefranche-sur-Mer, found at 250 m depth on April 10 2017.