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Tintinnid

Tintinnid
Tintinnid
Tintinnid
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Moran, Dawn
Tintinnid
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01/25/2005
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Tintinnids have transparent vase-like shells for protection, and are consumers of a wide variety of cells and detritus.
Image of The Day caption:
Single-celled organisms like this tintinnid are critical links in the ocean's food web. Though ever-present in the world's oceans, their microscopic sizes make them hard to sample and therefore hard to study. Found in Antarctic waters, this organism has a transparent vase-like shell for protection. Tintinnids consume a variety of cells and non-living particulate organic material, and are 0.02 to 0.1 meter (0.04 to 0.79 inch) long.
Photo by Dawn Moran
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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