Cells and loricae (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 195-466 µm, oral diameter 63-125 µm (Hedin 1974).
Resting spore:
Note: It exist numerous phenotypes of loricae in F. ehrenbergii according to Laval-Peuto (1983)
Distinctive features:
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Brandt, K. 1906. "Die Tintinnodeen der Plankton-Expedition. Tafeln
1-70". Ergebn Atlant. Ozean Planktonexped. Humboldt-Stift. 3:
L.a.
Hedin, H.1974. Tintinnids on the Swedish west coast. Zoon. 2: 123-133.
Laval-Peuto, M.1983. Sexual reproduction in Favella ehrenbergii (Ciliophora, Tintinnia) taxonomical implications. Protistologica. 19: 503-512.
Marshall, S. M.1969. Protozoa, Tintinnida, zooplankton sheet 121. Conseil International pour l'exploration de la mer.,