A = Single specimen (BF); B = Several specimen in feeding positions (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 85-135 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Body barrel-shaped and bearing uniquely calcified armored plates in longitudinal rows
Similar species:
Distribution:
Literature:
Bergh, R. S. 1879-1880. Tiarina fusus (Clap., Lachm.).
Vidensk. Meddel. fra den naturh. Foren. i Kjøbenhavn. 1879-80:
265-270.
Corliss, J. O. 1979. The ciliated protozoa. Pergamon Press, 455 pp.
Dale, T. & Dahl, E. 1987. A red tide in southern Norway caused by mass occurrence of the planktonic ciliate Tiarina fusus. Fauna. 40: 98-103.
Hansen, P. J. 1991. Dinophysis - a planktonic dinoflagellate genus which can act both as prey and a predator of a ciliate. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 69: 201-204.
Kahl, A. 1930. Urtiere oder Protozoa I: Wimptiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria), 1. Allgemeiner Teil und Prostomata. In: F. Dahl (ed.), Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Fischer, Jena, 18: 1-180