WoRMS taxon details
Eutintinnus apertus (Müller 1776) emended Kofoid & Campbell, 1929; 1939
235770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235770)
accepted
Species
Eutintinnus inflatus Marshall, 1969 · unaccepted (variant of Eutintinnus apertus)
Eutintinnus inguilinus Müller, 1776 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Tintinnidium apertus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Combination never published, but...)
Combination never published, but used in some works
Tintinnidium inquilinum (Müller, 1776) · alternative representation
Tintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tintinnus inquilinum (O.F. Müller, 1776) · alternative representation
Tintinnus inquilinus (O.F. Müller, 1776) Schrank, 1803 · alternative representation
Trichoda inquilinus Müller, 1776 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica said to be 89-108 µm, often with pelagic diatoms attached. [details] Available for editors
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(of Tintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929) Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica length said to be 98-108 µm [details] Available for editors
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(of Trichoda inquilinus Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): pg. 281 [details]
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica said to be 89-108 µm, often with pelagic diatoms attached. [details] Available for editors
(of Tintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929) Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica length said to be 98-108 µm [details] Available for editors
(of Trichoda inquilinus Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): pg. 281 [details]
Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Eutintinnus apertus (Müller 1776) emended Kofoid & Campbell, 1929; 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235770 on 2025-11-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica said to be 89-108 µm, often with pelagic diatoms attached. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Eutintinnus inflatus Marshall, 1969) Silva, E.S. (1953). Estudos de plancton na Lagoa de Obidos. II. Tintinnoinea. <em>Revista da Faculdade de Ciencias de Lisboa.</em> 2 Serie, C, 2: 97-116.
page(s): pg. 114-115; note: reported as Eutintinnis sp. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Tintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929) Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica length said to be 98-108 µm [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Trichoda inquilinus Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): pg. 281 [details]
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica said to be 89-108 µm, often with pelagic diatoms attached. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Eutintinnus inflatus Marshall, 1969) Silva, E.S. (1953). Estudos de plancton na Lagoa de Obidos. II. Tintinnoinea. <em>Revista da Faculdade de Ciencias de Lisboa.</em> 2 Serie, C, 2: 97-116.
page(s): pg. 114-115; note: reported as Eutintinnis sp. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Tintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929) Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 331, fig. 648; note: lorica length said to be 98-108 µm [details] Available for editors
original description (of Trichoda inquilinus Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): pg. 281 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Daday, E. von. (1887). Monographie der Familie der Tintinnodeen. <em>Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 7: 473-591 + Plates 18-21. [details] 
Other
additional source
Coats, D.W.; Clamp, J.C. (2009). Ciliated Protists (Ciliophora) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 57-79 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at http://goo.gl/6nLK0Y [details] Available for editors
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additional source Balech, E. (1962). Tintinnoinea y Dinoflagellata del Pacífico según material de las expediciones Norpac y Downwind del Instituto Scripps de Oceanografía. <em>Rev. Mus. Arg. Cs. Nat. “B. Rivadavia”, C. Zool.</em> 7(1): 1-253, 26 pl. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zavodnik, D; Kovacic, M. (2000). Index of marine Fauna in Rijeka Bay (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). <em>Nat. Croat.</em> 9(4): 297-379. [details]
additional source Balech, E. (1962). Tintinnoinea y Dinoflagellata del Pacífico según material de las expediciones Norpac y Downwind del Instituto Scripps de Oceanografía. <em>Rev. Mus. Arg. Cs. Nat. “B. Rivadavia”, C. Zool.</em> 7(1): 1-253, 26 pl. [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Zavodnik, D; Kovacic, M. (2000). Index of marine Fauna in Rijeka Bay (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). <em>Nat. Croat.</em> 9(4): 297-379. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Tintinnidium inquilinum (Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Tintinnus inquilinus (O.F. Müller, 1776) Schrank, 1803)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eutintinnus apertus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Tintinnus inquilinus (O.F. Müller, 1776) Schrank, 1803)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eutintinnus apertus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS