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Eutintinnus fraknoii (Daday 1887)
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parasitised tintinnid or "Be careful, you can become what you eat"
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The image shows 3 specimens of Eutintinnus fraknoii; 'normal, 'cytoplasm consumed by a parasite' and a lorica or shell full of newly formed parasites. All 3 specimens are from a sample taken at 50 meters depth at a station off the coast of Chile.
Drawing from original description of Eutintinnus fraknoii by Daday (1887)
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Drawing from Plate 18, fig. 1; dimensions from text description page 582.