Tintinnopsis gracilis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929

Bindu, L., 2021, Studies on the free-living protozoan fauna of estuaries in the coastal zone of Tamil Nadu, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 61-75 : 69-70

51. Tintinnopsis gracilis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929

Material examined: Mi-170, 4 ex., Kaliveli estuary,

22.vi.2013; Mi-181, 3 ex., Coleron estuary, 21.vi.2013; Mi- 288, 15 ex., Marakkanam estuary, 20.vii.2014; Mi-299, 3 ex., Vettar estuary, 06.xii.2015.

Diagnosis: Lorica finger-shaped, oral margins mooth; lorica swollen in the posterior one-third of the bowl; aboral end convex conical with a blunt distal end; length 95-105 µm.

Distribution in India: Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.