Abstract
The species richness and abundance of tintinnids in the surface waters at 23 stations located in southeast of Hawaii were investigated between 14 August and 18 September 2013. A total of 36 species in 22 genera were identified. All tintinnid species had hyaline loricae. The species richness of tintinnids in each station ranged from 15 to 21. Tintinnid abundance and biomass ranged from 4,730 to 23,693 ind./m, and from 9.60 to 88.61 μg C/m, respectively. The top four dominant species were Ascampbelliella armilla, Steenstrupiella steenstrupii, Eutintinnus tenuis and S. gracilis. These top four dominant species were in different lorica oral diameter (LOD) size-classes.
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