A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera)
Author
Chatterjee, Tapas
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-29
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1
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Halacarellus obsoletus
Bartsch, 1995
Report associated with sponges:
This species was reported among hexactinellid
Rossella antarctica
,
R. nuda
,
R.
racovitzae
, and
Anoxycalyx
(
Scolymastra
)
joubini
(cited as
Scolymastra joubini
) collected from eastern Weddell Sea (
Bartsch 1995
).
Remarks
: According to the mite's morphology, it is specialized for a life in sponge tissue (
Bartsch 1995
).