A checklist of deep-sea halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) found from more than 1000 m depth Author Chatterjee, Tapas text Persian Journal of Acarology 2021 2021-07-15 10 23 249 268 journal article 10.22073/pja.v10i3.67563 2251-8169 5235720 Agauopsis bathyalis Bartsch, 1989 Record from more than 1000 m depth – PTW - South west of Lifou , off New Caledonia , 21° S 167° E , 1380 m depth — Bartsch (1989) . Remarks – This species lacks cornea and eye pigment but other characters like outline of idiosoma, gnathosoma, legs, sculpturing of integuments do not suggest that this species is specialised to life in deep sea abyssal zone ( Bartsch 1989 ).