A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera)
Author
Chatterjee, Tapas
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-29
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10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1
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Halacaropsis capuzina
Bartsch, 1996
Report associated with sponges:
This species was reported among seagrass
Amphibolis
sp.
and demosponge with epiflora and fauna from Esperance, Duke of Orleans Bay (
Bartsch 2005
).
Remarks
: This species is often abundant amongst the epifauna on seagrass
Amphibolis
sp.
, but present also amongst scrub-like corallines covering rocks (
Bartsch 2005
).