Halacarus fuscatus Bartsch, 1993

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), Zootaxa 5072 (2), pp. 101-129 : 110

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5733700
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scientific name	Halacarus fuscatus Bartsch, 1993
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Report associated with sponges: This species was reported among sponges and corals from Duke point,southwestern Australia Bartsch (1993c); among corallines on demosponge from just below water line from Esperance, Duke of Orleans Bay ( Bartsch 2007); also extracted from an epiflora growing on seagrass, algal fronds and sponges from southwestern Australia ( Bartsch 2007).

Remarks: This species was also reported associated with seagrass Amphibolis sp. from Bickley Bay, Rottnest Island, and Duke of Orleans Bay, Western Australia ( Bartsch 1993c, 2007).

References

Bartsch, I. (1993 c) Halacarus (Halacaridae, Acari) from south-western Australia. In: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (Eds.), The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, pp. 45 - 71.

Bartsch, I. (2007) Halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from Esperance, Western Australia: Notes on taxonomy and faunal distribution of non-Copidognathinae. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 23, 359 - 392. https: // doi. org / 10.18195 / issn. 0312 - 3162.23 (4). 2007.359 - 392