Halacarellus obsoletus Bartsch, 1995

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), Zootaxa 5072 (2), pp. 101-129 : 109

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5747452
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scientific name	Halacarellus obsoletus Bartsch, 1995
status

Treatment

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).

References

Bartsch, I. (1995) Halacarellus obsoletus n. sp. (Arachnida: Acari: Halacaridae), an associate with Antarctic hexactinellid sponges. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 71, 121 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 19950710113

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Trombidiformes
SubOrder	Prostigmata
Family	Halacaridae
Genus	Halacarellus

Specimens