Spongihalacarus longiscutatus Otto, 2000

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), Zootaxa 5072 (2), pp. 101-129 : 112

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5747495
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scientific name	Spongihalacarus longiscutatus Otto, 2000
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Treatment

Report associated with sponges: This species was extracted from "sponge weed" (a symbiosis between the red alga, Ceratodictyon spongiosum Zanardini, 1878 and the sponge, Haliclona cymaeformis ), collected at a depth of 1 m from Great Keppel Island (Great Barrier Reef lagoon, north-eastern Australia) ( Otto 2000b).

Remarks: A new subfamily, Spongihalacarinae was also established to incorporate this single genus ( Otto 2000b).

References

Otto, J. C. (2000 b) Spongihalacarus longiscutatus n. gen., n. sp., a marine mite (Acari: Prostigmata: Halacaridae) associated with an alga-sponge symbiosis from the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon in Australia. International Journal of Acarology, 26, 279 - 283. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 01647950008684200