Rhombognathides pascens (Lohmann, 1889)

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), Zootaxa 5072 (2), pp. 101-129 : 111

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5747485

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scientific name

Rhombognathides pascens (Lohmann, 1889)
status

 

Rhombognathides pascens (Lohmann, 1889)

Report associated with sponges: This species was reported from mud and sediments containing organisms such as sponge ( Halicondria sp. ), algae ( Cystoclonium, Plocanium ), pycnogonids, etc., from Helgoland, North Sea ( Viets 1927a). This was also reported from sand containing sponge Halicondria sp. along with caprellids, gammarids, ostracods etc. from Bergen, Norway ( Viets 1928).

Remarks: This species was found in eastern and western North Atlantic (from the Azores to northern Norway), Baltic Sea, and Black Sea among various substrata (Lohmann 1889; Viets 1927a; Newell 1947; Bartsch 1972, 2009; Green & MacQuitty 1987; Abé 1998).

Abe, H. (1998) Rhombognathine Mites. Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography. Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo, 219 pp.

Green, J. & MacQuitty, M. (1987) Halacarid Mites. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series, 36, 1 - 178.

Viets, K. (1927 a) Die Halacaridae der Nordsee. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 130, 83 - 173.

Viets, K. (1928) Die Halacariden des Schargaards bei Bergen (Norwegen). Bergens Museums Arbok 1927, Naturvidenskapelig Rekke, 6, 1 - 14.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

SubOrder

Prostigmata

Family

Halacaridae

Genus

Rhombognathides