Acarothrix palustris Bartsch, 1990

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, Zootaxa 5141 (4), pp. 301-320 : 302

Acarothrix palustris Bartsch, 1990

Records from India. GOA: Chorao Island, among algal turf growing on Avicennia mangrove pneumatophores— Chatterjee et al. (2013).

Records from other places. CHINA: Hong Kong, southern China, among algal turfs on salt marshes and mangrove flats— Bartsch (1990). SINGAPORE: Pandan River, southern coast of Singapore, among green algae and epibiota on Avicennia pneumatophores in a rockpool— Bartsch (2006); End of Lim Chu Kang Road, northern coast of Singapore, from Cladophora mats on muddy and sandy sediment in mangrove areas— Bartsch (2006).

Distribution. ITE— India (Goa); PTW— China, Singapore.

Remarks. This species was reported from mangroves, mangrove associated areas, and brackish water areas. Scanning electron microscopic observations of this species from Goa were given in Chatterjee et al. (2013).