Acarothrix grandocularis Chatterjee, Marshall, Guru, Ingole & Pešić, 2012

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

Acarothrix grandocularis Chatterjee, Marshall, Guru, Ingole & Pešić, 2012

Records from India. GOA: Chorao Island, salinity 3–7‰, among algal turf associated with pneumatophores of Avicennia sp. , Rhizophora sp. — Chatterjee et al. (2012a), Chatterjee (2019); Virnoda Pernem, among algal turf associated with pneumatophores of Rhizophora sp. —Chatterjee (2019); Chicalim Vasco, among algal turf associated with pneumatophores of Avicennia and Rhizophora sp. and also from mud flat associated with mangroves—Chatterjee (2019); Chinchinim, mud flat in mangrove area—Chatterjee (2019).

Records from other places. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: Batu Marang, among algal turf growing on Rhizophora sp. pneumatophores— Chatterjee et al. (2012a). SINGAPORE: Kranji, landward edge of mangrove area, green and red algae on trunk, high water edge— Bartsch (2015).

Distribution. ITE: India (Goa); PTW: Singapore, Brunei Darussalam.

Remarks. Scanning electron microscopic observations of this species from Goa was given in Chatterjee (2019). All records of this species are from mangrove areas.