Bradyagaue drygalskii ( Lohmann, 1907 )

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of deep-sea halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) found from more than 1000 m depth, Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23), pp. 249-268 : 254

Bradyagaue drygalskii ( Lohmann, 1907)

Syns.: Halacarus (Polymela) drygalskii Lohmann, 1907 Leptospathis alberti antarctica Trouessart, 1907

Record from more than 1000 m depth – ANT - Near Cape Hallett, 71° S 172° E, 1565–1674 m depth — Newell (1984).

Record from other depth (less than 1000 m depth) – ANT- Macquarie and Kerguelen Islands, off South Sandwich Island, off Elephant Island, South Shetland Island King George Island, Admiralty Bay, Ross Sea, Victoria Land (Cape Hallett), Georg V Land (Common wealth Bay), Terre Adelie, Gauss Station ( Lohmann 1907; Viets 1952; Newell 1984; Bartsch 1993, 2008b, 2016).

Remarks – This species was reported from littoral to abyssal on various substrata, abundantly found clingling to stolons of hydroids.