Pontarachna aenariensis Mari & Morselli, 1983

Chatterjee, Tapas & Durucan, Furkan, 2022, A checklist of halacarid and pontarachnid mites (Acari: Halacaridae and Pontarachnidae) found in seagrass habitats, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (2), pp. 187-223 : 205

Pontarachna aenariensis Mari & Morselli, 1983

Report found in seagrass habitats – This species was reported from Punta Vico—Lacco Ameno of Ischia, Italy among Posidonia oceanica ( Mari and Morselli 1983, 1990).

Remarks – This species was most numerous between 3 and 5 m depth, and was not found below 6 m ( Mari and Morselli 1983). Durucan (2021b) reported this species from Izmir - Urla-Karantina Island, Turkey, Aegean Sea among oyster, bivalve mollusc Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (reported as Pinctata radiata ) (alternate representation as Pictada imbricata radiata ).