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Scaptognathus pacificus Newell 1971

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Scaptognathus pacificus Newell, 1971

Diagnosis. Glp-1 posterior to Ds-1. Ds-2 on membranous cuticle. PE with 1 dorsal seta. GA bipartite in female. Female with 4 Pgs and 4 Sgs. Tr I–IV with 1-1-1-1 setae; Bf I–IV with 1-1-1-1 setae; Tf I–IV with 4-3-2-2 setae, 2-0-0-0 Bp setae; Gn I–IV with 5-4-2-3 setae, 2-1-0-0 Bp setae; Tb I–IV with 6-5-5-5 setae, 3-2-2-2 Bp setae; Ta I–IV with 3-3-3-3 dorsal setae. Lc I with unidentate accessory process. Idiosoma length 167 in female. Idiosoma width 98–104 in female. Gnathosoma length 147–151 in female. Gnathosoma width 60 (gnathosoma length 147) in female. Ratio of gnathosoma to idiosoma 0.88–0.91 in female.

Remarks. This species has the smallest body size in the genus. Female is known.

Habitat. Bathyal zone: Sediment at 210 m depth.

Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Robinson Crusoe Is. (Juan Fernández Is.) [Chile].

References. Abé (1990c), Abé & Green (1994), Newell (1971, 1984).

Depository. USNMNHW.

Notes

Published as part of Abé, Hiroshi, 2021, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Lohmannellinae (Acari: Trombidiformes Halacaridae) with morphological comparisons among genera, pp. 201-255 in Zootaxa 4980 (2) on pages 233-234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4888860

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/022487BFFFFDFFBEFF24F9BBFE47FF53

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4888860 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FE1DFFC7FFDDFF9FFFB3FFE1FFB6FFE2 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/344CA83A-6C54-4425-8A1F-1BA540611214 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/022487BFFFFDFFBEFF24F9BBFE47FF53 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/182958140 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/6015/taxon/022487BFFFFDFFBEFF24F9BBFE47FF53.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Halacaridae
Genus
Scaptognathus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Newell
Species
pacificus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Scaptognathus pacificus Newell, 1971 sec. Abé, 2021

References

  • Newell, I. M. (1971) Halacaridae (Acari) collected during Cruise 17 of the R / V Anton Bruun, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. Anton Bruun Report, 8, 1 - 58.
  • Abe, H. (1990 c) Two new species of the genus Scaptognathus (Acari, Halacaridae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 31, 349 - 363.
  • Abe, H. & Green, J. (1994) A new species of the genus Scaptognathus (Acari: Halacaridae) from Tasmania. Acta Arachnologica, 43, 169 - 178.
  • Newell, I. M. (1984) Antarctic Halacaroidea. Antarctic Research Series, 40, 1 - 284.