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Copidognathus floridus Trouessart 1914

Description

Copidognathus floridus Trouessart, 1914

Report associated with sponges: This species was reported from Antarctic Peninsula, Terre Adélie in tidal and subtidal areas on sponge Homaxinella balfourensis (cited as H. supratumescens), and on algae (Newell 1984).

Remarks: This species is expected to live on and amongst various substrata (Bartsch 2016b).

Notes

Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), pp. 101-129 in Zootaxa 5072 (2) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5733656

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Halacaridae
Genus
Copidognathus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Trouessart
Species
floridus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Copidognathus floridus Trouessart, 1914 sec. Chatterjee, 2021

References

  • Trouessart, E. (1914) Acariens. In: Deuxieme Expedition Antarctique Francaise (1908 - 1910), commandee par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences naturelles, Documents Scientifiques. Masson, Paris, pp. 1 - 16.
  • Bartsch, I. (2016 b) Antarctic Halacaridae (Acari), new records, these species characteristics and an updated list of species. Polish Polar Research, 37 (1), 131 - 154. https: // doi. org / 10.1515 / popore- 2016 - 0007