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Rhombognathus lepidus Bartsch 1993
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Description
Rhombognathus lepidus Bartsch, 1993
Report associated with sponges: This species was reported from Western Australia, Duke of Orleans Bay, 10-15 cm below water line among sponges with rich endofauna and epiflora (Bartsch 2005).
Remarks: This species was reported among algae Caulerpa sp. (Chlorophyceae), Amphiroa sp. (Florideophyceae) and Corallinaceae from Rottnest Island, Australia (Bartsch 1993d).
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 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5733656
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Halacaridae
- Genus
- Rhombognathus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Bartsch
- Species
- lepidus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rhombognathus lepidus Bartsch, 1993 sec. Chatterjee, 2021
References
- Bartsch, I. (2005) The rhombognathine fauna of Australia (Rhombognathinae: Halacaridae: Acari) with notes on the fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. In: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I. & Kendrick, G. A. (Eds.), The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, pp. 375 - 397.
- Bartsch, I. (1993 d) Rhombognathine mites (Halacaridae, Acari) from Rottnest Island. In: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (Eds.), The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, pp. 19 - 43.