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Halacaridae
Sign in to saveHalacaridae is a family of meiobenthic mites found in marine, brackish, and freshwater habitats around the world. It includes more than 1100 described species belonging to 64 genera It is the largest marine radiation of arachnids.
Species
sea mites
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderTrombidiformes
- FamilyHalacaridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 211
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Halacaridae
- Collections
- NCSM, YPM, CMN, QM, MCZ
- Recorded in
- United States, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cuba, Australia, Belize
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Halacaroidea
- Image
- Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung (2Gaβ) Tafel XII.png
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- Halacaridae
- topic's main category
- Category:Halacaridae
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description and life cycle
- Ecology
- Phylogeny
- Genera
- References
- Further reading
Halacaridae is a family of meiobenthic mites found in marine, brackish, and freshwater habitats around the world. It includes more than 1100 described species belonging to 64 genera It is the largest marine radiation of arachnids.
== Description and life cycle == Halacarids have four pairs of legs (as adults and nymphs; see below), of which the first two pairs point forwards and the last two pairs point backwards. This is a synapomorphy of the group. Another synapomorphy are four plates on the dorsal surface of the body, except for several genera with reduction of certain plates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Halacaridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.