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Halacaridae

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Halacaridae

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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.

Species

sea mites

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderTrombidiformes
  5. FamilyHalacaridae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded11,017

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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
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taxon rank
family
Commons category
Halacaridae
taxon name
Halacaridae
topic's main category
Category:Halacaridae
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