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Unionicola
Sign in to saveUnionicola is a genus of freshwater arachnids, specifically water mites, belonging to the family Unionicolidae. The genus was described in 1842 by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderTrombidiformes
- FamilyUnionicolidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 596
- With media
- 44
- Family
- Unionicolidae
- Collections
- NCSM, PSUC, NRM
- Recorded in
- United States, Egypt, Sweden, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Unionicolidae
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- taxon name
- Unionicola
- taxon rank
- genus
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Unionicola is a genus of freshwater arachnids, specifically water mites, belonging to the family Unionicolidae. The genus was described in 1842 by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Most Unionicola are associated with molluscs, but Unionicola crassipes and Unionicola minor are associated with sponges of family Spongillidae. The association with mussels can be described as symbiotic. There is evidence that mites consume host tissue and can be associated with reduced host fitness, although the causal direction of the latter remains unclear.
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