marine Halacaroidea (Acari) of California

Eleven species of marine mites (Halacaroidea) are recorded from intertidal and subtidal collections made along the coast of California. Four new species Copidognathus spinifer sp. nov., Copidognathus ilsebartschi sp. nov., Agaue variabilis sp. nov., and Halacarus newelli sp. nov. are described. Agau...

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Published inJournal of natural history Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 527 - 554
Main Author MacQuitty, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1984
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Acari
Arachnida
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Halacaroidea
Invertebrates
Marine
marine environment
new taxa
Systematics. Geographical distribution
California
INE, USA, California
United States
Taxonomy
California
North America
Coastal zone
North Pacific
Marine environment
Arachnida
Acariformes
Acari
Arthropoda
Diagnosis
Invertebrata
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Summary:Eleven species of marine mites (Halacaroidea) are recorded from intertidal and subtidal collections made along the coast of California. Four new species Copidognathus spinifer sp. nov., Copidognathus ilsebartschi sp. nov., Agaue variabilis sp. nov., and Halacarus newelli sp. nov. are described. Agaue californica (Hall) is completely redescribed. Agauopsis newelli Krantz and Halacarus magniporus Krantz, new records for California, are diagnozed and described. Agauopsis curvata Krantz is diagnozed and further described. The juvenile stages of Copidognathus curtus Hall are described. The range of Agauopsis filirostris MacQuitty is extended within California. A tabular key to the Californian species of Copidognathus is given. The distribution of the halacaroids in California is compared to that of other fauna.
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ISSN:0022-2933
1464-5262
DOI:10.1080/00222938400770451