Hydrachnidia
Hydrachnidia | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Subclass: | Acari |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Suborder: | Prostigmata |
(unranked): | Parasitengona |
(unranked): | Hydrachnidia |
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Hydrachnidia, also known as "water mites", Hydracarina or Hydrachnellae, are a group of mites covering more than 40 families and 5 000 species (Smith & Cook 1991) found in freshwater and marine habitats. As water mites of Africa, Asia, and South America have not been well-studied, the numbers are likely to be far greater. Other taxa of parasitengone mites include species with semi-aquatic habits, but only the Hydracarina are properly subaquatic. They exist in a variety of freshwater bodies, such as treeholes, hot springs, deep lakes and waterfalls, and some have adapted to marine environments. [2][1]
References
- 1 2 Di Sabatino, A., Gerecke, R., Martin, P. (2000). "The biology and ecology of lotic water mites (Hydrachnidia)". Freshwater Biology. 44 (1): 47–62. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00591.x.
- ↑ http://eol.org/pages/3020370/details
External links
- "Introduction to Hydrachnidia". Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax. 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- Media related to Hydrachnidia at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Hydracarina at Wikispecies
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