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- Title
Seven new species of Arhodeoporus (acarina: halacaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
- Authors
Otto, J. C.
- Abstract
Seven new species of the genus Arhodeoporus are described from sandydeposits of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea reefs, bringing thetotal number of known species in this genus to 30 and the number of known species from Australia to 11. Arhodeoporus caudatus n. sp., A. clypeatus n. sp., A. corallicolus n. sp. and A. lizardensis n. sp. are found to belong to the longirostris group, while A. longicrus n. sp., A. subtilis n. sp. and A. ventromaculatus n. sp. can be assigned to the eclogarius, gracilipes and bonairensis groups, respectively. The gracilipes group is recorded from the southern hemisphere for the first time. Arhodeoporus species described from southwestern Australiaor elsewhere have not been found on the Great Barrier Reef. A key toAustralian species of Arhodeoporus is presented.
- Subjects
CORAL Sea; AUSTRALIA; HALACARIDAE; LIMNOLOGY; MARINE biology; MITES
- Publication
Hydrobiologia, 2000, Vol 436, Issue 1-3, p1
- ISSN
0018-8158
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1026551716599