The cryptostigmatid mite Halozetes belgicae (Michael) in the maritime Antarctic

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Minto, L.B., Shepherd, G.J., Usher, M.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Macquarie Island; Mite
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102091000093; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102091000093

Halozetes belgicae is distributed widely in the Subantarctic and maritime Antarctic, with subspecies described from Macquarie Island and the South Sandwich Islands. A morphometrical study, based largely on the development of the setae, indicates that the nominate subspecies is confined to the Antarc...