Air‐breathing littoral mites of sub‐Antarctic South Georgia

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Pugh, P. J. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: Antarctic; Husvik Harbour; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02737.x; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1995.tb02737.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1995.tb02737.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02737.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02737.x

Nine species of littoral air‐breathing Acari were collected at Husvik Harbour, South Georgia, comprising three Parasitiphis (Rhodacaridae), one Nanorchestes (Nanorchestidae), two Halo‐zetes (Podacaridae) and three Hyadesia (Hyadesidae). All of the adaptive physiological and structural features obser...