Thalassarachna basteri

• Main Author: Chatterjee, Tapas
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Halacaridae; Thalassarachna; Thalassarachna basteri; Norway; Helgoland; Bergen; Newell; North Atlantic; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5747497; https://zenodo.org/record/5747497

Thalassarachna basteri (Johnston, 1836) Report associated with sponges: This species was reported from mud and sediments containing plant and animals, including sponge ( Halicondria sp.), algae ( Cystoclonium , Plocanium ), pycnogonids, etc., from Helgoland, North Sea (Viets 1927a). This species was also reported from sand containing sponge Halicondria alongwith caprellids, gammarids, ostracods etc. from Bergen, Norway (Viets 1928). Remarks: This species has been reported in various substrata (among sand, hydroids, bryozoans, bivalves, tubes of serpulid polychaetes, algae etc) from western, eastern North Atlantic, Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Sea (Newell 1947; Green & MacQuitty 1987; Bartsch 2009). : Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), pp. 101-129 in Zootaxa 5072 (2) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5733656 : {"references": ["Viets, K. (1927 a) Die Halacaridae der Nordsee. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 130, 83 - 173.", "Viets, K. (1928) Die Halacariden des Schargaards bei Bergen (Norwegen). Bergens Museums Arbok 1927, Naturvidenskapelig Rekke, 6, 1 - 14.", "Green, J. & MacQuitty, M. (1987) Halacarid Mites. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series, 36, 1 - 178.", "Bartsch, I. (2009) Checklist of marine and freshwater halacarid mite genera and species (Halacaridae: Acari) with notes on synonyms, habitats, distribution and descriptions of the taxa. Zootaxa, 1998 (1), 1 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1998.1.1"]}