Free-living prostigmatic mites found around Syowa Station, East Antarctica
As one of the biological programmes of Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, the collection of free-living mites was made at sandy habitats of the following ice-free areas in Lutzow-Holm Bay in January and February, 1976: East Ongul Island, West Ongul Island, Langhovde and Skarvsnes. The three spe...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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National Institute of Polar Research
1977
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15094/00007952 https://doaj.org/article/9b503bc5173c4920b3a126dfdfaea9a8 |
| Summary: | As one of the biological programmes of Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, the collection of free-living mites was made at sandy habitats of the following ice-free areas in Lutzow-Holm Bay in January and February, 1976: East Ongul Island, West Ongul Island, Langhovde and Skarvsnes. The three species of prostigmatic mites were identified from the collection as follows: Nanorchestes antarcticus, Tydeus erebus and Protereunetes minutus. This is the first record on these mites from the ice-free areas mentioned above. |
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