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ZESZYTY NAUKOWE UNIWERSYTETU SZCZECIŃSKIEGO

NR 791

ACTA BIOLOGICA 20

2013

TAPAS CHATTERJEE¹BHIKARICHARAN GURU²MARTIN YINTHER S0RENSEN³

REPORT OF ACAROTHRIXPALUSTRIS BARTSCH (ACARI: HALACARIDAE) FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN

Abstract

The present study reports a new distribution record for the halacarid mite Aca-rothrix palustris Bartsch, 1990 on mangrove pneumatophores from Goa, India. Earlier this species was known from Hong Kong and Singapore (West Pacific Ocean). The present report represents the first record of the species from the Indian Ocean.

Keywords: Goa, India, new record, mangrove, taxonomy

Introduction

Six species of the halacarid genus Acarothrix are known from tropical and warm temperate shallow water habitats with Iow salinity and muddy areas that perio-

Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning. I.S.M. Annexe, P.O. - I.S.M., Dhan-bad-826004, Jharkhand. India. E-mail: drtchatteqee@yahoo.co.in.

Deartment of Zoology, Utkał University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar 751004, Orissa, India.

Natural History Museum of Demnark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.