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Halacaridae
Halacaridae is a family of meiobenthic mites found in marine, brackish, and freshwater habitats around the world. It includes more than 1100 described species belonging to 64 genera It is the largest marine radiation of arachnids.
26 branches of this family, most-observed first
Copidognathus
genusCopidognathus
Thalassarachna
genusThalassarachna
Rhombognathus
genusRhombognathus
Simognathus
genusSimognathus
Agauopsis
genusAgauopsis
Metarhombognathus
genusMetarhombognathus
Rhombognathides
genusRhombognathides
Halacarus
genusHalacarus
Hamohalacarus
genusHamohalacarus
Soldanellonyx
genusSoldanellonyx
Bathyhalacarus
genusBathyhalacarus
Parhalixodes
genusParhalixodes
Scaptognathus
genusScaptognathus
Thalassacarus
genusThalassacarus
Werthella
genusWerthella
Agaue
genusAgaue
Halacarellus
genusHalacarellus
Halixodes
genusHalixodes
Porohalacarus
genusPorohalacarus
Lobohalacarus
genusLobohalacarus
Bradyagaue
genusBradyagaue
Arhodeoporus
genusArhodeoporus
Actacarus
genusActacarus
Isobactrus
genusIsobactrus
Lohmannella
genusLohmannella
Anomalohalacarus
genusAnomalohalacarus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245461.