First record of the littoral genus Alismobates (Acari: Oribatida) from the Atlantic ocean, with a redefinition of the family Fortuyniidae based on adult and juvenile morphology

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3301, 2012, Pages 1-33

  Pfingstl, Tobias ^a,b   Schuster, Reinhart ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alismobates inexpectatus; Bermuda; Biogeography; Fortuynia Atlantica; Thalassobiontic

Indexed keywords

ACARI; FORTUYNIA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84860621697     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3301.1.1     Document Type: Article

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