Plegadognathus bonairensis (Viets 1936)
- Dataset
- An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Trombidiformes
- family
- Halacaridae
- genus
- Plegadognathus
- species
- Plegadognathus bonairensis
description
Records from other places. AUSTRALIA: Great Barrier Reef, Australia (reported as Arhodeoporus ventromaculatus) — Otto (2000); Northwestern Australia, Dampier (reported as A. bonairensis) — Bartsch (2009 b). CARIBBEAN AREA: Bonaire (reported as Copidognathopsis bonairensis) — Viets (1936). GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: Galapagos Islands (Santa Cruz) in tidal and subtidal sediments (reported as A. bonairensis) — Bartsch (1977). HAWAIAN ISLANDS: Oahu, Kauai (reported as A. bonairensis) — Bartsch (2009 b). HONG KONG: Hong Kong — Bartsch (2009 b). PHILIPPINES: Mactan Island — Bartsch (2009 b). SINGAPORE: St John’s Island — Bartsch (2009 b). QATAR: Persian Gulf, collected from steel settlement plates — Durucan et al. (2019). USA: Biscayne Bay and Soldier Key, Florida (reported as Copidognathus (s. str.) bonairensis), among green algae Halimeda opuntia — Newell (1947).
discussion
Remarks. Bartsch (2009 b) classified Arhodeoporus ventromaculatus Otto, 2000 as a junior synonym of A. bonairensis. Bartsch (2016) also commented that Plegadognathus thyreophorus (André, 1959) may be a junior synonym of P. bonairensis.
distribution
Distribution. ATW – Caribbean area, Florida; ISE — Western Australia; ITE — India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Kerala); ITW — Qatar; PTE — Galapagos Islands, Hawai Islands; PTW — Eastern Australia, Hong Kong, Phillipines, Singapore.
distribution
Records from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Chiriatapu, Port Blair, Mus Island, among Halimeda opuntia — Sarma & Chatterjee (1993 b). GOA: Anjuna beach, among Spongomorpha sp. — Sarma & Chatterjee (1993 b). KERALA: Kovalam beach, among Gracilaria corticata — Sarma & Chatterjee (1993 b).