Unionicola (Wilsonatax) poirrieri Vidrine, 1984

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), Zootaxa 5072 (2), pp. 101-129 : 117

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F11C5EFE-8B45-4F58-B7E9-741D27EB47B6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5747533
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E1C1E-FFB1-FF84-FF62-B0E2FCB63092
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Unionicola (Wilsonatax) poirrieri Vidrine, 1984
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Treatment

Report associated with sponges: This species was reported associated with sponges Trochospongilla leidii (cited as Trochospongilla leidyi ) from Louisiana, USA ( Vidrine 1984, 1996; Edwards & Vidrine 2013).

Remarks: Holotype (male) was reared from encysted tritonymphs in the tissues of the sponge, Trochospongilla leidii from Bayou Peyronnet, Louisiana, USA ( Vidrine 1996). This was also reported from Long Pine Creek, Loch Lomond, Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Saskatchewan in Canada ( Vidrine 1984); no sponge host was recorded for the Canadian specimens ( Vidrine 1996).