Alismobates Luxton, 1992

Pfingstl, Tobias & Schuster, Reinhart, 2012, 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 3301, pp. 1-33 : 3

Genus Alismobates Luxton, 1992

Medium sized (290µm–400µm body length) dark sclerotized intertidal mites. Interlamellar setae vestigial or short. Convergent lamellar ridges. Translamellar ridge demarcating rostrum. Sensillus clavate, spinose. Tutorium present. Van der Hammen’s organ with specific anterior ventral channel. Pedotecta present, weakly developed. Lenticulus present. Notogaster with 14 pairs of setae. Pairs of single pores present on notogaster. Epimeral setation 3-1-2-2. Genital setae 4 pairs. Aggenital 1, adanal 3 and anal 2 pairs of setae.