Unionicola (Hexatax) niigata Imamura, 1954

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), Zootaxa 5072 (2), pp. 101-129 : 116

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.5733732
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E1C1E-FFAE-FF9B-FF62-B5D2FD67376D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Unionicola (Hexatax) niigata Imamura, 1954
status

Treatment

Report associated with sponges: This species was mentioned under ‘sponge-mite’ from Japan by Crowell (1990) referring Havers (1984). Edwards & Vidrine (2013) also mentioned the species under ‘sponge-mite’.

Remarks: This species belongs to the ‘ U. crassipes —complex’ and earlier authors (mentioned above) kept it under possible ‘sponge-mite’ species. It needs further study (emphasizing developmental study) to get a better idea about its association with freshwater sponges.