Thalassarachna basteri (Johnston, 1836)

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) associated with echinoderms (Echinodermata), Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4), pp. 359-369 : 364

Thalassarachna basteri (Johnston, 1836)

Syn.: Acarus basteri Johnston, 1836

Halacarus ctenopus Gosse, 1855

Thalassarachna verrilli Packard, 1871

Halacarus spinifer Lohmann, 1889

Halacarus globosus Trouessart, 1889

Halacarus (Halacarellus) basteri - Viets 1927

Halacarellus basteri var. septentrionalis - Gimbel, 1938

Halacarus (Thalassarachna) basteri - Newell 1947

Report associated with echinoderms – This species was reported among sediments inhabitat by Cucumaria sp. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) and algae Desmarestia sp. from Bergen (Rylands Sund), Norway ( Viets 1928); among sediments inhabiting Echinus esculentus (Echinodermata, Echinoidea), Cucumaria frondosa (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) and algae Delesseria sp. from Bergen (Herdla Sund), Norway ( Viets 1928).

Remarks – This species has been reported in various substrata (among sand, hydroids, bryozoans, bivalves, tubes of serpulid polychaetes, algae, etc.) from western, eastern North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterannean Sea ( Newell 1947; Green and MacQuitty 1987; Bartsch 2009).