Thalassarachna alvina ( Bartsch, 1994 )

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of deep-sea halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) found from more than 1000 m depth, Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23), pp. 249-268 : 259

Thalassarachna alvina ( Bartsch, 1994)

Syn.: Halacarellus alvinus Bartsch, 1994

Record from more than 1000 m depth – ANE - Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Lucky Strike, 37° N 32° W, 1636–1727 m depth, and the sites Isabel and Pagode, 37° N 32° W, 1629–1685 m depth — Bartsch (1994, 1996).

Remarks – This species was reported from hydrothermal vent area. Ocular plates reduced to pair of minute platelates. This species was thought to be a deep sea species and not bound to hydrothermal vent area ( Bartsch 1994).