Copidognathus sp.

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 : 256-257

Copidognathus sp. (in Bartsch, 2011 as Copidognathus sp. B )

Record from more than 1000 m depth – ATW - Gulf of Mexico, Atwater Valley, 28° N 88° W, 2185 m depth; amongst tubeworms Escarpia lnrninaia, Lamellibrach sp. - reported as Copidognathus sp. B — Bartsch (2011).

Record from other depth (less than 1000 m depth) – This species has been also reported from Gulf of Mexico, Upper Louisana slope, Green Canyon, 28° N 91° W, 571 m depth; among Lamellibrachia luamesi and Seepiophila jonesi .

Remarks – This species was collected from gas seep areas on the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Bartsch (2011) commented that this species has distinct eye pigment and it was most likely a shallow water species.