Pontarachnidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hygrobatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Anystina Hypordo: Parasitengona Superfamilia: Hygrobatoidea

Familia: Pontarachnidae
Genera (2): Litarachna – Pontarachna

Name

Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910

• Type genus: Pontarachna Philippi, 1840

References

• Chatterjee, T., Schizas, N.V. & Pešić, V. 2019. A checklist of Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and notes on distributional patterns of the species. Zootaxa 4619(3): 527–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.3.6 Reference page. 
• Pešić, V.M. 2013: Pontarachnid mites from marine interstitial, with a description of three new species from South Korea (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae). Zootaxa 3701(1): 83–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.1.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Marine water mites