HALACARIDAE Murray, 1877
(sea mites)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHALACARIDAE (sea mites)
SuperfamilyHALACAROIDEA (a superfamily of mites)
SupercohortEupodides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderPROSTIGMATA (sucking mites)
OrderTROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
André, M. 1946 *** Halacariens Marins ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 46, 152pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 2: Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Cladocera, Facetotecta, Cirripedia and Copepoda Occasional Publications, No. 25, 163pp, Marine Biological Association
Green, J. & Macquitty, M. 1987 Halacarid Mites Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 36, 178pp, The Linnean Society of London

HALACARIDAE (sea mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HALACARIDAE (sea mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HALACARIDAE (sea mites)
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