New species of Agaue and Thalassarachna from the Aleutians (Acari, Halacaridae)

Title Variants

Alternative: New Agaue and Thalassarachna from Aleutians

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1489

By

Newell, Irwin M.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York American Museum of Natural History [1951]

Notes

Title from caption.

"March 1, 1951."

"In the saddles between the peaks of the partially submerged Aleutian mountain chain, and perhaps on other portions of the slopes of these peaks, is found a mite fauna strikingly different from the benthic fauna of the Bering Sea and even markedly different from the intertidal fauna of the islands themselves."

Specimens classified as Agaue longiseta, Thalassarachna aleutica and T. agauiformis collected from the Aleutian Islands; specimens classified as T. schefferi collected from Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands.

Subjects

59.54,2H(79.8) , Agaue longiseta , Alaska , Aleutian Islands , Arachnida , Classification , Mites , Saint Paul Island , Thalassarachna

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1489, 1951

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31841509