Unionicola | |
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Larva of Unionicola crassipes | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Unionicolidae |
Genus: |
Unionicola Haldeman, 1842 [1] |
Unionicola is a genus of freshwater arachnids, specifically water mites, belonging to the family Unionicolidae. [2] [3] The genus was described in 1842 by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. [1] [2] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [2]
Most Unionicola are associated with molluscs, but Unionicola crassipes and Unionicola minor is associated with sponges of family Spongillidae. [4] The association with mussels can be described as symbiotic. There is evidence that mites consume host tissue [5] and can be associated with reduced host fitness, although the causal direction of the latter remains unclear. [6]
Species include the following:
Unionicola | |
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Larva of Unionicola crassipes | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Unionicolidae |
Genus: |
Unionicola Haldeman, 1842 [1] |
Unionicola is a genus of freshwater arachnids, specifically water mites, belonging to the family Unionicolidae. [2] [3] The genus was described in 1842 by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. [1] [2] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [2]
Most Unionicola are associated with molluscs, but Unionicola crassipes and Unionicola minor is associated with sponges of family Spongillidae. [4] The association with mussels can be described as symbiotic. There is evidence that mites consume host tissue [5] and can be associated with reduced host fitness, although the causal direction of the latter remains unclear. [6]
Species include the following: