Marine Species Traits - Pontarachna Philippi, 1840

BlackSea taxon details

Pontarachna Philippi, 1840

AphiaID

227528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:227528)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910

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Species Pontarachna pontica K. Viets, 1928
Species Pontarachna punctulum Philippi, 1840
Species Pontarachna valkanovi Petrova, 1978

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

Philippi, A. (1840). Zoologische Bemerkungen. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., eine Hydrachnide des Meeres. [Zoological Remarks. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., a Hydrachnid of the Sea.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 181-195, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203160 [details]

Taxonomic citation

BlackSea (2025). Pontarachna Philippi, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=227528 on 2025-06-06

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2025). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Pontarachna Philippi, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=227528 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-05-16 06:58:32Z

created

Smit, Harry

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original description Philippi, A. (1840). Zoologische Bemerkungen. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., eine Hydrachnide des Meeres. [Zoological Remarks. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., a Hydrachnid of the Sea.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 181-195, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203160 [details]

basis of record Smit, H. (2002). [Two new species of the water mite family Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Pontarachna hinumaensis Imamura]. Zootaxa 22: 1-8 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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