Halacarus fuscatus Bartsch, 1993

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari, Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia) associated with sponges (Porifera), Zootaxa 5072 (2), pp. 101-129 : 110

Halacarus fuscatus Bartsch, 1993

Report associated with sponges: This species was reported among sponges and corals from Duke point,southwestern Australia Bartsch (1993c); among corallines on demosponge from just below water line from Esperance, Duke of Orleans Bay ( Bartsch 2007); also extracted from an epiflora growing on seagrass, algal fronds and sponges from southwestern Australia ( Bartsch 2007).

Remarks: This species was also reported associated with seagrass Amphibolis sp. from Bickley Bay, Rottnest Island, and Duke of Orleans Bay, Western Australia ( Bartsch 1993c, 2007).