Fortuynia

Pfingstl, Tobias & Schuster, Reinhart, 2012, First record of the littoral genus Alismobates (Acari: Oribatida) from the Atlantic ocean, with a redefinition of the family Fortuyniidae based on adult and juvenile morphology, Zootaxa 3301, pp. 1-33 : 11

Genus Fortuynia van der Hammen, 1960

Medium sized (400µm–600µm body length) dark sclerotized intertidal mites. Interlamellar setae vestigial or minute. Lamellar ridges developed as cuticular channels or completely absent. Translamella strongly reduced or absent. Sensillus short, clavate, smooth or spinose. Tutorium absent. Van der Hammen’s organ present, typical for the genus. Pedotecta present, weakly developed. Lenticulus present or absent. Notogaster with 14 pairs of setae, sometimes c3 vestigial. Genital setae 5 pairs.