Pontarachna capensis Lohmann, 1909

Chatterjee, Tapas & Durucan, Furkan, 2022, A checklist of halacarid and pontarachnid mites (Acari: Halacaridae and Pontarachnidae) found in seagrass habitats, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (2), pp. 187-223 : 205

Pontarachna capensis Lohmann, 1909

Report found in seagrass habitats – This species was reported in Syringodium seagrass beds near Kunduchi, from the littoral water of Tanzania ( Konnerth-Ionescu 1977).

Remarks – This species was reported in various habitats e.g., sands, stones, among coral Acropora palmate , amongs bivalves Tridacna sp. , crustacean Mysis sp. , colony of ascidians Botryllus sp. from Tanzania and South Africa ( Lohmann 1909; Walter 1925; Konnerth-Ionescu 1977).