Pelacarus aculeatus (Trouessart, 1896)

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of deep-sea halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) found from more than 1000 m depth, Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23), pp. 249-268 : 258-259

Pelacarus aculeatus (Trouessart, 1896)

Syns.: Agaue aculeata Trouessart, 1896 Agauopsis aculeate (Trouessart, 1896) Viets 1927

Werthella aculeate (Trouessart, 1896) Morselli & Mari 1985

Record from more than 1000 m depth – ANE - Bay of Biscay , 46°N 6° W , 1220–1410 m depth — Trouessart (1896a, b).

Record from other depth (less than 1000 m depth) – MDB - Gulf of Marseilles , 11 m depth; Port Miou, 20 m depth, Subtidal — Bartsch (1986) .

Remarks – This species was reported from shallow waters to 1410 m depth. Bartsch (1986) erected the genus Pelacarus Bartsch, 1986 based on type species Agaue aculeata Trouessart, 1896 . This is the only species reported so far under the genus Pelacarus .