Atelopsalis pacifica Bartsch, 1985

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 : 192-193

Atelopsalis pacifica Bartsch, 1985

Report found in seagrass habitats – This species was reported from Bozcaada , Çanakkale (Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea) among detritus rich sediment with Posidonia oceanica at 8 m depth ( Durucan 2021a) .

Remarks – This species was reported from Mactan Islands, Philippines (Pacific Ocean) at 15 m depth shallow subtidal region ( Bartsch 1985); this was also reported Chatam Island, Port Blair,

Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean) at intertidal associated with red algae Jania rebens ( Sarma and Chatterjee 1993) . Durucan and Boyaci (2017) reported this from Levantine Sea, Turkey in soft sand at 30 m depth.