Enterohalacarus minutipalpis Viets, 1938

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) associated with echinoderms (Echinodermata), Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (4), pp. 359-369 : 361-362

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v10i4.68340
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/884587F3-861F-0454-FD81-9B22FEF9FE49
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Enterohalacarus minutipalpis Viets, 1938
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Report associated with echinoderms – Viets (1938) reported an intestinal parasitic halacarid species found in the gut of a sea urchin, Plesiodiadema indicum (Döderlein, 1900) (Echinodermata,

Echinoidea) at a depth of 430 m off the west coast of Halmahera Island , Strait of Molucca, Sulu Sea, 7° N and 127° E, south of the Philippines GoogleMaps .

Remarks – The species is characterised by reduced palps. The genus Enterohalacarus consists a single species.