WoRMS taxon details
Thalassarachna basteri (Johnston, 1836)
114965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114965)
accepted
Species
Halacarellus basteri · unaccepted (Synonym)
Halacarellus basteri var. septentrionalis Gimbel, 1938 · unaccepted (moved to genus Thalassarachna)
Halacarus spinifer Lohmann, 1889 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Thalassarachna verrilli Packard, 1871 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British zoology. <em>Mag. nat. Hist.</em> 9 (63): 353-357., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29380079 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Thalassarachna basteri (Johnston, 1836). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114965 on 2026-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnston, G. (1836). Illustrations in British zoology. <em>Mag. nat. Hist.</em> 9 (63): 353-357., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29380079 [details]
original description (of Halacarellus basteri var. septentrionalis Gimbel, 1938) Gimbel, O., 1938. Eine neue Halacaridenvarietät von der Murmanküste. Zool. Anz. 122, 1-7. [details]
original description (of Halacarus spinifer Lohmann, 1889) Lohmann, H. (1889). Die Unterfamilie der Halacaridae Murr. und die Meeresmilben der Ostsee. <em>Zool. Jb. (Syst.).</em> 4: 269-408., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9980782 [details]
original description (of Thalassarachna verrilli Packard, 1871) Packard, A. C. (1871). On insects inhabiting salt water. <em>Am. J. Sci.</em> 3: 100-110. [details]
basis of record Bartsch, I., 2001. Acarina - Halacaridae, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 237-241 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Halacarellus basteri var. septentrionalis Gimbel, 1938) Gimbel, O., 1938. Eine neue Halacaridenvarietät von der Murmanküste. Zool. Anz. 122, 1-7. [details]
original description (of Halacarus spinifer Lohmann, 1889) Lohmann, H. (1889). Die Unterfamilie der Halacaridae Murr. und die Meeresmilben der Ostsee. <em>Zool. Jb. (Syst.).</em> 4: 269-408., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9980782 [details]
original description (of Thalassarachna verrilli Packard, 1871) Packard, A. C. (1871). On insects inhabiting salt water. <em>Am. J. Sci.</em> 3: 100-110. [details]
basis of record Bartsch, I., 2001. Acarina - Halacaridae, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 237-241 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Green, J.; MacQuitty, M. (1987). Halacarid mites (Arachnida: Acari): keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 36. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London. ISBN 90-048196-8. VII, 178 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Newell, I. M. (1947). A systematic and ecological study of the Halacaridae of eastern North America. <em>Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll.</em> 10: 1-232. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Newell, I. M. (1947). A systematic and ecological study of the Halacaridae of eastern North America. <em>Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll.</em> 10: 1-232. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Additional information synonymised name: Acarus Basteri Johnston, 1836 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Habitat littoral [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Halacarellus basteri)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Halacarus spinifer Lohmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Thalassarachna verrilli Packard, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassarachna basteri)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halacarellus basteri)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Halacarus spinifer Lohmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Thalassarachna verrilli Packard, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassarachna basteri)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halacarellus basteri)
To ITIS
