World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

999904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999904)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acarus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Aleurobius farinae Canestrini, 1888 · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

WRiMS (2025). Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999904 on 2026-07-30

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999904 on 2026-07-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-22 06:07:54Z

created

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (Introduced species) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. Biological Reviews. 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]

context source (RAS) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. Biological Reviews. 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]

basis of record Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. Biological Reviews. 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]

additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acarus siro)
To GenBank (894 nucleotides; 38 proteins)