Pontarachnidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Anystina
Hypordo: Parasitengona
Superfamilia: Hygrobatoidea

Familia: Pontarachnidae
Genera (2): Litarachna – Pontarachna
Name

Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910

Type genus: Pontarachna Philippi, 1840

References

Template:Koenike, 1910

Chatterjee, T., Schizas, N.V. & Pešić, V. 2019. A checklist of Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and notes on distributional patterns of the species. Zootaxa 4619(3): 527–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.3.6 Paywall Reference page.
Pešić, V.M. 2013: Pontarachnid mites from marine interstitial, with a description of three new species from South Korea (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae). Zootaxa 3701(1): 83–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.1.7 Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Marine water mites