Marginura

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Marginura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Oplitidae
Genus: Marginura
Sellnick, 1926
Type species
Marginura adhaerens
Sellnick, 1926

Marginura is a genus of mites in the family Oplitidae. It was named by Max Sellnick in 1926, and the type species is M. adhaerens. [1] [2] In 1999, a fossil brittle star was given the same generic name, but because this name was preoccupied by the mite, the brittle star was renamed as Marginix in 2015. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Sellnick, Max (1926). "Alguns novos Acaros (Uropodidae) myrmecophilos e termitophilos". Arquives Museum Rio de Janeiro. 26: 29–56.
  2. Halliday, R. B. (2015-06-11). "Catalogue of genera and their type species in the mite Suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata)". Zootaxa. 3972 (2): 101–147. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
  3. Haude, Reimund (1999-05-26). "Der - verzögerte - Ersatz eines Homonyms: Marginaster Haude 1995". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1999 (5): 292–294. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1999/1999/292. ISSN   0028-3630.
  4. Martínez, Sergio; Río, Claudia del (2015). "Fossil Asterozoa (Echinodermata) of Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical. 63 (2): 1–6.