TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Phaulodinychus mitis (Leonardi 1899) (Acari: Uropodidae). An intertidal mite exhibiting plastron respiration VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 11 EP - 20 PY - 1974 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Krantz, G.W. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3221 DA - 1974-07-31 KW - Acari KW - Phaulodinychus mitis KW - evolutionary adaptation KW - intertidal respiratory adaptations KW - plastron AB - Phaulodinychus mitis (Leonardi) is redescribed from adults and deutonymphs collected at Lido di Venezia from intertidal habitats. Observations on behavior and peritremal morphology suggest the presence of a plastron mechanism which permits respiration of P. mitis during periods of submersion due to tidal flooding. ER -