Halarachne americana
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| Halarachne americana | |
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Extinct (1952)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Halarachnidae |
| Genus: | Halarachne |
| Species: | †H. americana
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| Binomial name | |
| †Halarachne americana Banks, 1899[1]
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Halarachne americana, the Caribbean monk seal nasal mite, is an extinct species of mite. An obligate parasite, it depended on the nasal cavity of the Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis). Following the presumed extinction of the seal in 1952, the mite was unable to adapt and subsequently went extinct, an example of coextinction.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Halarachne americana". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Invertebrate Zoology 88715: Halarachne americana". mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu. Retrieved December 5, 2020.