Discovery of feather mite species from the Laysan Albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis. (IMAGE)

Hosei University

Discovery of feather mite species from the Laysan Albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis.

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Two species of feather mites (both males) from the Laysan Albatross. A) Echinacarus petaliferus (Trouessart, 1898) and B) Diomedacarus gigas (Trouessart, 1895).

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Tsukasa Waki from Toho University, Japan.

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