Crotoniidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Sarcoptiformes
- Family
- Crotoniidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Crotoniidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Crotoniidae
Crotoniidae are a family of mites of the Holosomata group that may be the first animal lineage to have abandoned sexual reproduction and then re-evolved it. This is a spectacular case of atavism, and later convergent evolution.
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