acarid: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Acari • Acarida • Acarina

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Illustration showing eight types of mites and ticks, each labeled with their common and scientific names, including tropical rat mite, Opilioacarus texanus, Holothyrus legendrei, fur mite, black-legged tick, soil mite, itch mite, and American house-dust mite.

Illustration of Holothyrus legendrei, a reddish-brown mite with an oval body and eight segmented legs, shown from above to highlight its arachnid features.

Detailed illustration of an itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, showing its rounded body, short legs, and fine hair-like structures extending from its body, viewed from above.

Detailed illustration of an American house-dust mite (Dermatophagoides farinae), showing its oval, translucent body and eight segmented legs, viewed from above.

mite; Opilioacarus texanus

tropical rat mite

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

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Green tree python snake (Chondropython viridis) in a rainforest.

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