Species of mite
Oppiella nova is a species of soil mite in Oppiidae family that can be found worldwide including Oahu , Hawaii and Okinawa , Japan.[1] The species is 350 micrometres (0.014 in) long and 180 micrometres (0.0071 in) wide with short setae .[2]
It is among the few animal species capable of surviving on asexual reproduction alone.[3] [4]
^ "Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk forening" [Scientific communications from the Danish Natural History Society]. Danish Natural History Society. 1967: 78.
^ P. Balogh; J. Balogh (1990). The Soil Mites of the World: Vol. 3: Oribatid Mites of the Neotropical Region II . Elsevier . p. 18. ISBN 0-444-98809-2 .
^ "Some animal species can survive successfully without sexual reproduction" . ScienceDaily . Retrieved 2021-09-24 .
^ Brandt, Alexander; Tran Van, Patrick; Bluhm, Christian; Anselmetti, Yoann; Dumas, Zoé; Figuet, Emeric; François, Clémentine M.; Galtier, Nicolas; Heimburger, Bastian; Jaron, Kamil S.; Labédan, Marjorie; Maraun, Mark; Parker, Darren J.; Robinson-Rechavi, Marc; Schaefer, Ina; Simion, Paul; Scheu, Stefan; Schwander, Tanja; Bast, Jens (21 September 2021). "Haplotype divergence supports long-term asexuality in the oribatid mite Oppiella nova" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 118 (38): e2101485118. doi :10.1073/pnas.2101485118 . PMC 8463897 . PMID 34535550 . S2CID 237556986 .