we found this organism from the pond water sample in our university UMT. I'm so curious what is this organism as it has 8 legs , it's not arthropod , and it's so microscopic. Can it classified it same group with the spider group?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Frg_nMfVrw
Hello:
Your specimen is a water mite in the order Hydracarina, suborder Oribatida.
Regards,
Luis M.
Dear Khoo shing,
The mites are not Hydracarina. They belong to the cohort Astigmatina (previously known as the Astigmata), now included with the Oribatida. There are a lot of aquatic species - I cannot identify yours further from the images - they are too low resolution. Hope this helps. Cheers, Matt
I agree that it is an aquatic Oribatid mite. Many of oribatids are found in the soil, leaf litter, etc., but there are a few aquatic species.
This is mite, Acari, there are many microscopic mites, Oribatidae, Tetranichidae, Phytoseidae and etc.
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