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Marine argasid

Carios maritimus Vermeil & Marguet, 1967

Status not recordedarachnids

The marine argasid (Carios maritimus) is a species in the family Argasidae, order Ixodida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Portugal.

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Quick facts about the marine argasid

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the marine argasid live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The marine argasid is listed for 1 country.

Portugal
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Portugal

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the marine argasid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the marine argasid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyArgasidae
  6. genusCarios
  7. SpeciesCarios maritimus Vermeil & Marguet, 1967

Synonyms Alectorobius maritimus, Ornithodoros coniceps maritimus, Ornithodoros maritimus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the marine argasid

Other species in the same genus Carios.

Bat tampan

Carios vespertilionis

ArgasidaeNo free photo yet

Bat tick

Carios kelleyi

ArgasidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the marine argasid live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the marine argasid for 1 country: Portugal. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the marine argasid?

The marine argasid (Carios maritimus) belongs to the family Argasidae in the order Ixodida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Marine argasid (Carios maritimus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marine-argasid

MLA

“Marine argasid (Carios maritimus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marine-argasid.

BibTeX
@misc{marine_argasid_2026,
  title = {Marine argasid (Carios maritimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marine-argasid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}