Anthrax mite
| Sarcoptes anthracis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Sarcoptiformes |
| Family: | Sarcoptidae |
| Genus: | Sarcoptes |
| Species: | S. anthracis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarcoptes anthracis Iwanowski, 1901
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The Anthrax mite (Sarcoptes anthracis) is a pathogenic mite and an intermediate host of anthrax.