Demodex brevis
Transmitted Oblique Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light Illumination
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Animalia DIVISION: Arthropoda CLASS: Arachinida SUBCLASS: Acari ORDER: Trombidiformes FAMILY: Demodicideae GENUS: Demodex SPECIES: brevis
These mites inhabit the human skin, living in the sebaceous glands rather than the hair follicles.
