Four new Parasterope (Ostracoda, Myodocopina) from the Northwest Pacific and their phylogeny based on 16S rRNA.

ABSTRACT: Parasterope Kornicker, 1975 is a marine ostracod genus with 49 species described so far, which makes it the most diverse representative of the subfamily Cylindroleberidinae, as well as the entire family Cylindroleberididae. Despite its global distribution no species are reported from South Korea. Three new species collected from the Korean coast of the Sea of Japan (Parasteropebusanensis sp. nov., P.singula sp. nov., and P.sohi sp. nov.), and one from the Japanese coast of the Pacific Ocean (P.sagami sp. nov.) are described. A taxonomic key to all named species from East Asia is provided. A phylogenetic tree is reconstructed based on partial 16S rRNA sequences of the four new species and other Cylindroleberidinae available from

SUBMITTER: Pham HTM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021157 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature