Symbiotic copepods (Cyclopoida and Siphonostomatoida) collected by light trap from Korea.

ABSTRACT: Thirty-nine species of symbiotic copepods, comprising 24 species of poecilostome Cyclopoida and 15 species of Siphonostomatoida, are reported from Korean waters, which were collected using underwater light traps at 33 collection sites around the South Korean coast. Ten new species are described: Hemicyclopsrapax sp. nov. in the family Clausidiidae; Pontoclausiacochleata sp. nov. and P.pristina sp. nov. in the family Clausiidae; Heteranthessiusunisetatus sp. nov. in the family Lichomolgidae; Pusanomyicolasensitivus gen. nov., sp. nov. in the family Myicolidae; Polyankylisbogilensis sp. nov. in the family Polyankyliidae; Pseudanthessiuslinguifer sp. nov. in the Pseudanthessiidae; Eupolymniphilusfoliatus sp. nov. in the family Sabelliphilidae; and Acontiophorusestivalis sp. nov. and Thermocherespacificus sp. nov. in the family Asterocheridae. Supplementary descriptions or notes for other species are provided as appropriate.

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848874 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature