Two Copepods (Crustacea) Parasitic on the Blue Mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, from the Yongsan River Estuary in Korea

  • Sun Hae-Lip (Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University) ;
  • CHOI Sang-Duk (Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University)
  • Published : 1990.05.01

Abstract

Two species of the poecilostome copepod were recovered in the mantle cavity of the blue mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis taken from the Yongsan River estuary, Korea. Both species, Pseudomyicola spinosus (Myicolidae) and Modiolicola bifidus (Sabelliphilidae), are new to the Korea fauna.

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