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Marine Mollusk Fauna of Kosrae Island, Federated States of Micronesia

  • Lee, Sang-Hwa (Graduate Program in Cellular Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Joong-Ki (Graduate Program in Cellular Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2013.12.12
  • Accepted : 2013.12.21
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

The Federated States of Micronesia consists of four states of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae, which are located in the West Pacific Ocean. In order to investigate molluscan fauna of Kosrae Island, field survey was made twice from 21st to 30th of January, 2011 and from 6th to 17th of January, 2012 for four localities including 10 intertidal and 14 subtidal zones of Kosrae Island. The mollusk samples collected were identified based on their morphological characteristics, comprising a total of 120 species from 30 families through this survey. In this study, we provided species list and illustrations for 120 species identified, and combined these with the previous record, resulting in a total of 208 species from 47 families in Kosrae Island.

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