• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.408-415
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• 2020

The suborder Hyperiidea is an abundant crustacean zooplankton in pelagic communities with copepods and euphausiaceans. Hyperiidean amphipods are known to be commensals or parasites of gelatinous organisms such as medusae, siphonophores, ctenophores, and salps. Korean hyperiid amphipods have not received taxonomical attention since the 1970s. During a survey of pelagic crustacean species, two species of hyperiid amphipods, Phronima atlantica Guérin-Méneville, 1836 belonging to the family Phronimidae and Oxycephalus clausi Bovallius, 1887 belonging to the family Oxycephalidae, were found on Dokdo, East Sea, Korea. These two species are new to Korean waters. In the present study, we provide descriptions and illustrations of these two hyperiid species.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.372-379
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• 1998

Feeding habits of Favonigobius gymnauchen collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January 1994 to December 1994 were studied. Favonigobius gymnauchen was a carnivore which consumed mainly gammarid amphipods, polychaetes, crabs and copepods. Its diets included minor Quantities of gastropods, tanaids and isopods. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Small individuals (1$\~$2 cm) fed mainly on gammarid amphipods, polychaetes, and copepods. While the portion of the stomach contents attributable to polychaetes and crabs increased steadily with incensing fish size, consumption of copepods decreased progressively. Gammarid amphipods were the most selected prey item for all size classes. Although gammarid amphipods, polychaetes, crabs and copepods were major prey organisms for all seasons, the relative proportion of these food items changed with season. Consumption of copepods was relatively high in spring and fall and consumption of gammarid amphipods, polychaetes and crabs was relatively high in summer.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.168-175
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• 1998

Feeding habits of Sebastes inermis collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January 1994 to December 1994 were studied. S. inermis ($1\~9\;cm\;SL$) was a carnivore which mainly consumed amphipods (gammarid amphipods and caprellid amphipods) and copepods. Its diets included small quantities of caridean shrimps, crabs, gastropods, and fishes. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. In an initial stage, copepods were major food organisms. However, amphipods were heavily selected as the body size of S. inermis increases. Although consumption of copepods increased during spring, amphipods were major prey organisms for all seasons.

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.25-33
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• 1986

Ontogenetic food habits of the four most abundant fish species in seagrass neadows of Redfish Bay, Texas, were examined quantitatively during 1982-1983. The darter goby (Gobionellus bolelsoma) and pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) were trophic generalists, which used a wide range of food items. The darter goby had relatively diverse, omnivorous diet which included amphipods, copepods, polychaetes, filamentous algae, diatoms, and detritus. This species did not show distinct ontogenetic changes in foodpreferences. Unlike the darter goby, the pinfish showed ontogenetic progression of four feeding stages. An initial feeding stage was a planktivorous stage in which copepods were int major food items, followed by a carnivorous stage in which amphipods became the major food items, an omnivorous stage in which filamentous algae, diatoms, amphipods, and polychaetes were the major food items, and finally a herbivorous stage in which seagrass pieces with attached epiphytes and their debris were the major food items. The code goby (Gobiosoma robustrm) and Gulf pipefish (Syngathus scovelli) appeared to be relatively specialized in food havits as carnivorous. Similar ontogenetic changes in food habits were observed for these two species, i.e.initially, copepods were the major food items, followed by a gradual transition to amphipods with growth.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.10-17
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• 1999

Feeding Habits of Acanthogobius flavimanus collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay from January to December 1994 were studied. A. flavimanus was a carnivore which consumed mainly polychaetes, crabs, shrimps, gammarid amphipods and fishes. Its diets included small quantities of ophiuroids, gastropods, bivalves, caprellid amphipods, isopods and tanaids. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Small individuals fed mainly on polychaetes and amphipods. While the consumption of polychaetes and amphipods decreased with increasing fish sin, the consumption of shrimps, crabs and fishes increased. A. flavimanus fed diverse prey organisms in adult stage. The relative proportion of the major prey items changed with season. Although the consumption of polychaetes, shrimps and gammarid amphipods was relatively high in spring and autumn, A. flavimanus fed various prey organisms in nearly equal proportions in the other seasons.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.342-351
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• 2003

The southern rough shrimp Trachysalambria curvirostris (Stimpson) was monthly sampled from the coastal area of Yeosu, Korea from June 2000 to May 2001 and its stomach contents were investigated. Mysids and amphipods were the most dominant prey, comprising >40% of the diet in both % occurrence and % abundance. In particular, mysids were most important food without regard to seasons, size classes, or sexes. The abundance and occurrence composition of food items showed a seasonal fluctuation: mysids and amphipods were the predominant prey items in spring (33.8%), summer (41.1%), autumn (43.9%), and winter (49.2%). For small-sized shrimps (＞25 mm CL), mysids and amphipods consist of more than 45% of its food in both % abundance and % occurrence. For large-sized shrimps (>25 mm CL), these were clearly dominant. The quantities and items of food did not differ in both genders, which mainly fed on mysids and amphipods. The trophic diversity and equality of diet varied with seasons and size classes. The diet diversity for smaller shrimps was highest in spring, while that for the larger shrimp lowest in winter. Also, the mandibular structure of Trachysalambria curvirostris indicates that the species is carnivorous.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.157-169
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• 2005

Three species of gammaridean amphipods are reported from four cultured abalones in Jeju Island, Korea. These amphipods are Ampithoe uolida Smith, Elasmopus rapax Costa, and Melita rylovae Bulycheva which were found from the abalones Haliotis discus hannai Ino, H. discus Reeve, H. diversicolor aquatilis Reeve, and H. sieboldii Reeve. Elasmopus rapax, a new record to Korean fauna, is described in detail. Other two gammaridean species are briefly described with diagnostic characters. These amphipods and abalones revealed no species-specific relationship and are considered to be simple and accidential associates.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.54-61
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• 2000

Feeding habits of Zoarces gilli collected in the coastal water off Gadeok-do, Korea from March 1998 to February 1999 were studied. Z. gilli was a carnivore and consumed mainly shrimps, gammarid amphipods, fishes, bivalves and cumaceans. Its diets also included small quantities of copepods, caprellid amphipods, ostracods, crabs, squids, gastropods, ophiuroids and polychaetes. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Individuals of small size (10~15 cmSL) fed mainly on small prey organisms such as gammarid amphipods, bivalves, cumaceans and ostracods. However, larger shrimps and fishes were heavily selected with increasing fish size.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.168-175
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• 1998

Feeding habits of juvenile Acanthopagrus schlegeli collected from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay were studied. A. schlegeli (1~7cm SL) was a carnivore which consumed mainly amphipods (gammarid and caprellid amphipods), crabs and shrimps. Its diets included small quantities of gastropods, polychaetes, hydroids, tanaids, copepods and isopods. A. schlegeli showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Small individuals preyed mainly on gammarid amphipods, gastropods and polychaetes. However, crabs and shrimps were heavily selected with increasing fish size.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.112-116
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• 2008

Feeding habits of Hippocampus mohnikei (4.1~10.4 cm SL) collected from an eelgrass bed in Dongdae Bay, Korea were studied. H. mohnikei was a carnivore fish which consumed mainly gammarid amphipods. Its diets also included a small amount of caprellid amphipods, tanaids, copepods, mysids, and eelgrass. Gammarid amphipods were the most important prey organisms to the diet of all size classes of H. mohnikei despite smaller H. mohnikei (<4.5 cm SL) fed copepods. H. mohnikei fed on larger sizes of prey as their size increased. The dietary breadth of H. mohnikei were decreased with increasing their size.