• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.87-104
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• 2000

Ten gastrotrich species belonging to family Chaetonotidae are recorded on the basis of the material from various freshwater bodies at 65 localities in South Korea: Polymerurus rhomboides (Stokes), P. nodicaudus (Voigt), Lepidodermella squamata (Dujardin), Chaetonotus (Zonochaeta) succinctus Voigt, C. (Z.) bisacer Greuter, C.(Euchaetonotus) polyspinosus Greuter, C.(E.) heterospinosus Balsamo, C.(E.) heideri Brehm, C.(E.) zelinkai Grunspan, and C.(Hystricochaetonotus) persetosus Zelinka. All the species are illustrated and briefly commented on their affinities and habitats, with a key to the ten species of Chaetonotidae from Korea. This is the first record on the freshwater gastrotrichs from Korea.