• Title/Summary/Keyword: Morphological taxonomy

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Scolelepis (Scolelepis) kudenovi (Polychaeta: Spionidae) new to Korea

  • Choi, Hyun Ki;Yoon, Seong Myeong
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.355-358
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    • 2016
  • A spionid polychaete, Scolelepis (Scolelepis) kudenovi Hartmann-Schroder, 1981, is newly reported from Korean waters with description and illustration. Scolelepis (Scolelepis) kudenovi is characterized by a combination of the following morphological features: the notopodial setae are present on the setiger 1; the occipital tentacle is absent; the branchiae are partially fused to the notopodial postsetal lamellae; the notopodial and neuropodial hooded hooks are bidentate only; the notopodial hooded hooks are present on the posterior setigers. A key to Scolelepis species from Korean waters is provided in this paper.

A New Record of Stephanasterias albula (Asteroidea: Forcipulatida: Asteriidae) from the East Sea, Korea

  • Lee, Taek-Jun;Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.345-347
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    • 2010
  • A sea star was collected with fishing nets at a depth of approximately 100-160 m in the East Sea and was identified as Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) belonging to the family Asteriidae of the order Forcipulatida. This species characterized by having the capability of asexual reproduction by self-division turned out to be new to the Korean fauna. Its morphological characteristics are redescribed with illustrations. Thirty one species of sea stars including S. albula are now recorded from the East Sea of Korea.

A Newly Recorded Sea Star (Asteroidea: Valvatida) from Jejudo Island, Korea

  • Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.349-351
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    • 2010
  • Some asteroid specimens were collected from the subtidal zone near Gapado, Jejudo Island with fishing net on June 2010. Among them, Anseropoda petaloides (Goto, 1914) which belongs to the family Asterinidae of the order Valvatida turned out to be a new record from Korea. Morphological characters of this species collected at 130 m deep are redescribed with photographs. This species is characterized by its very thin body composed of plates imbricated into each other like scales. Twenty four asteroids are currently known from Jejudo Island, Korea.

Two New Species of Tropocyclops prasinus Group (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) from South Korea

  • Lee, Ji-Min;Chang, Cheon-Young
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.255-263
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    • 2007
  • A taxonomic study on the genus Tropocyclops has been accomplished as a part of the series of studies on the freshwater cyclopoid copepods in South Korea. As a result, the Tropocyclops prasinus, hitherto known from Korea in many reports and papers, turns out to be a species complex of three sibling species: T. prasinus (Fischer, 1860), T. ishidai n. sp., and T. setulifer n. sp. This paper deals with description of two of these new species with taxonomic accounts on their inter- or intraspecific morphological discrepancies.

A New Record of Invasive Alien Colonial Tunicate Clavelina lepadiformis (Ascidiacea: Aplousobranchia: Clavelinidae) in Korea

  • Pyo, Joo-Yeon;Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.197-200
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    • 2011
  • Tunicates were collected from three harbors (Gampo, Bangeojin, Daebyeon) in Gyeongsangnam-do and one harbor (Seogwipo) in Jejudo Island during the period from August 2008 to January 2011 and were identified on the basis of their morphological characteristics. Among them, colonial tunicate Clavelina lepadiformis (Muller, 1776) belonging to the family Clavelinidae was found to be an invasive alien species introduced from the North Atlantic, and this is the first record of its occurrence in Korea.

Two New Eisenia Species from South Korea Similar to E. koreana and Comparable to Eisenoides from USA (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

  • Blakemore, Robert J.;Park, Tae Seo
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.297-303
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    • 2012
  • New Korean lumbricids are described: Eisenia gaga Blakemore sp. nov. from remote Gageodo Island and E. sindo Blakemore, sp. nov. from an island at Incheon. Both are comparable to Eisenia koreana (Zicsi, 1972) from near Pyongyang, North Korea. A remarkable yet previously unrecognized similarity to American earthworm Eisenoides carolinensis (Michaelsen, 1910) is discussed, but synonymy is rejected on tenuous morphological grounds (form of nephridial vesicle bladders) with taxonomy supported by objective molecular data (mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 barcodes).

A New Record of Sea Star (Asteroidea: Phanerozonia) from Jejudo Island, Korea

  • Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.251-253
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    • 2007
  • Some sea stars were collected from the coast of Seogwipo, Jejudo Island by using the fishing net at April 2003, and were identified on the basis of their morphological characteristics. Among them, Paragonaster ctenopes Sladen, 1889 belonging to family Goniasteridae, order Phanerozonia is newly recorded from Korea. Twenty two species of asteroids are reported to be distributed in the Jejudo Island of Korea.

Morphometric Studies on the Genus Septoria in Korea(I)

  • Shin, Hyeon-Dong;Sameva, Ekaterina F.;Kim, Jeong-Dong
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.145-153
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    • 2001
  • The mycoflora of Korea was rather poorly studied in the past and the fungi belonging to the genus Septoria are no exception. For this reason, taxonomic studies on Septoria have been initiated, with the eventual aim of producing a monograph of the Septoria species present in Korea. The present study circumscribes 10 species; viz., Septoria artemisiae, S. callistephi, S. chrysanthemella, S. erigerontis, S. lycopersici, S. lysimachiae, S. oenotherae, S. phlogis, S. rohlenae, and S. sonchi. Distinguishing morphological characters are described and illustrated for each species.

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Sequence analysis of LSU rDNA of Alexandrium tamarense/catenella complex from Korean coastal waters

  • Kim, Keunyong;Kim, Chang-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.252-254
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    • 2001
  • A great deal of effort has been put into the identification of Alexandrium tamarense/fundyense/catenella complex by understanding correlation between morphological and subcellular characteristics. To date, the most promising tool for the study of these species is sequence analyses of rRNA genes that have been useful for various organisms' taxonomy and phylogeny, and its application such as in situ hybridization. (omitted)

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Taxonomic review of Lyctocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from the Korean Peninsula

  • Jung, Sunghoon;Kim, Junggon;Lee, Hodan;Roca-Cusachs, Marcos
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2019
  • The family Lyctocoridae was taxonomically reviewed on the Korean peninsula with the finding of a new record, Lyctocoris ichikawai Yamada & Yasunaga, 2012. Morphological information such as a description of genitalia and a diagnosis as well as a key to the Korean species of the family is provided.