• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.362-366
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• 2005

In this paper we represent a new species, Cteniobathynella ahnerti sp. nov., from South America. The new species is characterized by the heterodont teeth on free margin of labrum, the spine row of the mandible consisting of four thick spines, the presence of two setae on outer distal margin of distal segment of maxillule, the prehensile nature of maxilla and the oblique arrangement of two spines on sympod and the presence of a median spine on the endopod of the uropod.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.123-126
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• 2023

Members of Allobathynella Morimoto and Miura, 1957 and Hangangbathynella Park and Cho, 2013 belong to the family Parabathynellidae Noodt, 1965 exclusively inhabit subterranean environments including caves, springs, and interstitial groundwater. Among them, two parabathynellid species, Allobathynella cheongdoensis Park and Cho, 2016 and Hangangbathynella taechooni Park and Cho, 2013, have been reported in the hyporheic zones of the Nakdonggang and Namhangang Rivers in South Korea, respectively. To evaluate gene markers as diagnostic characters, we determined mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) and nuclear 18S rDNA from the topotypes of two Korean parabathynellid species, and then analyzed the genetic divergence among the two parabathynellids and their congeners. Additionally, we provided their habitus photographs and a brief discussion of the usefulness of the two marker regions for both genera as DNA barcodes.

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 2003.08a
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• pp.124.4-124
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• 2003

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• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.389-395
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• 1996

A new species of the genus Texanobathynella is described from California, USA. Texanobathynella sachi, new species, belongs to the family Parabathynellidae. A comparison of morphological details makes it possible to distinguish Texanobathynella from the genus Iverobathynella. Texanobathynella bears unique characters in construction of antennules, labrum, maxiilae and mandible.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.129-133
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• 2002

본 고에서는 지하 대수층 생태계 및 그에 대한 외국의 연구사례를 개괄하여 소개하고, 지속가능한 지하수 개발에 있어서 대수층 생물이 갖는 의미에 대하여 고찰하였다. 아울러 국내에서 발견된 대수층 생물을 소개하고 향후 연구방향을 설정하였다. 지하 대수층은 다양한 생물로 구성된 독특한 생태계를 가지고 있다. 생물학적 평형상태를 유지하는 경우 이 생태계는 대수층이 장기간 양호한 수질을 유지할 수 있는 기능을 가진다. Parabathynellidae, Parastenocaris 및 선충류의 발견을 통해서 고령군 다산면 대수층이 지하수 생태계 연구를 위한 적합한 대상임이 확인되었다. 향후 연구방향으로서 1) 지하수 동물상 조사, 2) 생태계 구성원에 대한 Autecology 및 Synecology적 접근, 3) Bioremediation 및 Bioindicator 관련 연구 등이 제시되었다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.283-286
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• 2022

Bathynellacea is a stygobitic group that is commonly associated with subterranean habitats. Allobathynella Morimoto and Miura, 1957, which is a genus of parabathynellid Bathynellacea, has the widest range of distribution and is rich in species from the Korean peninsula among Korean Bathynellacea genera. The material of Allobathynella yecheonensis Park and Cho, 2016, was found in the type locality of interstitial groundwater in the Nakdonggang River in South Korea. In this study, we determined the sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) and nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA of A. yecheonensis and compared them with those of A. hongcheonensis, A. wonjuensis, and A. danyangensis. In addition, we provided photographs of A. yecheonensis and diagnosis including a note on morphological observations.

• Journal of Species Research
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.49-156
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• 2016

Fourteen new species and A. coreana Morimoto, 1970 of Allobathynella Morimoto and Miura, 1957 are (re-)described and illustrated from the Korean Penninsula. Comparison of the external morphology of these species and two previously known species, A. japonica Morimoto and Miura, 1957 and A. shinjongieei Park and Cho, 2008 enables us to amend the generic diagnosis. A 7-segmented antennule turns out to be inconsistent character due to A. wonjuensis sp. nov., which has a 6-segmented antennule. On the other hand, the exopodal distal segment of thoracopods I-VII with a tiny terminal knob and with outer seta covered by long and strong barbs is proved to be a autapomorphic character of the genus. The 14 new species belong to the mirabilis-group and display more or less similar morphology. However, they differ from A. coreana, A. japonica and A. shinjongieei and from each other not only in quantitative but also in qualitative characters. These differences are summarized in tables. The species inhabit hyporheic zones of rivers and each appears to be highly endemic to a given tributary, having a range limit less than 100 km.