• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.263-273
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• 2015

A harpacticoid species, Paramphiascella fulvofasciata Rosenfield and Coull, 1974, belonging to Miraciidae Dana, 1846 is newly reported from Korean waters. The species is mostly related with P. pacifica Vervoort, 1962, however, it is easily distinguished by the typical structure of male P2 in having 1 large spine and 2 setae on P2 enp-2. Korean materials represented some discrepancies from the original description of P. fulvofasciata in the detailed structures of mouth parts. The present study is a first record of the genus Paramphiascella Lang, 1944 from Korean waters.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.238-244
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• 2000

The complete postembryonic developments of copepodid stages of Paramphiascella vararensis T. Scott(Copepoda: Harpacticoida) are described and illustrated based on specimens cultured in laboratory. The copepodites of P. vararensis feed on powder of one of green macro-algae species Ulva pertusa. Developmental time from copepodid stage to adult (copepodid stage) is about 15 days with culture conditions of 33-34 ppt of salinity, 22-23$^{\circ}$C of temperature and feed on algae powder. Sexual characters of the species are distinct on the copepodid stage. Sexual characters appear in size, antennule, pereiopods of second and bases of the fifth and sixth legs. Males are considerably smaller than females in size. In the antennule, the fourth segment of the male extremely is modified and swollen for female. In the segment number of the endopod of second pereiopod, female has 3 segments while male bears 2 segments. The female has 3 setae while the male bears 2 setae on the inner lobe of basis of fifth leg. In the basis of sixth leg, the female has 2 setae while the male has 3 setae.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.233-237
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• 2000

The complete postembryonic development of nauplius stages of Paramphiascella vararensis T. Scotf (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) is described and illustrated based on specimens cultured in laboratory. The nauplii of P. vararensis feed on powder of a green algae, Ulva perusa. This species is metamorphosed to the stages of nauplius. Development from the nauplius stage to the nauplius stage take about 12 days under culture conditions of 33-34 ppt of salinity, 22-23$^{\circ}$C of temperature and feed on the algal powder. In the nauplius stages of P. vararensis, the rudiment of maxillule appeares at the third nauplius stage, and maxilla appeares at the fifth nauplius stage.