• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.353-366
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• 1993

This study on Korean capreilids (Amphipoda, Capreiiidae) was based on the materlais collected from 23 locailties in the coast of the East Sea and the Ulrung Island. 17 species of genus Caprella were identified. Among them, 3 species are newly reported from Korea: Caprella cristibrachium Mayer, 1903, C. linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) and C. mixta Mayer, 1903. 6 species are new records from the East Sea: Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903, C. decipiens Mayer, 1890, C. equilibra Say, 1818, C. gigantochir Mayer, 1903, C. tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947 and C. verrucosa Boeck, 1872. As a result, Korean caprellid fauna consists of 5 genera, 30 species.