• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.91-99
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• 2006

The Korean gammaridean amphipods were collected from the coastal shallow waters of Korea during 1998-2001. Among them, Urothoe grimaldii japonica Hirayama is new to Korean fauna. Redescription of this species was made in detail with figures.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.346-356
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• 2000

This study was carried out to investigate the distribution pattern of macrobenthos in the subtidal sandy bottoms of the east coast of Korea, and seasonal samplings were performed from April 1993 to February 1994. The species number of macrobenthos was in the range from 70 in winter to 109 in spring season. Polychaete worms were the most dominant faunal group in species richness and abundance, but mollusks showed the highest biomass. The mean density of macrobenthos fluctuated from 631 individuals/m$^2$ in autumn to 1,995 individuals/m$^2$ in summer. The major macrofauna in abundance were polychaetes, Spiophanes bombyx which occurred all seasons with top rank and Prionospio sp. and a mollusk, Alvenius ojianus, and crustaceans, Wecomedon sp. and Urothoidae spp. were also numerically dominant macrobenthic fauna. The macrobenthos in the study area were classified into two assemblages by water depth. However, they showed a different community structure near small rivers in autumn and winter seasons.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.253-256
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• 1991

Urothoe convexa, a new spedes of gammaddean amphipods from Korea, is described and illustrated. The present new species is similar in morphology to U. carda from Bay of Nhat- rang, Vietnam. But, the palm of gnathopod 2 of the present species is more convex than that of U. carda.