Freshwater bryozoans of Korea-observations on living colonies and three new records
Author
Chae, Hyun Sook
Department of Life Science, Woosuk University, Jincheon 27841, Republic of Korea
Author
Kil, Hyun Jong
National Migratory Birds Center, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea
Author
Seo, Ho Jin Yang and Ji Eun
text
Journal of Species Research
2024
13
1
50
60
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2024.13.1.050
2713-8615
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12.
Stephanella hina
Oka, 1908
(
Fig. 10
)
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Material examined.
Andeok Reservoir,
29 May 2015
; Changgi Reservoir,
25 October 2015
; Sungrim Reservoir,
9 April 2016
; Daewi Reservoir,
19 May 2016
; Chopyong Reservoir,
2 August 2016
.
Substratum.
Rope.
Remarks.
Stephanella hina
is known as a species that is not easy to find a colony (
Hirose and Mawatari, 2011b
). Instead, this species has rounded floatoblast unique in its shape, which is observed only in this species of all the freshwater bryozoans. Only in the Andeok Reservoir, a small colony with many rounded floatoblasts inside was collected (
Fig. 10A, B
). The transparent tubular zooids are embedded in the delicate gelatinous colony (
Fig. 10A
).
Distribution.
Korea
,
Japan
, and North America.