Nonmarine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Jeju Island, South Korea, including descriptions of two new species
Author
Smith, Robin James
Lake Biwa Museum, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan;
Author
Lee, Jimin
Marine Ecosystem Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, Korea;
Author
Chang, Cheon Young
Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Korea
text
Journal of Natural History
2014
2014-06-30
49
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37
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journal article
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10.1080/00222933.2014.946110
09639ec6-6fbb-42e3-aab5-9a3ed49c09cd
1464-5262
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Terrestricythere ivanovae
Schornikov, 1969
(
Figure 11A–C
)
Figure 11.
Terrestricythere ivanovae
: (A) internal view of male left valve (DB40053); (B) male seventh limb (DB40053); (C) hemipenis (partially disarticulated due to poor preservation) (DB40053).
Remarks
The adult male and two juvenile specimens of
Terrestricythere ivanovae
recovered were all in a badly preserved state, indicating that they were probably deceased when collected. Although unlikely, we cannot rule out that they may have been transported into the cave by natural or artificial means after death.
The superfamily
Terrestricytheroidea
consists of only five described species, known from the Russian Far East (
Schornikov 1969
,
1980
) the Black Sea (
Schornikov and Syrtlanova 2008
), the
UK
(
Horne et al. 2004
),
France
(
Scharf and Keyser 1991
) and
Japan
(
Hiruta et al. 2007
). The shape of the Korean adult male specimen’ s carapace, seventh limb and hemipenis, although poorly preserved, closely match those of
T. ivanovae
(
Figure 11A–C
).
Three previous reports of
T. ivanovae
exist, from the far-east of
Russia
(two localities), and
France
(
Schornikov 1969
,
1980
;
Scharf and Keyser 1991
). The Russian specimens were recovered from amongst small pebbles kept moist by mist, rain and sea spray, and supralittoral salt-tolerant plants and littoral filamentous algae. The French specimens were recovered from a freshwater lake. The Korean specimens were recovered from freshwater pools in two coastal caves (locality 1), which drain into the nearby seashore through a brooklet.