Five new records of ostracods (Crustacea) from Korea
Author
Lee, Sue Yeon
Author
Yoo, Jung Sun
Author
Kim, Seung Tae
text
Journal of Species Research
2017
6
220
226
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4738799
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2017.6
2713-8615
13160935
2.
Codonocera mortenseni
Poulsen, 1962
(NIBRIV0000325830) (
Fig. 2
)
Synonymy.
Codonocera mortenseni
sp. nov.
-
Poulsen (1962)
: p. 322, Fig. 146.
Locality in
Korea
.
South Korea
,
Yeosu
,
Nam-myeon
,
Seogoji
harbor,
34°28.63
ʹ
N
127°47.72E
ʹ
.
Identifier.
Ivana Karanovic
Diagnosis.
Large ostracod, over
3 mm
long (
Fig. 2A
).
Fig. 2.
Codonocera mortenseni
, female: A - RV, lateral view from the outside; B - clening leg; C - uropodal lamellae (numbers indicate claws on left and right lamella). B, C, not to scale.
Posterriorly with a short tail and anteriorly with relatively shallow incisure. Dorsal and ventral margins rounded. Surface covered with star-like pigment spots. Cleaning leg (seventh limb) with three setae in each of the two distal groups and three more scattered on each side of the appendage (
Fig. 2B
). Uropodal lamella with four claws on each lamella (
Fig. 2C
) decreasing in size along the appendage.
Distribution.
Indo Pacific region (Poulsen, 1960),
Korea, South
Sea (present paper).