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Vol. 51 No. 8, 2012
Ecological Checklist of the Marine and Brackish-Water
Harpacticoid Copepod Fauna in Korean Waters
Sung
Joon Song1, Jinsoon Park1,
Bong-Oh Kwon1, Jongseong
Ryu2, and Jong Seong Khim1,*
1School
of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Research Institute of
Oceanography, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2Department of Marine Biotechnology, Anyang
University, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Sung Joon Song, Jinsoon Park, Bong-Oh Kwon,
Jongseong Ryu, and Jong Seong Khim (2012) The 1st comprehensive
checklist of Korean marine harpacticoid copepods is provided here with
the purpose of being more informative compared to other conventional
checklists. The checklist includes data from both marine and
brackish-water habitats, along with reports on the occurrence of a few
common planktonic harpacticoids. The checklist comprises 88 taxa
of species and subspecies belonging to 23 families and 58 genera,
encompassing planktonic, free-living benthic, and
invertebrate-associated benthic forms. Details of corresponding
ecological data for the listed species are provided, including
habitats, substratum, salinity range, lifestyle, and size range.
The most speciose families are the Miraciidae and Thalestridae (11
species each), followed by the Harpacticidae and Porcellidiidae (8
species each), which were primarily collected from littoral
algae. A historical review focusing on newly reported
harpacticoid species from Korean marine and brackish-water habitats is
presented as an indicator of scientific efforts in harpacticoid
taxonomy in Korea. Eighty-eight Korean harpacticoids are
categorized according to habitat type and life form, and their
distributional characteristics are further discussed. Comparisons
are also made with existing checklists from other regions across the
world of comparable biogeographical coverage. Finally, the
limitations, significance, and role of checklists are briefly
discussed.
Key words: Copepoda, Harpacticoida,
Biodiversity, Taxonomy, South Korea.
*Correspondence: Sung Joon Song and Jinsoon Park contributed
equally to this work. Tel: 82-2-8806750. Fax: 82-2-8720311.
E-mail:jskocean@snu.ac.kr
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