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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2021.39.3.399

A new species and a new record of Meghimatium Slugs (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) in Korea  

Park, Gab-Man (Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.39, no.3, 2021 , pp. 399-405 More about this Journal
Abstract
Until now, five species (Meghimatium bilineatum, M. fruhstorferi, Limax flavus, L. marginatus, Deroceras reticulatum) in three genera of families Philomycidae and Limacidae have been reported in Korea. Philomycidae is a family of air-breathing land snails. Meghimatium hongdoensis sp. nov. is described based on its middle size (60-80 mm in body length), its body coloration (dark-red yellow), no dorsal with streaks, its genitalia, and 16rDNA sequence analysis. Specimens of this new species were collected from Hongdo island, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea. This species is only known from the type locality at Hongdo to date. It could be found in high-humidity sites. Meghimatium uniforme (Laidlaw 1937) was the first one reported in Korea. It was also collected from Gageodo island, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea. In this study, morphological characteristics including their radula and genital structures of these two species were described. Preliminary results of mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequencing and phylogenetic analyses indicated that these species belonged to the Korean clade.
Keywords
Philomycidae; Meghimatium hongdoensis sp. nov.; M. uniforme; new record; morphology; molecular analyses;
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