• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.245-252
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• 2002

Some crinoids collected by scuba divers from Jeju Island, Geomundo Island and Yokjido Island were identified. Of which two species, Oligometra chinensis A. H. Clark, 1918 belonging to the family Colobometridae and Neometra multicolor (A. H. Clark, 1907) belonging to the family Calometridae, order Comantulida, turned out to be new to the Korean fauna. The Calometridae was reported in Korea for the first time.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.125-131
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• 2003

Taxonomic study for the comatulid crinoids collected from the Korea Strait and Jeju Island was conducted. Two species of comatulids, Captoptometra rubroflava belongs to the family Zygometridae and Gephyrometra versicolor belongs to the family Calometridae, were identified and both of them were turned out to be new to the Korean fauna. The family Zygometridae is newly reported in Korea.