• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.64-82
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• 2017

Two species of the minuta-subgroup within the oncaeid copepod genus Triconia $B{\ddot{o}}ttger$-Schnack, 1999 collected in the equatorial Pacific Ocean are newly recorded. A female T. minuta (Giesbrecht, 1893 ["1892"]) and both male and female T. umerus ($B{\ddot{o}}ttger$-Schnack and Boxshall, 1990) from the northeast equatorial Pacific are redescribed with the comparison of its morphological details, which differs from previous studies, in terms of the larger body size, the length to width ratio of the genital double-somite, the relative length of the outer basal seta on P5, and the ornamentation of the appendages. The characters, which are used for identification, such as the length ratio of the outer subdistal and outer spine versus the distal spine on P3-P4, and the outer spine length of the middle exopodal segment on P3 and P4 are reported for the first time. Information on the variations in the endopodal spine lengths of swimming legs 2-4 is also provided for T. minuta and T. umerus, with the summary of the wide zoogeographical distribution of these two species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.71-89
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• 2001

Catinia plana Bocquet and Stock, the type genus and species of the family Catiniidae, which has been known incompletely is redescribed on the basis of type material. Structure of appendages, especially those of mandible and maxilla, are reinterpreted. In addition, two new species of Myzomolgus associated respectively with the sipunculids Sipunculus nudus Linnaeus and Siphonosoma cumanense (Keferstein) are described from Korean waters. A comparison of already known species of Myzomolgus and two new species of the same genus resulted in a conclusion that members of this genus possess homogeneous traits and the genus is a well established taxon. A key to distinguish five genera of the Catiniidae is also provided.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.43 no.4 s.136
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• pp.141-147
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• 2005

A practical and convenient method of rearing Eucyclops serrulatus in a microculture environment is described. A complete life cycle of E. serrulatus was maintained in a narrow space on a microscope slide glass on which a cover glass of $22{\times}40mm$ in size was mounted at a height of 0.8mm. The culture medium was constituted by bottled mineral water boiled with grains of Glycine max (soybean). Chilomonas paramecium, a free-living protozoan organism, was provided as live food. Growth of nauplii hatched from eggs to the first stage of copepodite took an average of 7.7 days, and the growth of copepodite 1 to the egg-bearing adult female took an average of 20.1 days in the microculture cell with an average life time of 44.7 days. Continuous passage of cope pods was successfully maintained as long as sufficient medium and food were provided. The microculture method enables an in situ microscopic observation on the growth and developmental process of helminth larvae experimentally infected to copepods as well as of copepod itself. Furthermore, it does not require anesthetization and, therefore, minimize the amount of stress exposed to cope pods during the handling process.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.06a
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• pp.127-130
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• 1992

한국 근해에서 능동소나 (active sonar) 사용시 사용되는 environmental parameters 가운데 하나인 volume reverberation(REv)을 산출하기 위하여 플랑크톤에 의한 후방산란 강도(backscattering strength)에 대한 연구를 하였다. 이를 위하여 수산진흥원 자료(80-89년)중 부유생물조사표에서 후방산란 강도가 다른 종에 비하여 큰 copepoda의 개체수를 평균한 후, 수심별 개체수를 계산하여 수심별, 주파수별(10, 50kHz), 계절별(2월, 8월) 후방산란 강도와 multipath eigenray model을 이용하여 REv를 산출하였다. 예로 사용한 동남해역(zone:S3), 서해중부해역(zone:W3)에서 주파수별 REv는 일반적인 형태인 포기에는 고주파가 높고, 1.5초 이후에는 저주파가 높게 나타났다. 그러나 여름이 겨울보다 플랑크톤 개체수가 많아 후방산란 강도가 크지만(2-5dB), REv는 겨울이 더 크게 나타났다. 이러한 이유는 SVP profile에 의한 pressure 계산결과, 여름에는 ray가 down-ward이고 겨울에는 duct를 형성하여 ray가 거의 direct로 진행하므로 transmission loss가 여름이 크기 때문이다. 또한 ray tracing결과 여름철에는 ray crossing이 많아 겨울에 비하여 fluctuation이 심하게 나타나는 현상을 보이고 있다. 두 지역 이외에도 한국근해의 정확한 REv을 예측하기 위해서는 플랑크톤의 정확한 측정과, 이론적인 수치와 비교할 수 있는 실측치를 얻는 것이 필요하다고 볼 수 있다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.126-132
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• 2012

A new monstrilloid species belonging to the genus $Cymbasoma$ is described as a preliminary result from nocturnal surveys using a light trap on the east and south coasts of South Korea. Monstrilloid copepods are first recorded in South Korea. $Cymbasoma$ $striifrons$ n. sp. resembles $C.$ $striatum$ (Isaac, 1974) and $C.$ $tumorifrons$ Isaac, 1975 in sharing the character combination of transverse striations on forehead, somewhat small body (generally slightly less or longer than 1 mm), single lobed leg 5 bearing a short medial seta in female, and smooth lateral margin of anal somite without notch and wrinkles. However, $C.$ $striifrons$ n. sp. differs from $C.$ $striatum$ by relatively short and swollen cephalothorax, and rather strongly wrinkled genital somite. $Cymbasoma$ $striifrons$ n. sp. is also distinguished from $C.$ $tumorifrons$ in lacking a rounded protuberance on anterior margin of ventral surface and by relatively short cephalothorax and the number of ventral nipple-like processes on cephalothorax. Herein the new species is described and illustrated, with some comments on the morphological comparison with its allied species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.182-184
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• 2020

Isaacsicalanus paucisetus Fleminger, 1983, a monotypic species of the family Spinocalanidae Vervoort, 1951, was first reported from a hydrothermal vent field in the East Pacific Rise off the mouth of the Gulf of California. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I(mtCOI) DNA barcodes are considered a useful tool to assist traditional taxonomy and species discrimination in calanoid copepods. However, the mtCOI DNA barcodes of I. paucisetus have not been reported due to the species rarity and the difficulty of sampling. In this study, we firstly determined the mtCOI DNA barcodes of the I. paucisetus newly collected from a hydrothermal vent in the North Fiji Basin of the southwestern Pacific. All mtCOI DNA barcodes of I. paucisetus were identical and intraspecies variations of spinocalanid species were 0.0-3.0%. Interspecies and intergeneric variations were 13.4-25.2% and 16.7-24.1%, respectively. The DNA barcodes of I. paucisetus obtained in the present study would be helpful for understanding taxonomic relationships of widespread spinocalanid species.

• Journal of Species Research
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• v.6 no.spc
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• pp.185-214
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• 2017

The genus Phyllopodopsyllus T. Scott, 1906 is nearly cosmopolitan and contains around 60 valid species, but has not been previously recorded in Korea. One of the reasons is probably the paucity of research in marginal habitats, such as marine interstitial. I describe two new species here. Numerous specimens of both sexes of P. kitazimai sp. nov. were collected from a beach near Yeongdeok, while only two females of P. busanensis sp. nov. were collected from a beach near Busan. The new species differ in numerous macro-morphological characters, such as the segmentation and armature of the antennula, armature of the mandibula, maxillula, maxilliped, and the first three swimming legs, as well as the shape of the caudal rami and the female genital field. However, they show very little difference in the number and position of cuticular organs (pores and sensilla) on all somites, which might prove these rarely used micro-characters to be useful in the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships in this group of harpacticoids. Both species have their closest relatives in Japan. Phyllopodopsyllus kitazimai is morphologically most similar to P. punctatus Kitazima, 1981, but can be distinguished by much longer third exopodal segments of the third and fourth swimming legs. Phyllopodopsyllus busanensis shares the largest number of morphological similarities with P. setouchiensis Kitazima, 1981, but can be distinguished by shorter caudal rami. A key to species is also provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• no.spc4
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• pp.1-167
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• 2003

Copepods associated with marine invertebrates are recorded from New Caledonia. Included are three new genera and 30 new species which are distributed in the poecilostomatoid and siphonostomatoid genera Anchimolgus (5 new species), Jamescookina (2), Odontomologus (2), Schedomolgus (3), and Scyphuliger (5) in the Anchimolgidae; Pterioidicola n. gen. (1) in the Lichomolgidae; Critomolgus (3), Doridicola (1), Paramolgus (1), and Pachysericola n. gen. (1) in the Rhynchomolgidae; Ruhtra n. gen. (1) in an uncertain family; and Asteropontius (5) in the Asterocheridae. Copepods new to New Caledonia and new host records are also included. Lists of 251 species of copepods known hitherto from New Caledonia and their 163 species of invertebrate hosts are provided, as well.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.191-197
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• 1999

Stomach contents of hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus collected in the Nakdong River Estuary were examined quantitatively. T. lepturus was a carnivore which consumed mainly fishes, crustaceans (such as copepods, euphausiids and shrimps) and chaetognaths. Its diets included small quantities of small squids. T. lepturus showed ontogenetic progression of three feeding stages : an initial feeding stage was a planktivorous stage in which copepods were the major food item, followed by a mixed feeding stage in which euphausiids, mysids, shrimps, chaetognaths and fishes were the major food items, and finally a piscivorous stage in which fishes were the major food item. Especially anchovies were heavily selected by large T. lepturus.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.54-61
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• 2000

Feeding habits of Zoarces gilli collected in the coastal water off Gadeok-do, Korea from March 1998 to February 1999 were studied. Z. gilli was a carnivore and consumed mainly shrimps, gammarid amphipods, fishes, bivalves and cumaceans. Its diets also included small quantities of copepods, caprellid amphipods, ostracods, crabs, squids, gastropods, ophiuroids and polychaetes. It showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Individuals of small size (10~15 cmSL) fed mainly on small prey organisms such as gammarid amphipods, bivalves, cumaceans and ostracods. However, larger shrimps and fishes were heavily selected with increasing fish size.