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The first record of Catenula confusa Nuttycombe, 1956 (Platyhelminthes: Catenulida: Catenulidae) from Korea

  • Jung, Jongwoo
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.539-540
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    • 2016
  • Microturbellarians, small free-living Platyhelminthes are rich in freshwater environments. They are useful as indicator of water quality. There has never been a record of microturbellarians in Korea. Here I report a microturbellarian species, Catenula confusa Nuttycombe, 1956. Although specimens in this study show some differences with those of the original description of C. confusa in length and width of zooid, they conform to the specific diagnosis of this species.