A new species of Socarnes Boeck, 1871 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae) from Korean waters

By

Kim, Young-Hyo
Hendrycks, Ed

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

357

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Amphipoda , key , Korea , lysianassid , new species , Socarnes , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.357.6372

 

Abstract

A new species of lysianassid amphipod belonging to the genus Socarnes Boeck was collected from Korean coastal waters. This is the first record of the genus Socarnes from Korea. The new species is fully illustrated and extensively compared with related species. A key to Socarnes species is provided.