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KMID : 1161520060100040219
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Animal Cells and Systems
2006 Volume.10 No. 4 p.219 ~ p.225
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First record of Desmoscolex Nematoda (Desmoscolecida: Desmoscolecidae) from Korea
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Lim Hyung-Wook
Chang Cheon-Young
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Abstract
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As a result of the faunistic survey of the free?living marine nematodes from coastal algal beds and sublittoral sands in South Korea, we report a meiobenthic species, Desmoscolex cosmopolites Timm, 1970, for the first time from the western Pacific as well as Korean waters. Among 17?ring Desmoscolex species, D. cosmopolites is represented by the following combination of characters: absence of subventral setae on 10th and 14th main rings and the presence of subdorsal setae with large angular lance?shaped tip. A detailed morphological redescription is provided using a scanning electron microscope and a differential interference contrast microscope. Character comparison between D. cosmopolites and its allied congeneric species is also analysed.
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KEYWORD
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Free-living, marine Nematoda, Desmoscolecida, Desmoscolex cosmopolites, SEM, Korea
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