First record of the caridean shrimp family Chlorotocellidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Korea

The caridean shrimp family Chlorotocellidae has so far not been reported from Korean waters. One of the four genera in the family is herein reported, based on the species Anachlorocurtis commensalis. Specimens were collected from antipatharian black corals by scuba diving at depths ranging from 20–6...

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Published inJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Vol. 101; no. 7; pp. 1029 - 1032
Main Authors Park, Jin-Ho, De Grave, Sammy, Park, Taeseo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2021
Subjects
Aquatic crustaceans
Coral reefs
Corals
Crustaceans
Females
Marine crustaceans
Marine Record
Museums
New records
Scuba diving
Shellfish
Species
Tropical climate
marginal distribution
symbiotic shrimp
Anachlorocurtis commensalis
warm current
Korea
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Summary:The caridean shrimp family Chlorotocellidae has so far not been reported from Korean waters. One of the four genera in the family is herein reported, based on the species Anachlorocurtis commensalis. Specimens were collected from antipatharian black corals by scuba diving at depths ranging from 20–60 m from three localities: Jejudo Island (33°13′N) between the South Sea of Korea and the north-eastern East China Sea, Namhyeongjedo Islet (34°53′N) in the Korea Strait, and Dokdo Island (37°15′N) in the East Sea. The species had previously been reported in tropical to subtropical latitudes in the western Pacific, with known records from southern Taiwan (up to 21°55′N) to central Japan (down to 34°50′N). The species is thus recorded for the first time from a temperate region in the western Pacific Ocean, postulated to be influenced by a branch of the Kuroshio Warm Current.
ISSN:0025-3154
1469-7769
DOI:10.1017/S0025315422000042