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

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• 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
• DOI: 10.1017/S0025315422000042
• ISSN: 0025-3154

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.