Two new species of pontogeneiid amphipods (Crustacea, Senticaudata, Calliopioidea) from Korean waters

• Main Authors: Tae Won Jung, Jong Guk Kim, Seong Myeong Yoon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016-11-01
• Series: ZooKeys
• Online Access: http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10604

Two new pontogeneiid amphipods, Eusiroides pilopalpus sp. n. and Paramoera dentipleurae sp. n., from Korean waters are described and illustrated. Eusiroides pilopalpus sp. n. can be distinguished from congeners by the following characters: mandibular palp article 3 has brush-like setation, maxilla 2 has an inner plate that is not enlarged, and gnathopods 1 and 2 ischium has a well-developed anterior lobe. Paramoera dentipleurae sp. n. can be discriminated from congeners by the following characters: head anterior cephalic lobe is sinusoid, pereopods 5–7 are homopodous and slender, pereopods 6 and 7 basis are proximally lobed but distally diminished on posterior margins, and epimeron 3 is prominently expanded posterodistally.