Kim Jeongho, Lee Taekjun
Research Institute of Echoscience; Ehwa womans university; Seodaemun-gu Ewhayeodae-gil 52; Seoul; Republic of Korea; Species Diversity Research Division; National Institute of Biological Resources; Seo-gu Hwankyungro 42; Incheon; Republic of Korea.
Department of Animal Resources Science; College of Science and Technology; Sahmyook University; Nowongu Hwarangro 815; Seoul; Republic of Korea. Marine Biological Resource Institute; Sahmyook University; Nowongu Hwarangro 815; Seoul; Republic of Korea.
Zootaxa. 2024 May 29;5458(3):427-441. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.3.7.
A new isopod species, Janiralata kwangsooi sp. nov., from Dokdo Island located in the East Sea off the Korean Peninsula is described here. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the number of antennular articles, setation of mouthparts and pereopods, length and width ratio of appendages, and shape of male pleopods I and II. To aid species identification, a taxonomic key to species of Janiralata Menzies, 1951 in the Japanese and Korean waters is provided. A partial sequence of mitochondrial cytochrome-c-oxidase (COI) of this new species is also provided for DNA barcoding and compared with those of congeners publicly available in GenBank.