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The First Record of Marine Oligochaete, Marionina coatesae (Annelida; Oligochaeta; Enchytreaidae) from Korean Waters

초록/요약

Marionina Michaelsen, 1889, is distributed worldwide and inhabits marine, terrestrial, and limnic environments. Marionina coatesae Erséus, 1990 of the present study is characterized by two characteristics: two chaetae per segment all over the body except in segment XII and round or oval-shaped spermathecal ampullae with sperm rings irregularly scattered on the walls. Korean specimens of the species were obtained from the intertidal sand beach of the East Sea in Korea. Here, M. coatesae is reported for the first time in Korean fauna as the first marine oligochaete, microdriles, species.

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