Scleroconcha ochotensis Chavtur, 1978

Chavtur, Vladimir G., Shornikov, Eugeny I., Lee, Eui-Hyeong & Huh, Min, 2007, Benthic Ostracoda (Myodocopina, Philomedidae) of the East Sea (Sea of Japan), with description of a new species from the Korean Peninsula, Zootaxa 1530, pp. 1-24 : 23

Scleroconcha ochotensis Chavtur, 1978

Scleroconcha ochotensis Chavtur, 1978: 150 –154, figs. 1–3; 1983: 22; 23, 24, 26, 28, table 2 (list); 1992: table 2.

Distribution and Ecology. The species widely inhabits the subarctic waters of the northwestern Pacific at the salinity and temperature ranges of 33.2–34.0 ‰ and –0.4–6.4ºC, respectively ( Chavtur 1983). In the East Sea S. ochotensis occurs ( Fig. 1 ) at the shelf of the South Primorye (Peter the Great Bay and 24º51.5´N, 134º19.9´E) at the depth range of 58–219 m (sand, sand with pebble mud), in the coastal waters of South Sakhalin (47º26.5´N, 141º43´E; 47º05´N, 141º53.5´E and 46º35´N, near coast) from 40 to 143 m (muddy sand, sand with pebble and gravel, sand with shell rock), and near Honshu (37º42.2´N, 136º20´E) at 209 m. It also is known from the Sea of Okhotsk (78–420 m), Bering Sea (depth?), and Pacific waters of the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka (75–320 m) ( Chavtur 1978, 1983).

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FIGURE 1. Map showing locations of stations containing ostracods of Philomedidae.