Laonice japonica ( Moore, 1907 )

Ji, Su-Jung, Jung, Chuleui, Bang, Hyun Woo, Song, Min Ok, Jung, Jongwoo, Yoon, Seong Myeong, Lee, Seunghwan, Keum, Seoyoung, Yang, Hee-Min, Lee, Dongmin, Lee, Geon Hyeok, Oh, Jaeseok, Kim, Kichoon, Park, Hansol, Moon, Heejin, Joharchi, Omid, Kang, Yeseul, Eom, Keeseon S., Lee, Kyung Jin, Eun, Ye, Kim, Taeho, Karanovic, Ivana, Lee, Jeounghee, Choe, Seongjun & Min, Gi-Sik, 2023, Unrecorded species of Korean invertebrates discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ II, Journal of Species Research 12 (1), pp. 68-89 : 73

12. Laonice japonica ( Moore, 1907) ( Fig. 12 )

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Spionides japonicus Moore, 1907: 204 , pl. 16, figs. 31 - 34.

Material examined. Jejudo (33°13′50″N, 126°33′08″E), Korea ; collected by SH Kim and JW Kang on 18 July 2018.

Deposition. NIBRIV0000862796.

World distribution. Russia, Japan and Korea.

Diagnosis. Prostomium fused with peristomium at anterolateral corners. Nuchal organ extending to chaetigers 15 - 16. Genital pouches appearing from chaetiger 4 invariably.

Phylum Rotifera Cuvier, 1817 â 형ȅȃẻ

Class Eurotatoria De Ridder, 1957 úâ충Ŝ

Order Philodinida Melone and Ricci, 1995 ṳâ충ạ

Figures

Fig. 12. Anterior end of Laonice japonica (Moore, 1907). Scale bar=0.5mm.