Philomedes brevifiliformis Chavtur, 1983

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 : 3

Philomedes brevifiliformis Chavtur, 1983

Philomedes brevifiliformis Chavtur, 1983: 22 , 24, 25, 27, 28, 39, 48–50, figs. 9, 2–9 and 10, 1–2, table 2 (list); 1992: table 2 (list).

Distribution and Ecology. In the East Sea P. brevifiliformis was found only in the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (46º10´N) at a depth of 40 m (muddy pebble) ( Fig.1 ); it is also known from the Sea of Okhotsk (40–205 m), Pacific waters of the Kuril (47–105 m) and Aleutian (510–700 m) Islands ( Chavtur 1983).

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