Platorchestia platensis ( Krøyer, 1845 )

Ji, Su-Jung, Jung, Jongwoo, Kim, Sa Heung, Ahn, Dong-Ha, Kim, Min-Seop, Lee, Jeounghee, Yang, Hee-Min, Lee, Geon Hyuk, Nam, Eunjung, Park, Taeseo, Jöst, Anna B., Pham, Huyen T. M., Park, Jina, Park, Joohee, Keum, Seoyoung, Karanovic, Ivana, Karanovic, Tomislav, Park, Joong-Ki, Jung, Chuleui & Min, Gi-Sik, 2023, Unrecorded species of Korean invertebrates discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ III, Journal of Species Research 12 (4), pp. 341-354 : 349

16. Platorchestia platensis ( Krøyer, 1845) ( Fig. 16 )

DPḌăNjș Orchestia platenis Krøyer, 1845 Platorchestia platensi Bousfield, 1982

Material examined. Seosan-si (36°49′N, 126°19′E), 14 May 2009 ; Incheon-si (37°27′N, 126°21′E), 8 May 2009 ; Mokpo-si (34°47′N, 126°25′E), 18 March 2010 ; Sinangun (34°04′N, 125°05′E), 4 December 2010 ; Yeong- gwang-gun (35°21′N, 126°26′E), 17 March 2010; collect- ed by MS Kim.

Deposition. N. A.

World distribution. Atlantic coast and Korea.

Diagnosis. Antenna 1 not reaching end of peduncular article 4 of antenna 2. Antenna 2 (♂), peduncular articles 4 - 5 strongly incrassate, with many minute spines. Gnathopod 1 (♂) cuspidactylate and subchelate. Gnathopod 2 (♂), powerfully subchelate; propodus oval in shape, posterior margin marginally bare and palmar margin with two protrusions, these protrusions wide and shallow. Coxal plate 6, anterodistal corner of posterior lobe with process. Pereopod 7 (♂), carpus strongly incrassate.

Figures

Fig. 16. Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845), male (lateral view). Scale bar=2 mm.