A Marine Harpacticoid, Quinquelaophonte koreana sp. nov. from a Sandy Beach in Korea (Crustacea: Copepoda)

A new species of Quinquelaophonte (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Laophontidae) from Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia

“…Many illustrations of species of Quinquelaophonte lack fine detail, however, in a recent paper (Lee, 2003) several smaller features, possibly omitted by previous authors, were illustrated. Lee (2003) noted the abexopodal seta on the A2 of Q. koreana was a "tiny . .…”

“…Because Fiers (1986) believed these "hairs" resembled the inner seta of Q. parasigmoides, he suggested Q. parasigmoides was within the range of variability of Q. quinquespinosa and therefore should be considered synonymous with it. However, Lee (2003) rejected this, instead believing confirmation of the synonymy required examination of more specimens, from more localities and I agree.…”

“…Nine species of Quinquelaophonte Wells, Hicks and Coull, 1982 have been described from around the world (Lee, 2003), including Q. wellsi (Hamond, 1973), which was described from a saline lake in South Australia. During a survey of Harpacticoida in Port Phillip Bay, a new species of Quinquelaophonte common on the surface of the unvegetated sediment adjacent to the subtidal seagrass, Heterozostera tasmanica (Martens ex Ascherson) den Hartog, was discovered.…”

“…Quinquelaophonte brevicornis (T. Scott, 1894); Q. quinquespinosa (Sewell, 1924); Q. capillata (Wilson, 1932); Q. longifurcata (Lang, 1965); Q. parasigmoides (Božić, 1969); Q. wellsi (Hamond, 1973); Q. candelabrum Wells, Hicks and Coull, 1982; Q. bunakenensis Mielke, 1997;Q. koreana Lee, 2003; Q. prolixasetae sp. nov.…”

Philippiphonte aspidosoma gen. et sp. n., a radically divergent member of the Laophontidae from shell gravel in the East Sea, South Korea, including a review of Folioquinpes Fiers & Rutledge, 1990 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)

“…Additional records from estuaries, lakes and saltmarshes were listed for both species by Chang (2009, 2010). Quinquelaophonte koreana Lee, 2003 was described from a sandy beach in Taean on the west coast of the Korean peninsula (Lee 2003) while Song et al (2010) reported Laophonte cornuta Philippi, 1840, Paralaophonte lacerdai Jakobi, 1953, P. obscura Vervoort, 1962, Heterolaophonte discophora Willey, 1929 and H. hamata Jakobi, 1954 from phytal communities on Ulva pertusa Kjellman in Pohang, eastern Korea. Lee et al (2012) cited Paralaophonte congenera (Sars, 1908) as one of the most common laophontid species in Korea.…”