“…All known Dimorphostylis are shallow water inhabitants, with the deepest previous record of 918 m in Dimorphostylis brevicarpus Akiyama, 2011. Up to now, nine Dimorphostylis species have been recorded from Korean waters: Dimorphostylis acroplicata Harada, 1960, D. asiatica Zimmer, 1921, D. breviplicata Lee & Lee, 2012, D. echinata Gamô 1962, D. hirsuta Gamô 1960, D. longicauda Gamô 1962, D. manazuruensis Gamô 1960, D. namhaedoensis Lee & Lee, 2000 and D. valida Harada, 1960 ( Kang and Lee 1995 ; Hong et al 1998 ; Lee and Lee 2002 , 2007 , 2012 ; Lee et al 2003 ). In this study, we describe and illustrate a new species of Dimorphostylis from Korean waters.…”