“…were collected from 67 sites along the coasts of Korea and Japan (Table 1). Sample were divided into eleven regions based on the criteria by Yang et al (2020) in Korea and local boundary in Japan (West coast of Korea [WEK], Jeju in Korea [JJK], South coast of Korea [SOK], East coast of Korea [EAK], Kyushu of Japan [KYS], Shikoku of Japan [SKK], Kansai of Japan [KAS], Shikinejima of Japan [SKJ], Kanto of Japan [KAT], Tohoku of Japan [THK], Hokkaido of Japan [HOK]). On the East Sea (Sea of Japan) coasts, Gloiopeltis is absent or quite rare because of the small tide (Saito 1970).…”