고군산군도의 해산 십각류(十脚類)

Abstract

- A faunal study on the marine decapods of Gogunsan Islands located in thewestern part of South Korea was performed during the period from August 3 to August5 in 2003. As a result of the present study, a total 42 species in 17 families (Macrura:four species in two families, Anomura: nine species in four families, Brachyura: 29species in 11 families) were identified. Of these, two species of shrimp, Athanas sp. andAlpheus sp., are new to Korea. Including these two species, total 20 species in 10families are newly known to Gogunsan Islands. Fifty two species in 19 families werepreviously known to occur in this area. Therefore, a total 72 species in 24 families ofdecapods are now known to occur in Gogunsan Islands. Of the species collected in thepresent study, Palaemon (Palaemon ) serrifer (Stimpson, 1860) in shrimps, Macrophthal -mus japonicus De Haan, 1835 living at mud area and Scopimera globosa De Haan, 1835at sand beach in crabs, and Hapalogaster dentata (De Haan, 1849) in hermits crab weremost dominant.