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Three new Hemienchytraeus species (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelida) from Korea, with first records of other enchytraeids and terrestrial polychaetes (Annelida)

Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H–1117 Budapest, Hungary
Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea
Annelida Oligochaeta Enchytraeidae Hemienchytraeus new species terrestrial Polychaeta Korea

Abstract

This is the first occasion that the enchytraeid (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta) fauna has been investigated in Korea. 18 enchytraeid taxa (7 genera) and two terrestrial polychaetes (Hrabeiella sp. and Parergodrilus heideri) were identified. Three species are new to science (Hemienchytraeus koreanus sp. n., H. jeonjuensis sp. n. and H. quadratus sp. n.); they are described here. Twelve taxa were distinguished at species level, four of them are cosmopolitan widespread species in the Holarctic, and one, Enchytraeus irregularis is obviously an introduced species. The two polychaetes were known previously only from Europe.

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