First record of the caridean shrimp family Chlorotocellidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Korea

The caridean shrimp family Chlorotocellidae has so far not been reported from Korean waters. One of the four genera in the family is herein reported, based on the species Anachlorocurtis commensalis. Specimens were collected from antipatharian black corals by scuba diving at depths ranging from 20-60 m from three localities: Jejudo Island (33 degrees 13 ' N) between the South Sea of Korea and the north-eastern East China Sea, Namhyeongjedo Islet (34 degrees 53 ' N) in the Korea Strait, and Dokdo Island (37 degrees 15 ' N) in the East Sea. The species had previously been reported in tropical to subtropical latitudes in the western Pacific, with known records from southern Taiwan (up to 21 degrees 55 ' N) to central Japan (down to 34 degrees 50 ' N). The species is thus recorded for the first time from a temperate region in the western Pacific Ocean, postulated to be influenced by a branch of the Kuroshio Warm Current.

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The study reports the discovery of the caridean shrimp family Chlorotocellidae, specifically the species Anachlorocurtis commensalis, in Korean waters for the first time. The species, previously found in tropical to subtropical latitudes in the western Pacific, is now recorded in a temperate region influenced by a branch of the Kuroshio Warm Current.