Three new enchytraeid species (Enchytraeidae, Annelida) from mountain soils of Korea and ten species new for the country

Zootaxa. 2020 Dec 18;4896(1):zootaxa.4896.1.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.1.1.

Abstract

In this paper, three new enchytraeid species (Enchytraeidae, Clitellata) are described from different mountains of Korea: Cognettia koreana sp. n., Henlea bidiverticulata sp. n. and Mesenchytraeus longidiverticulatus sp. n. Validity of these new species was confirmed by comparative morphological and molecular taxonomic analyses (based on ITS, CO1 and H3 sequences). In addition, ten enchytraeid species never recorded before from Korea were found in the studied soil samples: Bryodrilus diverticulatus Černosvitov, 1929, Cernosvitoviella atrata Bretscher, 1903, Cernosvitoviella minor Dózsa-Farkas, 1990, Cognettia lapponica Nurminen, 1965, Cognettia varisetosa (Martinsson, Rota Erséus, 2015), Fridericia cf. sohlenii Rota, Healy Erséus, 1998, Henlea nasuta Eisen, 1878, Marionina clavata Nielsen Christensen, 1961, Marionina communis Nielsen Christensen, 1959, Marionina seminuda Xie Rota, 2001. Morphological observations and new reference DNA sequences are also provided for the above-mentioned species.

Keywords: Annelida, Cognettia, Henlea, Mesenchytraeus, Clitellata, molecular taxonomy, species new to science, new records for Korean fauna.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Annelida*
  • Iron
  • Oligochaeta* / genetics
  • Republic of Korea
  • Soil

Substances

  • Soil
  • Iron