A new record of Parametaphoxus asiaensis (Hirayama, 1992) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae) from Korea

ethanol. Dissection and mount­ ing were conducted according to the methodology of Barnard and Karaman (1991). Illustrations were made by using a drawing tube or camera lucida. Body length was measured from the tip of rostrum to the posterior end of urosomite 3. All specimens examined herein were de­ posited at Marine Arthropod Depository Bank of Korea (MADBK), National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK), and National Institute of Biological Correspondent: wonkim@plaza.snu.ac.kr During a survey of sand­burrowing amphipods, a phoxocephalid species, Parametaphoxus asiaensis (Hira­ yama, 1992), was found on the tidal flat of Yellow Sea and Jeju Island, Korea. The genus Parametaphoxus is reported for the first time in the Korean fauna. In this paper, we describe and illustrate the species, P. asiaensis of the family Phoxocephalidae