• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.22-26
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• 2023

This paper describes two cyclostomatous bryozoans belonging to the genus Disporella Gray, 1848 found in Korean waters. This study was carried out with the materials which were collected from two localities, Jodo Island and Gapado Island, from 2014 to 2015. It is known that the genus Disporella Gray, 1848 needs a thorough revision and is difficult to identify because it has been documented in very few of the nominal species. Approximately 58 species have been recognized worldwide. One species, Disporella novaehollandiae (D'Orbigny, 1853), has been reported from Korean waters so far. Two species, D. pristis (MacGillivray, 1884) and D. wanganuiensis (Waters, 1887), distributed in the Indo-Pacific, are newly added to the Korean bryozoans fauna in this study. Accordingly, the Korean cyclostomatous bryozoans have increased to 17 species, ten genera and five families. Descriptions and illustrations of the two Disporella species using scanning electron microscopy are provided in this paper.