Protohyale (Boreohyale) pumila ( Hiwatari & Kajihara, 1981 )

Eun, Ye, Hendrycks, Ed A. & Kim, Young-Hyo, 2016, The family Hyalidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitroidea) from Korean waters. 2. Genus Protohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002, Zootaxa 4175 (3), pp. 231-248 : 247

Protohyale (Boreohyale) pumila ( Hiwatari & Kajihara, 1981)

(Korean Name: Ggo-ma-chae-jjik-hae-jo-sum-i-yeop-sae-u)

Hyale dollfusi .— Iwasa, 1939: 280, fig. 18.

Hyale pumila Hiwatari & Kajihara, 1981: 35 , figs 1–4.

Protohyale (Boreohyale) pumila .— Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002: 77, fig. 36.— Shin & Kim, 2012: 312 , figs 1–3.

Material examined. 2 Ƌ 1 ♀, Marado Is., Seoguipo-si, 2 May 1994, (B.J. Kang); 5 Ƌ 3 ♀, Masan-ri, Pohang-si, 23 February 1997, (I.S. Seo); 1 Ƌ, Hongdo-ri, Sinan-gun, 13 November 1997, (I.S. Seo); 1 Ƌ 2 ♀, Gampo-eup, Gyeongju-si, 7 July 1998, (Y. Eun); 5 Ƌ 1 ♀, Daecheong-ri, Ongjin-gun, 11 August 1999, (C.M. Lee); 40 Ƌ, Yenae-ri, Goheung-gun, 23 July 2001, (Y.H. Kim); 1 Ƌ, Namyang-ri, Ulreung-gun, 16 October 2001, (Y. Eun); 3 Ƌ, Maemuldo Is., Tongyeong-si, 28 June 2002, (Y.H. Kim); 7 Ƌ 4 ♀, Geumjin-ri, Yeongdeok-gun, 9 October 2002, (Y. Eun); 18 Ƌ 1 ♀, Hamdeok-ri, Jeju-si., 22 May 2003, (Y. Eun); 13 Ƌ, Geumseong-ri, Dolsan-eup, 20 March 2004, (Y.H. Kim); 3 Ƌ, Chujado Is., Bukjeju-gun, 29 June 2004, (Y. Eun); 4 Ƌ, Galnam-ri, Samcheok-si, 26 April 2005, (T.S. Park); 4 Ƌ 3 ♀, Dokdo Is., Ulreung-gun, 30 April 2005, (Y. Eun); 1 Ƌ 4 ♀, Udo-myeon, Jejudo Is., 9 August 2005, (K.S. Lee); 5 Ƌ, Bakryeongdo Is., Ongjin-gun, 13 July 2006, (S.S. Hong); 5 Ƌ 2 ♀, Samsando Is., Yeonggwang-gun, 27 June 2007, (Y.H. Kim); 2 Ƌ, Gyoam-ri, Goseong-gun, 1 February 2008,(Y.H. Kim); 1 Ƌ, Geomundo Is., Yeosu-si, 16 April 2009, (Y.H. Kim); 15 Ƌ 4 ♀, Udo-myeon, Jejudo Is., 21 October 2011, (Y. Eun); 5 Ƌ 3 ♀, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, 22 June 2012, (Y. Eun)

Previous Korean records. Jejudo Is. ( Shin & Kim, 2012).

Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1, propodus broadly expanded, anterodistal margin without hump, male and female dissimilar in form from each other; palm defined by large and blunt cusp. Gnathopod 2, palm slightly oblique, with distal truncate process having one spine and several setae.

Distribution. Korea, Japan.