Sinocorophium Bousfield & Hoover, 1997

Kim, Young-Hyo, 2012, Sinocorophium hangangense sp. n. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae), a new species from Korea, with a key to the genus Sinocorophium, ZooKeys 181, pp. 53-65 : 55

Genus Sinocorophium Bousfield & Hoover, 1997

Type species.

Corophium sinensis Zhang, 1974

Diagnosis.

Body cylindrical. Rostrum vestigial to distinct. Antenna 2 strongly pediform, gland cone of peduncular article 2 large, prominent, peduncular article 4 with ventrodistal tooth. Maxilliped, palp article 2 elongate. Gnathopod 1, palm of propodus distinct and transverse, dactylus rather short. Pereopods 3-4, carpus not shortened, slightly shorter than merus. Pleonal epimeron 3 subquadrate or weakly pointed posteroventrally. Urosomites separate. Uropod 1 laterally inserted. Uropod 3 uniramous, ramus linear to subovate. Telson short and subtriangular.

Species composition.

Sinocorophium alienense (Chapman, 1988), Sinocorophium hangangense sp. n., Sinocorophiumheteroceratum (Yu, 1938), Sinocorophium homoceratum (Yu, 1938), Sinocorophium intermedium (Dang, 1965), Sinocorophium japonicum (Hirayama, 1984), Sinocorophium lamellatum (Hirayama, 1984), Sinocorophium minutum (Dang, 1965), Sinocorophium monospinum (Shen, 1955), Sinocorophium sinense (Zhang, 1974), and Sinocorophium triangulopedarum (Hirayama, 1990).