Genus Limnocythere Brady, 1868

Superfamily: Cytheroidea Baird, 1845
Family: Limnocytheridae Klie, 1938
Subfamily: Limnocytherinae Klie, 1938

One species has been reported from Korea:

1. Limnocythere stationis Vavra, 1891

Figures in: Meisch 2000; Smith & Janz 2009.

Habitat: Lake Biwa (Smith & Janz 2009); rice fields, small and large lakes, ponds, beds of rivers, bogs (Schornikov and Trebukhova 2001); shallow well, pools and flowing water (Martens 1984).

Mode of life: Benthic.

Reproductive mode: Sexual in Japan (Smith & Janz 2009), elsewhere, only females have been reported.

Known distribution: East coast of South Korea (Lee et al. 2000; Schornikov and Trebukhova 2001). Elsewhere, Japan (Smith & Janz 2009), Western Europe (Meisch 2000); Sudan (Martens 1984); Uzbekistan (Schornikov and Trebukhova 2001), the Far-East of Russia (Schornikov 2004; Schornikov and Trebukhova 2001); China (Schornikov and Trebukhova 2001; Yu et al. 2005; Zhai & Zhao 2014).

References:

⚬ Lee, E-H, Huh, M. & Schornikov, E. I. 2000. Ostracod fauna from the East Sea coast of Korea and their distribution - preliminary study on Ostracoda as an indicator of water pollution. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 36, 435-472 [Korean with English abstract].

⚬ Martens, K. 1984. On the freshwater ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) of the Sudan, with special reference to the Red Sea Hills, including a description of a new species. Hydrobiologia, 110, 137-161.

⚬ Meisch, C. 2000. Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. In: Schwoerbel, J., Zwick, P., (Eds.), Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 8/3. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin 522 pp.

⚬ Schornikov, E. I. 2004. Crustacea: Ostracoda. 458-465. In: Tyurin, A. N. & Drozdov, A. L. (eds), Far-Eastern Marine Biospherical Reserve. Biota V. 2. Vladivostok: Dalnauka [in Russian].

⚬ Schornikov, E. I. and Trebukhova, Y. A. 2001. Ostracods of brackish and fresh waters of southwestern coast of Peter the Great Bay. Pp. 56�85. In: Kasyanov, V. L., Vaschenko, M. A. and Pitruk, D. L. (Eds) The State of Environment and Biota of the Southwestern Part of Peter the Great Bay and the Tumen River Mouth. Dalnauka, Vladivostok.

⚬ Smith, R. J. & Janz, H. 2009. Recent ostracods of the superfamilies Cytheroidea and Darwinuloidea (Crustacea) from Lake Biwa, a Japanese ancient lake. Species Diversity, 14, 217-241.

⚬ Yu, N., Zhao, Q., Schornikov, E.L., & Chen, L. 2005. Recent Ostracods from the Taihu Lake. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 22, 143-151. [Chinese with English abstract].

⚬ Zhai, D. & Zhao, W. 2014. On some recent non-marine ostracods from northern China, with description of one new species. Crustaceana, 87, 985-1026.

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