Ostracod Research at the Lake Biwa Museum, Japan

Robin James Smith

Genus Scottia Brady & Norman, 1889

Superfamily: Cypridoidea Baird, 1845
Family: Cyprididae Baird, 1845
Subfamily: Scottinae Bronstein, 1947

Two species have been reported from Korea:

1. Scottia birigida Smith et al., 2002

Left side view (top) and dorsal view of a male Scottia birigida, length about 0.6 mm.

External view of a male left valve of Scottia birigida, length 640 microns.

External view of a male right valve of Scottia birigida, length 618 microns.

The male sexual organ of Scottia birigida, length 167 microns.

Additional figures in: Smith et al. 2002; Yoo et al. 2017.
Habitat: A stream (Yoo et al. 2012). Elsewhere, reported from the discharge of springs and wet leaf litter around springs (Smith et al. 2002).
Mode of life: Benthic.
Reproductive mode: Sexual.
Known distribution: Gangwon Province (Yoo et al. 2017). Elsewhere, Japan (Smith et al. 2002).
References:
⚬ Smith, R. J., Matzke-Karasz, R., Kamiya, T. & Ikeda, Y. 2002. Scottia birigida sp. nov. (Cypridoidea: Ostracoda) from western Honshu, Japan and a key to the subfamily Scottiinae Bronstein, 1947. Zootaxa, 126, 1-20.
⚬ Yoo, H., Huyen, P. T. M. & Karanovic, I. 2017. Five new records of ostracods (Crustacea) from Korea. Journal of Species Research, 6 (Special Edition), 220-226.

2. Scottia pseudobrowniana Kempf, 1971

Figures in: Meisch 2000; Chang et al. 2012.
Habitat: Small trickle of water (Chang et al. 2012). Elsewhere, reported from ponds and swampy habitats fed by springs, often with leaf litter (Meisch 2000).
Mode of life: Benthic.
Reproductive mode: Sexual.
Known distribution: Gangwon Province (Chang et al. 2012). Elsewhere, Europe, Russia and North America (see review in Kempf 1971; Külköylüoglu & Vinyard 2000).
References:
⚬ Chang C. Y., Lee, J. & Smith, R. J. 2012. Nonmarine ostracods (Crustacea) from South Korea, including a description of a new species of Tanycypris Triebel (Cyprididae, Cypricercinae). Zootaxa, 3161, 1-19.
⚬ Kempf, E.K. 1971. Ökologie, Taxonomie und Verbreitung der nichtmarinen Ostrakoden-Gattung Scottia im Quartär von Europa. Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 22, 43-63.
⚬ Külköylüoglu, O. and Vinyard, G.L. 2000. Distribution and ecology of freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) collected from springs of Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon: a preliminary study. Western North American Naturalist, 60, 291-303.
⚬ 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.