Sinocorophium

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Corophiidea
Infraordo: Corophiida
Superfamilia: Corophioidea

Familia: Corophiidae
Subfamilia: Corophiinae
Tribus: Corophiini
Genus: Sinocorophium
Species (13): S. alienense – S. dongtanense – S. hangangense – S. heteroceratum – S. homoceratum – S. intermedium – S. japonicum – S. jindoense – S. lamellatum – S. minutum – S. monospinum – S. sinense – S. triangulopedarum
Name

Sinocorophium Bousfield & Hoover, 1997

Type species: Corophium sinensis Zhang, 1974

References

Bousfield, E.L. & Hoover, P.M. 1997. The amphipod superfamily Corophioidea on the Pacific Coast of North America. Part V. Family Corophiidae: Corophiinae, new subfamily. Systematics and distributional ecology. Amphipacifica 2(3): 67–139. BHL Reference page.
Heo, J-H. & Kim, Y-H. 2017. A new species and new record of the genus Sinocorophium (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae) from Korean Waters. Zootaxa 4312(1): 155–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.7. Reference page.
Kim, Y.-H. 2012: Sinocorophium hangangense sp. n. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae), a new species from Korea, with a key to the genus Sinocorophium. ZooKeys 181: 53–65. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.181.3043 Reference page.

Sinocorophium is a genus of amphipod crustaceans.
Description

Sinocorophium individuals are generally found in the intertidal zone, burrowing in mud in marine to brackish waters. As of 2012, Sinocorophium consists of 10 species with most of them being reported to live in the Far East including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, in endemic to temperate and sub-tropical shallows. Sinocorophium alienese is the only exception, as according to reports, the species occurs in the delta of San Francisco Bay and areas of the northeast Pacific Ocean. Sinocorophium alienese came to the northeast Pacific region through widespread ballast water traffic during Vietnam War.[1][2]

Morphologically, the genus Sinocorophium, is characterized by having a rounded posterior and ventral corner of the third epimeron, a body part which connects basal joint to each appendage. The characterization include, the separated urosomites, an abdominal segment in Crustaceans and laterally inserted first posterior appendage .[1]
Species

Sinocorophium contains 10 species: [3]

Sinocorophium alienense (Chapman, 1988)
Sinocorophium hangangense Kim, 2012
Sinocorophium heteroceratum Yu, 1938)
Sinocorophium homoceratum (Yu, 1938)
Sinocorophium intermedium (Ngoc, 1965)
Sinocorophium japonicum (Hirayama, 1984)
Sinocorophium lamellatum (Hirayama, 1984)
Sinocorophium minutum (Ngoc, 1965)
Sinocorophium monospinum (Shen, 1955)
Sinocorophium sinensis (Zhang, 1974)
Sinocorophium triangulopedarum (Hirayama, 1986)

References

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): 53–63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.181.3043. PMC 3332021. PMID 22539911.
Chapman, JW (1988). "Invasions of the Northeast Pacific by Asian and Atlantic Gammaridean amphipod Crustaceans, including a new species of Corophium". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 8 (3): 364–382. doi:10.2307/1548276. JSTOR 1548276.
Jim Lowry (2011). "Sinocorophium Bousfield & Hoover, 1997". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 27, 2011.