Amynthas tralfamadore Blakemore, 2012

Blakemore, Robert J., Lee, Seunghan & Seo, Hong-Yul, 2015, Account of montane and insular speciation in some Korean megadriles (Annelida: Oligochaeta), Journal of Species Research 4 (1), pp. 1-22 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2015.4.1.001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120397
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scientific name	Amynthas tralfamadore Blakemore, 2012
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6. Amynthas tralfamadore Blakemore, 2012

Material. IV0000261361 (DNA HY20) a pale mature from Jeju Town, Jeju Island by RJB 7 th Sept. 2013, found with IV0000261362 two dark matures identified as “ A masatakae / tralfamadore ” .

Distribution. Jeju Island and introduced to NIBR facility in Incheon (type-locality).

Description. Pale specimen with extra pair GMs in 9/10 otherwise complies with descriptions in Blakemore (2012d: 143, figs. 1, 7; 2013a: 35, fig. 9B-C).

Remarks. Blast result for HY20 gave 95% “ Amynthas robustus ” (Genbank AB542534 View Materials - a likely misidentification from Japan), whereas HY20 vs WO2 ( A. tralfamadore Holotype) Id=619/621 (99%), i.e., tolerably the same taxon. Also HY20 vs w29 ( A. tralfamadore smaller specimen from Jeju, redo of WO53) Id=618/621 (99%) and HY20 vs w30 ( A. tralfamadore pale specimen from Jeju)=619/621 (99%). Thus species confirmed from northern Jeju too.

References

Blakemore, R. J. 2012 d. Earthworms from NIBR Jeju-do biosphere compared to historical and new Japanese types (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea: Megascolecidae). Journal of Species Research 1 (2): 133 - 115 [Available from: http: // www. nibr. go. kr / english / event / journal _ spe _ 3. jsp].