A new species of the genus Melita (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae) and a new record for Melita shimizui from Korean Brackish Waters Author Choi, Jae-Hong Department of Biological Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, KOREA 31116 Author Kim, Young-Hyo 0000-0002-7698-7919 Department of Biological Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, KOREA 31116 yhkim@dankook.ac.kr text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-13 5551 3 512 530 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.4 journal article 306587 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.4 b2440d18-b548-4073-93d9-5aab1c098929 1175-5326 14442907 84CDAA84-27C6-46A3-AF9E-674C8FDE5947

TABLE 3. The genetic distance in the Genus Melita species based on mtDNA COI sequences.

No.	Species	Site	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Melita aestuarina sp. nov.	Gangjin, Korea
2	Melita aestuarina sp. nov.	Ulsan, Korea	0.000
3	Melita aestuarina sp. nov.	Ulju, Korea	0.002	0.002
4	Melita shimizui	Namhae, Korea	0.123	0.123	0.122
5	Melita shimizui	Ulsan, Korea	0.127	0.127	0.126	0.026
6	Melita shimizui	Akita, Japan	0.123	0.123	0.117	0.051	0.039
7	Melita shimizui	Akita, Japan	0.119	0.119	0.118	0.051	0.039	0.006
8	Melita shimizui	Hiroshima, Japan	0.116	0.116	0.118	0.039	0.038	0.046	0.046
9	Melita shimizui	Hioroshima, Japan	0.116	0.116	0.118	0.039	0.038	0.046	0.046	0.000
10	Melita shimizui	Ibaraki, Japan	0.123	0.123	0.122	0.051	0.039	0.003	0.006	0.046	0.046
11	Melita choshigawaensis	Mie, Japan	0.148	0.148	0.149	0.176	0.170	0.164	0.164	0.168	0.168	0.168
12	Melita choshigawaensis	Mie, Japan	0.148	0.148	0.149	0.176	0.170	0.164	0.164	0.168	0.168	0.168	0.002
13	Melita choshigawaensis	Mie, Japan	0.148	0.148	0.149	0.176	0.170	0.164	0.164	0.168	0.168	0.168	0.002	0.000
14	Abludomelita okhotensis	Ongjin, Korea	0.385	0.385	0.388	0.401	0.406	0.404	0.401	0.395	0.406	0.406	0.379	0.377	0.377