Two new species of Tanaidacea are described from the eastern coast of Korea; Apseudomorpha n. sp., and Leptochelia n. sp., belonging to the family Metapseudidae and Leptocheliidae, respectively. Apseudomorpha n. sp., is characterized by pleonites 2 and 5 and pleotelson have a large lateral seta; pleopods are biramous, in five pairs, each bearing a two-segmented exopod and a single- segmented endopod; the maxillular palp is two-segmented, with five setae on its distal segment. Leptochelia n. sp., differs from the basis of maxilliped has 4 setae; the uropod exopod is 0.5 to 0.6 times as long as proximal endopod segment and endopod 3 segment is the longest.

• 황호성(국립중앙과학관) | Hosung Hwang
• 김일회(강릉원주대학교 생물학과) | Il-Hoi Kim