Ap. Kasatkina, NEW SPECIES OF THE GENERA FEROSAGITTA AND OMITTOSAGITTA (CHAETOGNATHA) FROM THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE SEA-OF-JAPAN, Zoologiceskij zurnal, 74(8), 1995, pp. 100-111
Three new species of Chaetognatha (F. cristallina sp. n., O. bacillari
s sp. n., O. diaphana sp. n.) were found during; the detailed study of
plankton in the north-western part of the Sea of Japan up to now taxo
nomists do not have a unified system to identification of the genera o
f arrow worms. The keys proposed by Tokioka, 1965 and supplemented lat
er (Kasatkina, 1971, 1982) with small additions facilitating the ident
ification and the kegs to the world fauna of the genera Ferosagitta an
d Omittosagitta are given. The detailed descriptions, figures and some
data on the distribution and affinities are given.