ИСТИНА

Five tardigrade species have been found in frame of exploration intertidal sandy watts of Jeju Island situated between southmost Korean Peninsula and Japan. Orzeliscus sp. is close to O. asiaticus Lee et al. 2017 differing in more prominent body punctations and possibly in shape of sense organs of legs IV. Angursa sp. is similar to A. clavifera Noda 1985 but lacks evident secondary clavae and spines on legs II and III. Quisarctus yasumurai fits well to the original description of Fujimoto 2015. The genus Batillipes constitutes majority of tardigrade specimens and is presented by two species, B. orientalis Chang & Rho 1997 and B. aff. similis Schulz 1955 (the latter species has some differences from the original diagnosis in shape of lateral body processes). B. aff. similis occurs on only lower part of watt while B. orientalis is confined to only medium watt; both species don’t occur together. Other species are distributed rather evenly from medium to lower intertidal watt.