| Summary: | The present study describes five newly recorded modern benthic foraminiferal species from the subtidal zone near Jeju Island and East China Sea (Korea). The newly recorded species (<i>Karrerulina conversa</i>, <i>Rotaliammina trumbulli</i>, <i>Vertebralina striata</i>, <i>Pegidia dubia</i> and <i>Amphistegina radiata</i>) belong to five families (Prolixoplectidae, Trochamminidae, Fischerinidae, Pegidiidae and Amphisteginidae), three orders (Lituolida, Miliolida and Rotaliida) and two classes (Globothalamea and Tubothalamea). All these five genera (<i>Karrerulina</i>, <i>Rotaliammina</i>, <i>Vertebralina</i>, <i>Pegidia</i> and <i>Amphistegina</i>) were also reported for the first time from Korean waters. Most of the examined specimens were highly consistent morphologically with previous records from southern China and Japan. Additionally, <i>Amphistegina</i> is one of the symbiont-bearing larger benthic foraminifera, known to be mainly distributed in tropical to warm subtropical waters. This study contributes to the expansion of data on the recent foraminiferal species diversity in Korean waters.
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