Taxonomic notes on Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroidomedusa) from the south-central South China Sea, with a new genus and four new species

DU Feiyan; WANG Lianggen; XU Zhenzu; HUANG Jiaqi; GUO Donghui

doi:10.1007/s13131-018-1310-5

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DU Feiyan, WANG Lianggen, XU Zhenzu, HUANG Jiaqi, GUO Donghui. Taxonomic notes on Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroidomedusa) from the south-central South China Sea, with a new genus and four new species[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(10): 112-118. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1310-5

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DU Feiyan, WANG Lianggen, XU Zhenzu, HUANG Jiaqi, GUO Donghui. Taxonomic notes on Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroidomedusa) from the south-central South China Sea, with a new genus and four new species[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(10): 112-118. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1310-5

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DU Feiyan, WANG Lianggen, XU Zhenzu, HUANG Jiaqi, GUO Donghui. Taxonomic notes on Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroidomedusa) from the south-central South China Sea, with a new genus and four new species[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(10): 112-118. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1310-5

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Taxonomic notes on Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroidomedusa) from the south-central South China Sea, with a new genus and four new species

doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1310-5

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South China Sea Fisheries Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Guangzhou 510300, China;Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510300, China
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College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China

Received Date: 2017-06-29

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This study describes and illustrates four new species Laticanna nanhaiensis Xu, Huang and Wang, gen. nov. and sp. nov., Protiaropsis gemmifera Xu, Huang and Du, sp. nov., Merga nanhaiensis Xu, Huang and Guo, sp. nov. and Rhabdoon apiciloculus Xu, Huang and Du, sp. nov. based on specimens from the south-central South China Sea. Additionally, keys to known genera of family Bythotiaridae and species of genera Protiaropsis, Merga, and Rhabdoon are described. All type specimens are deposited in the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science.
- Hydroidomedusae,
- Bythotiaridae,
- Pandeidae,
- Tubulariidae,
- new genus and species,
- South China Sea

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