Two new species of hydromedusa (Cnidaria) from the Leizhou Bay, the northern South China Sea

Jiaqi Huang; Xuefeng Wang; Liyi Lu; Shenzeng Zhang; Linkun Lin; Zhenzu Xu; Donghui Guo

doi:10.11865/zs.2021301

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Zoological Systematics ›› 2021, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3) : 193-199. DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021301

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Two new species of hydromedusa (Cnidaria) from the Leizhou Bay, the northern South China Sea

Xuefeng Wang, Liyi Lu, Shenzeng Zhang, Linkun Lin, Zhenzu Xu, Donghui Guo, Jiaqi Huang

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Two previously unknown species of hydromedusae, i.e. Bougainvillia leizhouensis Xu, Guo & Wang, sp. nov. and Octocannoides tetranema Xu, Guo & Wang, sp. nov. were found in plankton samples collected during oceanographic cruises along the Leizhou Bay of the northern South China Sea. All new species are described and illustrated here. Identification keys to the known species of genera Bougainvillia and Octocannoides, and the genera of family Octocannoididae are provided, respectively. In addition, the genus name Pedunculus Xu, Huang & Guo, 2019 is preoccupied, and Stylogastria Xu, Huang & Guo, nom. nov. is proposed to replace it. All type specimens are deposited in the College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University.

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Xuefeng Wang, Liyi Lu, Shenzeng Zhang, Linkun Lin, Zhenzu Xu, Donghui Guo, Jiaqi Huang. Two new species of hydromedusa (Cnidaria) from the Leizhou Bay, the northern South China Sea[J]. Zoological Systematics. 2021, 46(3): 193-199 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2021301

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This work is supported by the Fund of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang) (ZJW-2019-06), and Global Climate Change and Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Research: Biological Classification System Research.