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2016 , Vol. 41 >Issue 2: 149 - 157

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201613

Taxonomic notes on Hydroidomedusae (Cnidaria) from South China Sea II: Family Bythotiaridae (Anthomedusae)

  • Zhenzu Xu ,
  • Jiaqi Huang ,
  • Mao Lin ,
  • Donghui Guo ,
  • Chunguang Wang
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  • 1 College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China

    2 Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China

    3 Collaborative Innovation Center of Deep Sea Biology, Hangzhou 310012 China

    *Corresponding author, E-mail: guodh@xmu.edu.cn

Online published: 2016-04-24

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This study was supported by Global Climate Change and Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Research (GASI-01-02- 02-03, GASI-01-02-04 ,GASI-01-02-02-01), the Marine Biological Sample Museum of the Chinese Offshore Investigation and Assessment, and the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB403604).

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Abstract

This paper includes new data on Bythotiaridae (Anthomedusae), Protiaropsis pedunculata Xu, Huang & Guo, sp. nov. and P. tetranema Xu, Huang & Wang, sp. nov. are described. An additional two genera and species: Eumedusa sp. and Sibogita geometrica Mass, 1905 are recorded from Chinese waters for the first time. The species Bythotiara depressa Naumov, 1960 is redescribed and its relationship to Protiaropsis anonyma (Maas, 1905) is discussed. Other data are briefly summarized to the list of species presented on the family Bythotiaridae in South China Sea. The type specimens were deposited at the Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration.

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Zhenzu Xu , Jiaqi Huang , Mao Lin , Donghui Guo , Chunguang Wang . Taxonomic notes on Hydroidomedusae (Cnidaria) from South China Sea II: Family Bythotiaridae (Anthomedusae)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2016 , 41(2) : 149 -157 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201613

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