Original Paper

Two new hydrozoan species from the Taiwan Strait, China (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata)

  • Donghui Guo ,
  • Zhenzu Xu ,
  • Jiaqi Huang ,
  • Chunguang Wang ,
  • Mao Lin
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  • 1College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China 2Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China 3Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China

Online published: 2019-07-24

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This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1406301), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41676133 and 41876180), the Global Climate Change and Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Research: Biological Classification System Research, Marine Biological Sample Museum Upgrade and Expansion (GASI-01-02-04) and Bilateral Cooperation of Maritime Affairs; and the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China (2011CB403604)

Abstract

Samples of leptomedusan were collected from the Taiwan Strait during July 2006. Two new species, Gangliostoma abaxialispura Xu, Huang & Guo, sp. nov. and Eutima taiwanensis Xu, Huang & Guo, sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The keys to the species of Gangliostoma and Eutima are presented, respectively. The type specimens are deposited in the Third Institute of Oceanography, China.

Cite this article

Donghui Guo , Zhenzu Xu , Jiaqi Huang , Chunguang Wang , Mao Lin . Two new hydrozoan species from the Taiwan Strait, China (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2019 , 44(3) : 185 -190 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201922

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