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Yin and Zeng (Marine Science Bulletin 1984;3:51–58; Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 1985;16:323–335; Journal of Shandong College of Oceanology 1986;16:1–9; Marine Science Bulletin 1988;1:176–187) described two new genera and three new species of heteronemerteans with a branched proboscis, Dendrorhynchus zhanjiangensis Yin & Zeng, 1984, Dendrorhynchus sinensis Yin & Zeng, 1985 and Polydendrorhynchus papillaris Yin & Zeng, 1986. All three species were described from specimens collected at the same locality—Xiashan Beach Park, Zhanjiang, China. Additional specimens have been collected from nearby sites during recent years. Observations on these additional specimens and re‐examination of the type specimens suggest that all three species should be synonymized under the single taxon, Dendrorhynchus zhanjiangensis Yin & Zeng, 1984. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new genus and species of freshwater monostiliferous hoplonemertean, Limneinertes poyangensis gen. et sp. nov., from Poyang Lake, People's Republic of China, is described and illustrated. The taxon is compared and contrasted with previously described freshwater hoplonemerteans. This is the fourth species of freshwater nemertean to be described from China and the first recorded from Poyang Lake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]