1. Three new species and a status revision of Hydroidomedusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the coast of China.
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Chen, Xiaoyin, Hu, Zhijie, Xiang, Peng, Yang, Jia, Chang, Lin, Xu, Zhenzu, and Wang, Chunguang
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HYDROZOA , *CNIDARIA , *WATER depth , *SPECIES , *COASTS - Abstract
Three previously unknown species of Hydroidomedusa are described from plankton samples collected during oceanographic cruises undertaken along the coast of China. The Anthomedusae Ectopleura dongshanensis Xu, Chen & Chang sp. n. and Ectopleura brevinema Xu, Chen & Wang sp. n. were collected in Dongshan Bay, and the Leptomedusae species Eirene globogonia Xu & Chen sp. n. was found in the shallow waters of Hainan Island. All new species are described and illustrated here. The species Eirene chiaochowensis (Kao, Li , Chang & Li , 1958) stat. rev. is revised to a valid species. Keys to known species of the genera Ectopleura and Eirene are provided. All specimens were deposited at the Third Institute of Oceanography, China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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