New data on soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Nha Trang Bay, South China Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2027 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
TATYANA N. DAUTOVA ◽  
OLEG V. SAVINKIN
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
New Record ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Nha Trang Bay ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Colony Fragment

A new species of Eleutherobia is described, enlarging the Eleutherobia species group that lack sclerites in the anthocodiae. The Octocorallia of the South-China Sea are poorly known, and the data that is presented provides a new record of the genus for Vietnam. The original description of Sinularia manaarensis Verseveldt, 1980 was based on a single incomplete colony fragment collected in 1902 near Ceylon (Verseveldt, 1980, Pl. 16, Fig. 3). Here we present data on both living and preserved S. manaarensis colonies that were found in Nha Trang Bay (South China Sea) in 2006. The club-shaped surface sclerites with wide flattened handles are characteristic of the species. Images of live colonies are given along with a biogeographical discussion. S. arctium sp. nov., is also described. It has a remarkable assortment of sclerites, which includes both leptoclados- like clubs and warty clubs with a distinct central wart.

A new species and new record of deep-sea scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the Okinawa Trough and the South China Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4238 (4) ◽  
pp. 562 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIXING SUI ◽  
XINZHENG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
New Record ◽  
Okinawa Trough ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Cold Seep ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The Okinawa Trough ◽  
A New Species

A new species of scale-worm, Lepidonotopodium okinawae sp. nov. from the Okinawa Trough is described. The new species differs from the other species of Lepidonotopodium by having 24 segments and numerous foveolae on the surface of elytra with one globular micropapilla in every foveola. A new record of the mussel commensal Branchipolynoe pettiboneae Miura & Hashimoto, 1991 is reported and described from the northern South China Sea, where for the first time the scale-worm is noted as occurring at a cold-seep. Keys to distinguish the species of Branchipolynoe and Lepidonotopodium are provided. 

Biodiversity and antifouling activity of fungi associated with two soft corals from the South China Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 201 (6) ◽  
pp. 757-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Yong Zhang ◽  
Hui-Li Hao ◽  
Stanley Chun Kwan Lau ◽  
Huai-You Wang ◽  
Yu Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
The South ◽  
Antifouling Activity ◽  
China Sea

Cephalotrichella echinicola, sp. nov. (Palaeonemertea : Cephalotrichellidae), a new nemertean associated with sea urchins from Nha Trang Bay (South China Sea)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei V. Chernyshev ◽  
Neonila Polyakova ◽  
Temir A. Britayev ◽  
Olga A. Bratova ◽  
Elena S. Mekhova
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Laser Scanning Microscopy ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Gene Markers ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Nha Trang Bay

About 50 nemertean species have been reported to live in symbiotic relationships with other invertebrates, but only two hoplonemertean species are associated with echinoderms (starfish). The palaeonemertean Cephalotrichella echinicola, sp. nov. is described from samples collected in Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, South China Sea. The species is the first known nemertean associated with sea urchins (Metalia sternalis and M. spatagus), living on both the oral and the aboral surfaces of the host and freely moving among its spines. The internal morphology of the new species is described based on histological sections and confocal laser scanning microscopy with phalloidin and antibody labelling. Sequences of three nuclear gene markers (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and histone H3) and two mitochondrial gene markers (16S rRNA and COI) were compared with those of other palaeonemertean species, and a phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. echinicola is closest to the free-living Cephalotrichella alba Gibson & Sundberg, 1992. Both the morphological data and the phylogenetic analysis provide additional evidence for distinguishing the families Cephalotrichidae and Cephalotrichellidae and support the rejection of Cephalotrichella as a junior synonym of Cephalothrix. A new diagnosis of the genus Cephalotrichella is given. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:091B5D56-71B2-4F4C-9AD8-F666B4610DE2

New record of Lobophora rosacea (Dictyotales; Phaeophyceae) from the South China Sea

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-197
Author(s):  
Zhongmin Sun ◽  
Yongqiang Wang ◽  
Pengcheng Yan ◽  
Hui Guo ◽  
Jianting Yao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
New Record ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea

First record of the rare stenopodidean shrimp Odontozona spongicola (Alcock & Anderson, 1899) (Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) from Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4915 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-584
Author(s):  
CHIEN-LIN CHEN ◽  
TIN-YAM CHAN
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea

The stenopodidean shrimp Odontozona spongicola (Alcock & Anderson, 1899) collected by the South Java Deep-Sea Biodiversity Expedition 2018 (SJADES 2018) is a new record from Indonesia. The specimen of O. spongicola recently listed from the South China Sea is also formally reported here in. The characteristcs and coloration of this rare species are described and illustrated. 

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