Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 100-114.doi: 10.11978/2024110CSTR: 32234.14.2024110

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Taxonomic research of the genus Hansarsia from the South China Sea*

ZHOU Zhiqian1,2(), LIAN Xiping1(), TAN Yehui1,2   

  1. 1. Marine Biodiversity Collections of South China Sea, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2024-05-27 Revised:2024-08-09 Online:2025-03-10 Published:2025-04-11
  • Contact: LIAN Xiping
  • Supported by:
    Capacity Building for Strategic Biological Resources, the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-017-48); Taxonomist project, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS-TAX-24-042); National Animal Collection Resource Center, China; Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Tropical Ocean Environment in Western Coastal Waters(GSTOEW); National Natural Science Foundation of China(42225602); National Natural Science Foundation of China(92258301); National Natural Science Foundation of China(42090042)

Abstract:

Species of the genus Hansarsia play crucial roles in marine planktonic ecosystems, but there is often confusion and misidentification. This paper employed morphological analysis methods to conduct in-depth research on the specimens of the genus Hansarsia collected by the Marine Biodiversity Collections of the South China Sea, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from the South China Sea and the East Indian Ocean, aiming to clarify differences between species and resolve taxonomic confusions. This paper a) supplemented and revised the characterizations of H. tenella, H. gracilis, H. microps, and H. atlantica; b) depicted the changes in the first and second thoracic legs of the four species from juvenile to adult; c) pointed out the phenomenon of two rostrum shapes in the adult H. gracilis, and the variation in the number of setae on the propodus of the first thoracic leg; and d) clarified the distinctions between H. microps and H. atlantica in the South China Sea and the East Indian Ocean.

Key words: krill, Hansarsia, morphology, taxonomy, the first thoracic leg

CLC Number: 

  • P735.532