Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 66-71.doi: 10.11978/2024174CSTR: 32234.14.2024174

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Morphological characteristics of a newly recorded species of the genus Stylocheiron (Euphausiidae) 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:2024-09-10 Revised:2024-11-14 Online:2025-05-10 Published:2025-06-04
  • Contact: LIAN Xiping
  • Supported by:
    Taxonomist project, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS-TAX-24-042); The Program for Capacity Building for Strategic Biological Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-017-48); National Animal Collection Resource Center, China; Tropical Ocean Environment in Western Coastal Waters Observation and Research Station of Guangdong Province(2024B1212040008); National Natural Science Foundation of China(42225602); National Natural Science Foundation of China(92258301); National Natural Science Foundation of China(42090042)

Abstract:

The genus Stylocheiron (Malacostraca: Euphausiacea: Euphausiidae) comprises 12 species reported worldwide. This study identifies a newly recorded species of Stylocheiron from the South China Sea, Stylocheiron armatum Colosi, 1917. Detailed morphological descriptions are provided, and comparative analysis and discussion with the closely related species Stylocheiron carinatum are presented. The specimens are deposited in the Marine Biodiversity Collections of the South China Sea, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Key words: krill, Stylocheiron, morphological taxonomy, the third thoracic leg, South China Sea

CLC Number: 

  • Q959.223