Species List of Free-Living Marine Nematodes in the Yellow Sea,China
SUN Xiaoyi
BAI Ruobing
ZHAI Hongxiu
HUANG Yong
Abstract：Since the early 1980s,392 species of free-living nematodes have been identified which belong to 2 classes,14 orders,47 families and 165 genera with the efforts of several generations of nematode taxono-mists through more than 30 surveys and samplings in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the Yellow Sea.Among these species,117 species are new to science.The new species accounted for 30%of the total spe-cies,which indicating that endemic species of free-living marine nematodes are relatively rich in Chinese sea area.According to the newly revised system by Hodda in 2022,species list of free-living nematodes in the Yellow Sea is compiled.The species list further improves the diversity information of free-living nema-todes in the Yellow Sea,and provides basic data and basis for the cataloging of marine nematode diversity in China.
Keywords：free-living marine nematodesystematicsbiodiversitymeiofaunaYellow Sea
Publication Date：2024-12-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-28(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 108-110 )