Mucin genes are the main component of mucus. The sea anemone species, Aulactinia veratra (Phylum Cnidaria) contains different types of mucin genes. In the intertidal zone, A. veratra is found to be exposed to air duri...
supported the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-45);Natural Sciences Foundation of China(32073019)。
Myxozoans are common microscopic endoparasites in fish,and some are highly pathogenic to their wild and farmed fish hosts.In the present study,myxosporeans infection in the kidney of silver carp Hypophthalmichthys mol...
This study was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42172016,41890844,41890840,41621003,41772010,41720104002);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB26000000);the Key Scientific and Technological Innovation Team Project in Shaanxi Province and the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy(Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,CAS,Grant Nos.203106,163107).
Hexangulaconulariids,an extinct family of medusozoan small shelly fossils(SSFs),were a conspicuous component of early Cambrian,shallow marine platform communities in South China.Described herein is Septuconularia cras...
supported by grants fromthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(41972009,41572017,41102012,41672009,41772010,41621003,41890844,and 41911530236 to Q.O.,D.S.,J.H.,and Z.Z.);the Chinese“111”project(B20011 to Q.O.);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2010ZY07,2011YXL013,and 2012097 to Q.O.);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of the Ministry of Education(NCET-13-1008 to Q.O.);the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation(CHN1164230 HFST-P to Q.O.);the German Research Foundation(DFG,Ma 4147/3-1 toG.M.);the Strategic Priority Research Programof Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB26000000 to J.H.).
Cnidarians diverged very early in animal evolution;therefore,investigations of the morphology and trophic levels of early fossil cnidarians may provide critical insights into the evolution of metazoans and the origin ...
The Fund of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract No.DY135-B2-13;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41806181;the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province;China under contract No.2021J011042;the Program for Innovative Research Team in Science&Technology in Fujian Province University;the Talent Introduction Pre-research Project of Minjiang University under contract No.MJY20017。
In contrast to typical planktonic hydromedusae,Cladonema medusae are mostly benthic,with specialised adhesive branches to adhere to the substrate.In this study,a Cladonema species discovered in a laboratory aquarium i...
the Science&Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China(No.2017FY100804);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41930533,31970489);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB42000000);the Senior User Project of R/V Kexue(Nos.KEXUE2019GZ04,KEXUE2020G01)。
A new species of bubblegum coral,Paragorgia papillata sp.nov.,discovered from a seamount located on the Caroline Ridge at the water depth of 858 m,is studied using morphological and molecular approaches.The new gorgon...
the Science&Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China(No.2017FY100804);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41930533,31970489);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB42000000);the Senior User Project of R/V Kexue(Nos.KEXUE2019GZ04,KEXUE2020G01)。
Sea pens are a highly specialized and morphologically distinct group of octocorallians,but many taxa were poorly described and their phylogenetic relationships are still poorly known.We describe two species of sea pen...
supported by the Fund of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhanjiang)(ZJW-2019-06);Global Climate Change and Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Research:Biological Classification System Research。
Two previously unknown species of hydromedusae,i.e.Bougainvillia leizhouensis Xu,Guo&Wang,sp.nov.and Octocannoides tetranema Xu,Guo&Wang,sp.nov.were found in plankton samples collected during oceanographic cruises alo...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41406216;the foundation of Third Institute of Oceanography under contract No.2013016;the Global Climate Change and Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Research,Biological Classification System Research and the Marine Biological Sample Museum Upgrade and Expansion under contract No.GASI-01-02-04
Medusae in 116 samples collected from the coastal waters of the northern Beibu Gulf during four seasonal oceanographic cruises from October 2017 to August 2018 were analyzed.In total,34 species were identified.Two of ...
Myxosporidia constitute a major group of fish parasites which have a significant negative impact on wild and cultured fish. The used of DNA in Myxosporidia studies has progressed rapidly over the last twenty years, es...