浙江沿海最新发现一种枝吻类纽虫

A Nemertean Discovered along the Zhejiang Coast

在浙江省东部奉化市沿海的虾塘中发现了一种中间为肉红色,两端为橘红色的扁平且细,能在水里同蛇一样的侧泳动物。刺激该动物时,就会把乳白色、树枝状结构的吻喷出体外。吻结构和运动均同目前已报到的湛江中华枝吻纽虫、湛江枝吻纽虫、疣多枝吻纽虫有很大差别。暂定该纽虫为浙江枝吻纽虫,详细的分类地位还需进一步的研究。

some nemerteans were discovered in the coastal shrimp pond cityern of Fenghua, in the east of Zhejiang province. A kind of flat animal colored with salmon red inside and red-orange on the outside, which swims the shrimp sidestroke, was reported in this paper. When stimulated, it spits out milk-white proboscis which resembles branches of a tree. The structure and movement of rostrum is greatly different from Dendrorhynchus sinensis Yin ＆ Zeng,Dendrorhynchus zhanjiangensis Yin ＆ Zeng, Polydendrorhynchus Yin ＆ Zeng, which have been recently reported. Therefore, this nemertean is defined as Dendrorhynchus zhejiang and its detailed classification needs further research.