Dear Annelidans:
In recent surveys of Hong Kong's shallow water benthos, Dr. Pei-Yuan Qian
and I have collected more than 50 specimens of _Leonnates_ sp. The
specimens do not seem to be the folowing three common species of
_Leonnates_in this region: _L. jousseanmei_Gravier 1901, _L.
decipiens_Fauvel 1929, or _L. persica_Wesenberg-Lund 1949. We also
checked Kingberg (1866, p.168) for the type species _L. indica_of the
genus which was collected in Singapore, not far away from Hong Kong. The
descriptions do not contain sufficient information to judge whether our
specimens belong to _L. indica_.
According to Fauchald (1977), there are 10 _Leonnates_spp. . We are
interested in taxonomic information about any species of this genus or
thoughts about relevant references.
Your assistance would be very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Jian-Wen
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Jian-Wen Qiu
Department of Biology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
<bojwqiu at uxmail.ust.hk>
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