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Marine Invertebrate Larvae in Hong Kong Waters
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Hydrozoa (Class)
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Leptothecata (Order)
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Siphonophorae (Order) - Siphonophores
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Muggiaea sp. (Genus)
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Diphyes dispar (Species)
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Scyphozoa (Class) - True jellyfishes
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Semaeostomeae (Order)
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Ctenophora (Phylum) - Ctenophores or Comb jellies
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Tentaculata (Class)​
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Cydippida (Order)
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Pleurobrachiidae (Family)
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Pleurobrachia sp. (Genus)
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Platyhelminthes (Phylum) - Flatworms
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Turbellaria (Class)
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Mollusca (Phylum)
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Thecosomata (Order)
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Creseis spp. (Genus) - Pteropods
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Chaetognatha (Phylum) - Arrow worms
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Sagittidae (Family)
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Sagitta spp. (Genus)
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Flaccisagitta enflata (Species)
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Annelida (Phylum)
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Magelonidae (Family)
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Nephthyidae (Family)
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Terebellidae (Family)
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Tomopteridae (Family)
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Phoronida (Phylum) - Horseshoe worms
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Phoronidae (Order)
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Brachiopoda (Phylum) - Lamp shells
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Lingulata (Class)
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Lingulida (Order)
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Discinidae (Family)
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Discradiscus stella (Species)
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Arthropoda (Phylum)
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Crustacea (Subphylum)
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Copepoda (Class) - Copepods
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Harpacticoida (Order) - Harpacticoid copepods
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Poecilostomatoida (Order)
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Branchiopoda (Class)
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Cladocera (Infraorder) - Cladocerans
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Ostracoda (Class) - Ostracods
- Halocyprida (Order)​
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Malacostraca (Class)
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Amphipoda (Order) - Amphipods
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Hyperiidea (Suborder)
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Isopoda (Order) - Isopods
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Mysida (Order)
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Decapoda (Order)
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Dendrobranchiata (Suborder)
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Luciferidae (Family)
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Sergestidae (Family)
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Solenoceridae (Family)
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Solenocera sp. (Genus)
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Caridea (Suborder)
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Alpheoidea (Superfamily)
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Tozeuma sp.​
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Lysmatidae (Family)
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Palaemonidae (Family)
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Gebiidea (Infraorder)
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Laomediidae (Family)
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Laomedia sp. (c.f. L. astacina) (Species)
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cf. Upogebiidae (Family)
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Achelata (Infraorder)
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Palinuridae (Family) - Spiny lobsters
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Anomura (Infraorder)
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Paguroidea (Superfamily) - Hermit crabs
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Paguridae (Family)
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Diogenidae (Family)
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Brachyura (Infraorder) - True crabs
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Leucosiidae (Family)
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Pilumnidae (Family)
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Stomatopoda (Order) - Mantis shrimps
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Squillidae (Family)
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Harpiosquilla harpax (Species)
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Cirripedia (barnacle nauplii) (Infraclass)
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Echinodermata (Phylum)
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Holothuroidea (Order) - Sea cucumbers
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Chordata (Phylum)
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Appendicularia (Class)
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Copelata (Order)
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Oikopleura dioica / longicauda (Species)
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Ascidiacea (Class) - Tadpole larvae
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Vertebrata (Subphylum)
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Actinopterygii (Class)
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Perciformes (Order)
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Ambassidae (Family)
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Apogonidae (Family)
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Blenniidae (Family)
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Callionymidae (Family)
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Cynoglossidae (Family)
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Gobiidae (Family)
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Sebastidae (Family)
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Serranidae (Family)​
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Sillaginidae (Family)
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Soleidae (Family)
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Synodontidae (Family)
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Updated on 24th October, 2017
The following is a taxonomic key of the diverse faunal groups that were collected during a 15-month zooplankton survey of Port Shelter, in the eastern waters of Hong Kong during May 2016 to July 2017. A 500 µm mesh Bongo net was deployed to target microplankton (measuring between 20-200 µm) and mesoplankton (measuring between 200-2000 µm) size ranges.
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Examples of some of the genera and species found are given. Click on the names underlined for the relevant photomicrographs page in the Photo Guide.
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