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Abstract
Yin and Zeng (Marine Science Bulletin Citation1984;3:51–58; Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica Citation1985;16:323–335; Journal of Shandong College of Oceanology Citation1986;16:1–9; Marine Science Bulletin Citation1988;1:176–187) described two new genera and three new species of heteronemerteans with a branched proboscis, Dendrorhynchus zhanjiangensis Yin & Zeng, Citation1984, Dendrorhynchus sinensis Yin & Zeng, Citation1985 and Polydendrorhynchus papillaris Yin & Zeng, Citation1986. All three species were described from specimens collected at the same locality—Xiashan Beach Park, Zhanjiang, China. Additional specimens have been collected from nearby sites during recent years. Observations on these additional specimens and re‐examination of the type specimens suggest that all three species should be synonymized under the single taxon, Dendrorhynchus zhanjiangensis Yin & Zeng, Citation1984.
Acknowledgements
The study is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (30270235). The author is grateful to Qian Mingliang and Chen Daohai for their help in fieldwork, to Professor Feng Yuai for providing information on the habit of Dendrorhynchus zhanjiangensis, to Dr Jon Norenburg for kindly appraising the manuscript draft and reading the paper at the 6th International Conference on Nemertean Biology. My appreciation is also due to Frank B. Crandall and Dr Ray Gibson for the scientific annotations.