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Box jellyfish Chiropsoides buitendijki from the coastal zone along the Andaman Sea, southwestern Thailand are characterized by a box-shaped body with unilateral branched tentacles and lack of interradial furrows. Tentacular banding was first reported in the present study with 1–3–2–3–2–3–2–3–1 patterns (1–major band, 2–thicker minor band and 3–thinner minor band). The DNA sequences of 18 S ribosomal RNA genes indicated that the specimen examined were genetically similar to C. buitendijki that was previously identified from the Nam Bor Bay, Phuket, Thailand, and distinct to the other known taxa in the order Chirodropida. In addition, a significant genetic divergence based on 16S mitochondrial gene was observed within the C. buitendijki samples. This indicates a population genetic differentiation but needs further confirmation.
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The authors thank Sukthong Piyawut and Chanachon Krittaya, former staff from the Reference Collection, Phuket Marine Biological Center, for their kind assistance in sample measurement. Thanks also go to Hyllebergemer Jorgen and anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments on the manuscript.
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Foundation item: China-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation Fund; the Tropical Marine Ecosystem Collaborative Study (TiME) of the Thailand-China Joint Laboratory for Climate and Marine Ecosystem; the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean under contract No. 201505004; the fund from Phuket Marine Biological Center; the Miscellaneous Contribution No. 60 from Phuket Marine Biological Center.
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Aungtonya, C., Xiao, J., Zhang, X. et al. The genus Chiropsoides (Chirodropida: Chiropsalmidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thai waters. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 37, 119–125 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1311-4
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