Kui-Dong Xu

Kui-Dong Xu, Chinese cnidariologist

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Wu, X-W., Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. & Xu, K-D. 2015. Two new species of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta: Sternaspidae) from China seas. Zootaxa 4052(3): 373–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Li, Y. & Xu, K-D. 2016. Paraphelliactis tangi n. sp. and Phelliactis yapensis n. sp., two new deep-sea species of Hormathiidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from a seamount in the tropical Western Pacific. Zootaxa 4072(3): 358–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.5. Reference page.
Shi, B-Z. & Xu, K-D. 2016. Four new species of Epacanthion Wieser, 1953 (Nematoda: Thoracostomopsidae) in intertidal sediments of the Nanji Islands from the East China Sea. Zootaxa 4085(4): 557–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.4.6.Reference page.
Shi, B-Z. & Xu, K-D. 2016. Paroctonchus nanjiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Nematoda, Enoplida, Oncholaimidae) from intertidal sediments in the East China Sea. Zootaxa 4126(1): 97–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.1.4. Reference page.

Li, Zhan & Xu, 2017. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Paragorgia rubra sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Octocorallia), a new bubblegum coral species from a seamount in the tropical Western Pacific. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 35(4): 803-814. DOI: 10.1007/s00343-017-5320-5 Reference page.
Li, Y., Cheng, Y-R. & Xu, K-D. 2017. A new species of Placotrochides Alcock, 1902 (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Flabellidae) from the tropical Western Pacific, including the deepest record of the genus. Zootaxa 4323(1): 146–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.1.13. Reference page.
Shi, B-Z., Yu, T-T. & Xu, K-D. 2017. Two new species of Paramphimonhystrella (Nematoda, Monhysterida, Xyalidae) from the deep-sea sediments in the Western Pacific Ocean and adjacent shelf seafloor. Zootaxa 4344(2): 308–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.6. Reference page.
Wu, X-W. & Xu, K-D. 2017. Diversity of Sternaspidae (Annelida: Terebellida) in the South China Sea, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4244(3): 403–415. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.8 ResearchGate . Reference page.

Wu, X-W. & Xu, K-D. 2018. Levensteiniella manusensis sp. nov., a new polychaete species (Annelida: Polynoidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Western Pacific. Zootaxa 4388(1): 102–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.7 Reference page.

Huang, M., Huang, Y. & Xu, K-D. 2019. Thalassironus filiformis sp. nov. (Nematoda, Enoplida) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa 4657(1): 170–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.8 Reference page.
Xu, Y., Li, Y., Zhan, Z-F. & Xu, K-D. 2019. Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of two new deep-sea species of Chrysogorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from Kocebu Guyot (Magellan seamounts) in the Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys, 881: 91–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.881.34759 Reference page.

Xu, Y., Zhan, Z-F., Li, Y. & Xu, K-D. 2020. Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of two new species of deep-sea golden gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) from seamounts in the Western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4731(2): 249–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.4 Reference page.
Xu, Y., Zhan, Z-F. & Xu, K-D. 2020. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three new deep-sea species of Chrysogorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from seamounts in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean. PeerJ. 8: e8832., DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8832 Reference page.
Xu, Y., Zhan, Z-F. & Xu, K-D. 2020. Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of five deep-sea golden gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) in the Western Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys, 989: 1–37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.989.53104 Reference page.

Li, Zhan & Xu, 2021. Paragorgia papillata sp. nov., a new bubblegum coral (Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) from a seamount in the tropical Western Pacific. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 39(5): 1758-1766. DOI: 10.1007/s00343-021-0404-7 Reference page.
Xu, Y., Zhan, Z. & Xu, K.-D. 2021. Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Five Species Including Three New Species of Golden Gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Seamounts in the Western Pacific. Biology 10: 588. DOI: 10.3390/biology10070588 Reference page.

Xu, Y., Zhan, Z-F. & Xu, K-D. 2023. Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae). Part 1: a review of the genus Chrysogorgia, with description of a new genus and three new species. Zootaxa 5321(1): 1-107. Reference page.
Li Y. & Xu K. 2023. Anthomastus nanhaiensis, new species, and Bathyalcyon robustum Versluys, 1906, two mushroom soft corals (Octocorallia: Coralliidae) from Zhenbei Seamount in the South China Sea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, (Raffles Bull. Zool.). 71. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0050

Sun, T-Z, Xu, Y., Xu, K-D., Chen, S., Xie, S-W. & Zhan, Z-F. 2024. A new gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia nanjiensis sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae) from the Nanji Islands, China. ZooKeys 1213: 237–249. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.126841 Reference page.
Xu, Y., Lu B., Watling, L.E., Zhan, Z.-F., Wang, C.-S. & Xu. K.-D., 2024. Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Part 3: towards a revision of the bamboo corals (Keratoisididae) with descriptions of three new genera and four new species. Zootaxa 5555(2): 151–181. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.1. Plazi. Reference page.

Li Y., Li J. & Xu K. 2025. Mushroom Soft Corals (Octocorallia: Coralliidae) From Seamounts in the Tropical Northwestern Pacific: Morphology and Phylogenetic Analysis Reveal a New Genus and Six New Species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI: 10.1155/jzs/4177670 Reference page.