An integrative description of a new interstitial species of Boninia (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from the South China Sea Author Liu, Hai-Long https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4677-0568 Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Marine Algal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China Author He, Bing-Bing Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Marine Algal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China Author Wang, An-Tai Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Marine Algal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China Author Li, Shuang-Fei Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Marine Algal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China Author Zhang, Yu 0000-0001-7378-6946 Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Marine Algal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2026 2026-01-09 102 1 97 105 journal article 313682 10.3897/zse.102.175615 b912205c-1662-4bb8-9069-cae577c4ea05 9E4B34A7-7712-431C-8CA1-6F579C7E981D

Table 2. Uncorrected p-distances (%) of the COI gene fragments (705 bp) among selected Boninia species.

	B. oaxaquensis	B. panamensis	B. cf. uru	B. uru	B. yambarensis	B. corolla sp. nov.
B. oaxaquensis (n = 2)	0.00
B. panamensis (n = 2)	20.45	0.00
B. cf. uru (n = 2)	21.30–21.44	16.93–17.35	0.42
B. uru	20.73	15.8	10.72–11.14	-
B. yambarensis	22.14	18.76	21.30–21.44	20.45	-
B. corolla sp. nov.	20.87	20.31	20.03	19.18	19.32	-