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 4. Uncorrected p-distances (%) of the 28 S gene fragments (948 bp) among selected Boninia species.

	B. antillarum	B. divae	B. oaxaquensis	B. yambarensis	B. neotethydis	B. corolla sp. nov.	B. panamensis	B. cf. uru	B. uru
B. antillarum (n = 4)	0.00–0.11
B. divae	0.11	-
B. oaxaquensis (n = 3)	0.50–0.63	0.50–0.53	0.13
B. yambarensis	1.58–1.69	1.69	1.37–1.63	-
B. neotethydis	1.48 – 1.69	1.69	1.50–1.58	1.48	-
B. corolla sp. nov. (n = 3)	2.43–2.64	2.64	2.74–2.88	2.43	2.64	0.00
B. panamensis (n = 2)	2.96–3.18	2.96–3.06	1.50–2.75	3.06–3.17	2.85–2.96	3.91–4.01	0.11–0.11
B. cf. uru (n = 3)	2.96–3.07	2.96	2.85–3.00	3.06	3.06	3.70	1.06–1.16	0.00
B. uru	2.96–3.07	2.96	2.85–3.00	3.06	3.06	3.70	1.06–1.16	0.00	-