聚焦中国沿海、大洋深海、极地等海域的纽形动物、环节动物、头足动物、线虫、棘皮动物等海洋无脊椎动物类群，开展形态与分子相结合的分类研究，构建物种的DNA条形码库，解析系谱间的系统发育关系，通过比较生物学、系统生物地理学和组学分析等探讨种下进化与物种形成、解析动物结构与功能关系及适应进化；同时开展海洋底栖生物生态学、底栖食物网、海洋生态系统动力学等方面的研究。

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1.    Zhong X, Qiu BC, Liu XS*, 2020. Functional diversity patterns of macrofauna in the adjacent waters of the Yangtze River Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, 111032.

2.    Jiang D, Zheng X*, Qian Y and Zhang Q. Zhang, 2020. Embryonic development of Amphioctopus fangsiao under elevated temperatures: Implications for resource management and conservation. Fisheries Research, 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105479.

3.    Jiang D, Zheng X*, Qian Y and Zhang Q, 2020. Development of Amphioctopus fangsiao (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from eggs to hatchlings: indications for the embryonic developmental management. Marine Life Science & Technology, 2, 24–30.

4.    Asem A, Eimanifar A, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Hontoria F, De Vos S, Van Stappen G, Sun S-C*, 2020. An overview on the nomenclatural and phylogenetic problems of native Asian brine shrimps of the genus Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea, Anostraca). ZooKeys, 902: 1–15.

5.    Tang Y, Zheng XD*, Zhong H and Li Q. 2019. Phylogenetics and comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genomes of three violet-ringed octopuses. Zoologica Scripta, 48:482–493

6.    Jiang DH, Zheng XD*, Zeng XQ, Kong LF and Q. Li, 2019. The complete mitochondrial genome of Harpago chiragra and Lambis lambis (Gastropoda: Stromboidea): implications on the Littorinimorpha phylogeny. Scientific Reports, 9: 17683.

7.    Wang XX, Liu XS*, Xu JS*, 2019. Distribution patterns of meiofauna assemblages and their relationship with environmental factors of deep sea adjacent to the Yap Trench, Western Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 725.

8.    Ni DP, Zhang ZN, Liu XS*, 2019. Benthic ecological quality assessment of the Bohai Sea, China using marine biotic indices. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 142: 457-464.

9.    Wang J, Wang MX, Ru SG, Liu XS*, 2019. High levels of microplastic pollution in the sediments and benthic organisms of the South Yellow Sea, China. Science of the Total Environment, 651(2): 1661–1669.

10.  Asem A, Eimanifar A, van Stappen G, Sun S-C*. 2019. The impact of one-decade ecological disturbance on genetic changes: a study on the brine shrimp Artemia urmiana from Urmia Lake, Iran. PeerJ 7: e7190 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7190

11.  Liu XS*, Liu QH, Zhang Y, Hua E, Zhang ZN, 2018. Effects of Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass on marine nematodes based on biological trait analysis. Marine Environmental Research, 141: 167-185.

12.  Qiu BC, Zhong X, Liu XS*, 2018. Assessment of the benthic ecological status in the adjacent waters of Yangtze River Estuary using marine biotic indices. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 137: 104-112.

13.  Gao CZ, Liu XS*, 2018. Spatio-temporal distribution of meiofaunal assemblages and its relationship with environmental factors in a semi-enclosed bay. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 131: 45-52.

14.  Du X, Dong C, Sun S-C*, 2018. Octopicola huanghaiensis n. sp. (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Octopicolidae), a new parasitic copepod of the octopuses Amphioctopus fangsiao (d’Orbigny) and Octopus minor (Sasaki) (Octopoda: Octopodidae) in the Yellow Sea. Systematic Parasitology, 95(8-9): 905–912.

15.  Wang JH. & Zheng XD*, 2018. Cytogenetic studies in three octopods, Octopus minor, Amphioctopus fangsiao and Cistopus chinensis from the coast of China. Comparative Cytogenetics, 12: 373-386

16.  Xu R, Zheng XD*, 2018.Selection of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR in Octopus minor (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) under acute ammonia stress. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 60: 76-81.

17.  Xu R, Bo QK, Zheng XD*, 2018. A divergent lineage among Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920) populations in the Northwest Pacific supported by DNA barcoding. Marine Biology Research, 14: 335-344.

18.  Liu H-L, Sun S-C*, 2018. Ototyphlonemertes longissima sp. nov. (Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera: Ototyphlonemertidae), a new interstitial nemertean from the South China Sea. Zootaxa, 4527(4): 581–587.

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