In a scientific investigation carried out by the Institute of Oceanology, Academia Sinica in May, 1975, on the Xisha Islands, a collection of radiolaria was made by a surface tow net off the reef flats of four of these islands. Of the thirty one species of Acantharia identified all are recorded for the first time from this region. Nineteen species were previously reported from the East China Sea. The following 12 species are deseribed: