Species Diversity

Contents of Volume 17

Volume 17 Number 1 [25 May 2012]

Occurrence and Additional Specimens of a Scorpionfish, Idiastion pacificum (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from the Central North Pacific

Makoto Okamoto, Hiroyuki Motomura, Koichi Hoshino, Takashi Yanagimoto, Toshiro Saruwatari

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 1-5


First Records of the Two-tone Goatfish, Upeneus guttatus, from Japan, and Comparisons with U. japonicus (Perciformes: Mullidae)

Hiroyuki Motomura, Masahiro Yamashita, Masahide Itou, Yuriko Haraguchi, Yukio Iwatsuki

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 7-14


Redescription of Scoliorhapis lindbergi comb. nov. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida: Chiridotidae), with Special Reference to the Ultrastructure of Sigmoid Bodies

Junko Inoue, Hiroshi Kajihara

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 15-20


A New Asterinid Sea Star, Disasterina akajimaensis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with Notes on the Genus Disasterina

Masaki Saba, Kenji Iwao, Toshihiko Fujita

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 21-28


Reappraisal of the Systematic Position of the Supposed Pinnotherid Crab Pseudopinnixa carinata (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Tomoyuki Komai, Kooichi Konishi

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 29-37


First Record of Gammarus koreanus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaroidea) from Japan, Based on Morphology and 28S rRNA Gene Sequences

Ko Tomikawa, Satoko Tashiro, Norio Kobayashi

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 39-48


The Genus Amblyops (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae: Erythropinae) from East Asia and Australia, with Descriptions of Ten New Species

Masaaki Murano

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 49-85


Occurrence of Caligid Copepods (Crustacea) in Plankton Samples Collected from Japan and Thailand, with the Description of a New Species

B. A. Venmathi Maran, Susumu Ohtsuka, Pailin Jitchum

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 87-95


Two New Species of Halicyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopidae) from Honshu with a Key to the Species of the Genus in Japan

Hiroshi Ueda, Hidefumi Nagai

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 97-107


A New Brackish-water Species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Hiroshi Yamasaki, Hiroshi Kajihara

2012 Volume 17 Number 1 Pages 109-118

Volume 17 Number 2 [25 November 2012]

Epigonus merleni, a Junior Synonym of Epigonus macrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Epigonidae)
Makoto Okamoto, Peter Bartsch, Hiroyuki Motomura
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 123-126


First Record of Ernogrammus zhirmunskii (Actinopterygii: Cottiformes: Stichaeidae) from Japan, with a Description and a Revised Diagnosis
Tomoyuki Yamanaka, Takuzo Abe, Mamoru Yabe
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 127-133


Record of the Armored Searobin Peristedion barbiger (Garman, 1899) (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Peristediidae) off Peru with Taxonomic Notes
Miki Tenda, Toshio Kawai
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 135-144


Redescription of a Poorly Known Southeastern Pacific Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Parin and Mandrytsa
Hiroyuki Motomura, Naoko Kanehira, Hisashi Imamura
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 145-150


Phenacoscorpius longilineatus, a New Species of Deepwater Scorpionfish from the Southwestern Pacific Ocean and the First Records of Phenacoscorpius adenensis from the Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae)
Hiroyuki Motomura, Romain Causse, Carl D. Struthers
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 151-160


Morphology and Function of Pectoral Fin Muscles in Lizardfishes (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae), with Comments on an Additional Muscle of the Fin
Monruedee Chaiyapo, Hisashi Imamura, Mamoru Yabe
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 161-167


Record of a Rare Ophidiid Fish, Barathrites iris (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Ophidiiformes), from off Southern Japan
Shinpei Ohashi, Hisashi Imamura, Mamoru Yabe
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 169-172


A New Species of Dipelicus Hope from Wetar Island, Indonesia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
Artem M. Prokofiev
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 173-175


A Revision of the Genus Holopsis Broun (Insecta: Coleoptera: Corylophidae) from Japan
Kota Furukawa
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 177-186


Taxonomic Studies on the Talitridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Taiwan. V. The Genus Brevitalitrus Bousfield, 1971
Hisashi Miyamoto, Hiroshi Morino
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 187-200


Records of Adult Caligiform Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) in Marine Plankton from East Asia, Including Descriptions of Two New Species of Caligus (Caligidae)
B. A. Venmathi Maran, Susumu Ohtsuka, Xu Shang
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 201-219


A New Species of Deep-sea Nematode, Micoletzkyia mawatarii sp. nov. (Nematoda: Enoplida: Phanodermatidae) from Northern Japan
Daisuke Shimada, Keiichi Kakui, Hiroshi Kajihara
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 221-226


Redescription of Orobdella octonaria (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Orobdellidae) with Designation of a Lectotype
Takafumi Nakano
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 227-233


First Record of Orobdella tsushimensis (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Orobdellidae) from Korea (Gageodo Island) and its Molecular Phylogenetic Position within the Genus
Takafumi Nakano, Hong-Yul Seo
2012 Volume 17 Number 2 Pages 235-240