Species Diversity

Contents of Volume 18

Volume 18 Number 1 [25 May 2013]

A New Lionfish of the Genus Dendrochirus (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean

Mizuki Matsunuma, Hiroyuki Motomura

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 1-7


First Records of the Blacktail Triplefin (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae), Helcogramma aquila, from Japan, with Notes on its Fresh Coloration

Satokuni Tashiro, Hiroyuki Motomura

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 9-14


A New Species of the Ant Genus Cladomyrma Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from Thailand

Weeyawat Jaitrong, Kumron Laedprathom, Seiki Yamane

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 15-22


A New Genus and New Species of Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines

Tomoyuki Komai

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 23-32


First Record of the Diogenid Hermit Crab Aniculus erythraeus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Japan

Masayuki Osawa, Takashi Sakamaki, Takashi Kawai

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 33-38


Identity of Pagurus watasei (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea)

Masayuki Osawa

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 39-44


A New Species of the Ghost Shrimp Family Ctenochelidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) from Japan

Tomoyuki Komai

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 45-55


Ostracods (Crustacea) from Sarobetsu Marsh, Northern Hokkaido, Japan: Taxonomy and Phenology with Description of Pseudocandona tenuirostris sp. nov.

Shimpei F. Hiruta, Shunsuke F. Mawatari

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 57-74


Invertebrate Fauna Associated with Floating Sargassum horneri (Fucales: Sargassaceae) in the East China Sea

Hiroshi Abe, Teruhisa Komatsu, Yutaka Kokubu, Alabsi Natheer, Eva A. Rothausler, Hirotoshi Shishido, Shizuha Yoshizawa, Tetsuro Ajisaka

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 75-85


Seven New Species of Spiders of the Subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Kyushu, Japan

Ken-ichi Okumura

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 87-97


First Record of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Salifidae) from Okinawajima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with a Description of the Specimens from the Ryukyu Islands

Takafumi Nakano

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 99-103


Description of Mediomastus opertaculeus sp. nov. (Annelida: Capitellidae) from Hokkaido, Northern Japan

Shinri Tomioka, Shimpei F. Hiruta, Hiroshi Kajihara

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 105-110


Redescriptions of Five Species of Japanese Dendronephthya (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) Based on Type Material Collected by Doderlein in 1879-81

Yukimitsu Imahara

2013 Volume 18 Number 1 Pages 111-134

Volume 18 Number 2 [25 November 2013]

A New Genus and Two New Species of the Family Aulopidae (Aulopiformes), Commonly Referred to as Aulopus, Flagfins, Sergeant Bakers or Threadsails, in Australasian Waters
Martin F. Gomon, Carl D. Struthers, Andrew L. Stewart
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 141-161


Newly Recognized Diagnostic Characters of the Poorly Known Lionfish Pterois brevipectoralis (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), with Notes on Fresh Coloration
Mizuki Matsunuma, Hiroyuki Motomura
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 163-173


First Record of the Rockfish Sebastes melanops from the Western North Pacific, with Comments on its Synonymy (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenoidei: Sebastidae)
Yoshiaki Kai, Nozomu Muto, Tsutomu Noda, James W. Orr, Tetsuji Nakabo
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 175-182


Validity of Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier, 1829, with Priority over Platycephalus longispinis Macleay, 1884 (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae)
Hisashi Imamura
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 183-192


Redescriptions of Chromis notata (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) and C. kennensis Whitley, 1964 with the Description of a New Species of Chromis (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)
Hiroki Iwatsubo, Hiroyuki Motomura
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 193-213


First Record of a Sicydiine Goby, Stiphodon multisquamus (Actinopterygii: Gobioidei: Gobiidae), from Okinawa Island, Japan
Ken Maeda, Toshifumi Saeki
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 215-221


Reinstatement of Paragrandidierella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Aoridae) from Japan, with the Description of a New Species
Hiroyuki Ariyama
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 223-235


Description of a New Mangrove Root Dwelling Species of Teleotanais (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from India, with a Key to Teleotanaidae
Kim Larsen, Gobardhan Sahoo, Zakir Ali Ansari
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 237-243


Nototanaids (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from Japan, with the Description of a New Species of Nototanoides
Keiichi Kakui, Hiroshi Yamasaki
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 245-254


Tanaidaceans from Brunei III. A New Genus and Two New Species of Shallow-water Sphyrapodids (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from the South China Sea
Roger N. Bamber, David J. Marshall
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 255-267


First Record of Epitokous Metamorphosis and Swimming Behaviour of Glycera nicobarica (Polychaeta: Glyceridae), in the Seto Inland Sea, Western Japan
Yusof Shuaib Ibrahim, Masanori Sato
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 269-280


First Japanese Record of Heteropriapulus heterotylus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae), from the Alien Catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Okinawa
Masato Nitta, Kazuya Nagasawa
2013 Volume 18 Number 2 Pages 281-284