Species Diversity

Contents of Volume 20

Volume 20 Number 1 [25 May 2015]

Enneapterygius phoenicosoma, a New Species of Triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean

Hiroyuki Motomura, Ryohei Ota, Masatoshi Meguro, Satokuni Tashiroa

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 1-12


Records of Two Manefishes, Platyberyx andriashevi and P. rhyton (Teleostei: Perciformes: Caristiidae), from off the Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Makoto Okamoto, Duane E. Stevenson

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 13-17


First Japanese Specimen-based Record of Liopropoma tonstrinum (Teleostei: Serranidae), from Minami-daito Island, Daito Islands, southern Japan

Keita Koeda, Satoru N. Chiba, Hiroyuki Motomura

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 19-22


First Record of a Rare Cusk Eel, Epetriodus freddyi, from the Northern Hemisphere (Actinopterygii: Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae)

Shinpei Ohashi, Hiromitsu Endo

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 23-27


A New Species of the Stenopodidean Shrimp Genus Spongicola (Crustacea: Decapoda: Spongicolidae) from French Polynesia, South Pacific

Tomoyuki Komai

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 29-36


A New Abdominally Parasitizing Bopyrid, Anisarthrus okunoi sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda), Infesting the Hinge-Beak Shrimp Rhynchocinetes uritai Kubo, 1942 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Rhynchocinetidae)

Nobuhiro Saito, Michitaka Shimomura

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 37-43


Two New Shallow-water Species of Agathotanais (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from Japan

Keiichi Kakui, Hisanori Kohtsuka

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 45-58


A New Species of Pennatulicola Humes and Stock (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Rhynchomolgidae) Associated with a Pennatulacean from Tokyo Bay, Japan

Hiroshi Itoh, Il-Hoi Kim

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 59-65


Description of a New Species of Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) and Comparison with Other Cirrodrilus Species in Northern Honshu, Japan

Akifumi Ohtaka, Stuart R. Gelder

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 67-71


Rediscovery of a Fish Acanthocephalan, Acanthocephalus minor (Echinorhynchida: Echinorhynchidae), in the Lake Biwa Basin, Central Japan, with a Review of the Fish Acanthocephalan Fauna of the Basin

Kazuya Nagasawa, Masato Nitta

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 73-81


Phylogenetic Position of the Queer, Backward-bent Entoproct Loxosoma axisadversum (Entoprocta: Solitaria: Loxosomatidae)

Hiroshi Kajihara, Shinri Tomioka, Keiichi Kakui, Tohru Iseto

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 83-88


Heterocotyle chinensis (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the Whip Stingray Dasyatis akajei in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Masato Nitta, Kazuya Nagasawa

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 89-93


An Alien Monogenean, Ligictaluridus pricei (Platyhelminthes: Ancyrocephalidae), Parasitic on the Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in Japan

Masato Nitta, Kazuya Nagasawa

2015 Volume 20 Number 1 Pages 95-102

Volume 20 Number 2 [25 November 2015]

First Japanese Record and a Revised Diagnosis for Dictyosoma tongyeongensis (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Stichaeidae)
Yoshiaki Kai, Shin-ichiro Ikeguchi, Jin-Koo Kim, Tetsuji Nakabo
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 107-114


First Japanese Record of the Haemulid Fish Pomadasys kaakan (Perciformes), from Kagoshima Prefecture, Southern Japan
Harutaka Hata, Masahide Itou, Hiroyuki Motomura
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 115-120


Epigonus draco, a New Species of Deepwater Cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Western Pacific
Makoto Okamoto
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 121-127


Platycephalus clavulatus Cantor, 1849 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae), a Junior Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829)
Taichi Nagao, Hisashi Imamura
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 129-133


First Record of the Midwater Grenadier, Odontomacrurus murrayi (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae), from the Northwestern Pacific off Japan
Naohide Nakayama, Hiromitsu Endo, Kazuhisa Uchikawa
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 135-139


A New Species of Thyone (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae) from Wakayama, Japan
Yusuke Yamana, Atsushi Hirai, Kentarou Hirashima
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 141-151


The First Record of a Species of Clausiidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Japanese Waters, with the Proposal of a New Genus
Daisuke Uyeno, Keiichi Kakui
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 153-158


A New Species of the Enigmatic Copepod Genus Lernaeascus (Cyclopoida: Philichthyidae), Parasitic on Angelfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacanthidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Daisuke Uyeno, Danny Tang, Kazuya Nagasawa
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 159-166


Supplementary Description of Three Acartiella Species (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) from Estuarine Waters in Thailand
Khwanruan Srinui, Susumu Ohtsuka
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 167-181


New Records of the Tetraclitid Barnacle Tesseropora alba (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Tetraclitoidea) in the Pacific Waters of Taiwan and Okinawa
Ryota Hayashi, Benny K. K. Chan
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 183-189


Pseudorhadinorhynchus samegaiensis (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchida: Illiosentidae) Uses the Amphipod Jesogammarus (Annanogammarus) fluvialis as an Intermediate Host in a Stream of the Lake Biwa Basin, Central Japan
Kazuya Nagasawa, Yasuhiro Fujioka
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 191-197


Redescription of the Sea Anemone Exocoelactis actinostoloides (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) Based on a Topotypic Specimen Collected from Tokyo Bay, Japan
Kensuke Yanagi, Takuma Fujii, Mamiko Hirose
2015 Volume 20 Number 2 Pages 199-209