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2023

  • Nakamura MOguchi KSato DS, Kato S, Okanishi M, Hayashi Y., Aguado MT, Miura T (2023) Morphological, histological and gene-expression analyses on stolonization in the Japanese green syllid, Megasyllis nipponica (Annelida, Syllidae). Sci Rep 13: 19419. 
  • Inui N, Miura T (2023) Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: Insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans. Sci Nat 110: 47.

  • Yao A, Nakamura M, Kohtsuka H, Sunobe T, Miura T (2023) Gonadal and cellular dynamics during protogynous sex change in the harlequin sandsmelt Parapercis pulchella. J Fish Biol 103: published online.

  • Oguchi K, Miura T (2023) Upregulation of Hox genes leading to caste-specific morphogenesis in a termite. EvoDevo 14: 12.

  • Kimbara R, Kohtsuka H, Miura T (2023) Differences of sucker-formation processes depending on benthic or pelagic post-hatching lifestyles in two octopus species. Biol Bull 244/245: published online.

  • Kobayashi K, Oguchi K, Miura T (2023) Physiological and developmental mechanism of regressive molt in a damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti. Front Ecol Evol 11: 1200081.

  • Chiyoda S, Oguchi K, Miura T (2023) Appearance of a transparent protrusion containing two pairs of legs on the apodous ring preceding the anamorphic molt in a millipede, Niponia nodulosa. Front Zool 20: 14.

  • Zhu L, Shimizu K, Kintsu H, Negishi L, Kurumizaka H, Sakuda S, Kuriyama I, Atsumi T, Maeyama K, Nagai K, Kawabata M, Kotsuka H, Miura T, Oka Y, Ifuku S, Nagata K, Suzuki M  (2023) Structural and functional analyses of chitinolytic enzymes in the nacreous layer of Pinctada fucata. Biochem Eng J191: 108780.

  • Sensui N, Itoh Y, Okura N, Shiba K, Baba S, Inaba K, and Yoshida M (2023) Spawning-induced pH increase activates sperm attraction and fertilization abilities in eggs of the ascidian, Phallusia philippinensis and Ciona intestinalis. Int J Mol Sci 24(3): 2666. 

  • Maruyama T, Yamaguchi M, Tame A, Toyofuku T, Chibana H and Yoshida M (2023) Retractile moton of the longitudinal flagellum in a dinoflagellate, Akashiwo sanguinea. Cytologia 88: 321-329.

  • Kijima T, Kurokawa D, Sasakura Y, Ogasawara M, Aratake S, Yoshida K, and Yoshida M. (2023) CatSper mediates the chemotactic behavior and motility of the ascidian sperm. Front Cell Dev Biol 11: 1136537.

  • Kobayashi I and Fujita T (2023) A new shallow-water species of the genus Odontohenricia from Northern Japan (Asteroidea: Spinulosida: Echinasteridae). Species Diversity 28: 45–50.

  • Gomi K, Nagai S, Nomura S, Sato R, Kobayashi I, Yasuda H and Lee H (2023) Effect of time elapsed after sacrifice on the stiffness of male beetle head horns. Adv Exp Mechanics 47–52.

  • Jimi N, Kobayashi I, Moritaki T, Woo SP, Tsuchida S, and Fujiwara Y (2023) Insights into the diversification of deep-sea endoparasites: Phylogenetic relationships within Dendrogaster (Crustacea: Ascothoracida) and a new species description from a western Pacific seamount. Deep-Sea Res Part I 196, 104025.

  • Hookabe N, Kohtsuka H, Fujiwara Y, Tsuchida S and Ueshima R (2023) Three new species in Tetrastemma Ehrenberg, 1828 (Nemertea, Monostilifera) from sublittoral to upper bathyal zones of the northwestern Pacific. ZooKeys, 1146, 135–146.

  • Okanishi M, Kohtsuka H, Wu Q, Shinji J, Shibata N, Tamada T, Nakano T and Minamoto T (2023) Development of two new sets of PCR primers for eDNA metabarcoding of brittle stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea). Metabarcoding & Metagenomics MBMG 7, 51–72.

  • Kobayashi, I., Watanabe, H., Oguchi K and Kohtsuka H (2023) Rediscovery of rarely encountered sea star, Dipsacaster sagaminus Hayashi, 1973 (Paxillosida: Astropectinidae). Aquatic Animals AA2023-15.
  • Ogawa,A. Kobayashi I, Kohtsuka H and Fujita T (2023) Two new species of the bathyal holothurian genus Pannychia (Elasipodida, Laetmogonidae) from Japanese waters. Zootaxa 5323 (1), 105–125.

  • Kohtsuka H and Okanishi M (2023) First record and northernmost record of basket star Astroglymma sculpta collected from the Sagami Bay. Biogeography 25, 32–35.

  • Kohtsuka H, Oya T, Abe S and Okanishi M (2023) First record and northernmost record of basket star Astroglymma sculpta collected from the Sagami Bay. Biogeography 25, 28–31.


2022

  • Kakizawa S*, Hosokawa T*, Oguchi K, Miyakoshi K, Fukatsu T. (2022) Spiroplasma as facultative bacterial symbionts of stinkbugs. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 1044771. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1044771 *: equally contributed
  • Nishide Y*, Oguchi K*, Murakami M, Moriyama M, Koga R, Fukatsu T. (2022) Endosymbiotic bacteria of the boar louse Haematopinus apri (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 962252. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.962252 *: equally contributed
  • Koga R, Moriyama M, Onodera-Tanifuji N, Ishii Y, Hiroki Takai H, Mizutani M, Oguchi K, Okura R, Suzuki S, Goto Y, Hayashi T, Seki M, Suzuki Y, Nishide Y, Hosokawa T, Wakamoto Y, Furusawa C, Fukatsu T (2022) Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist. Nature Microbiology 7(8): 1141-1150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01179-9
  • Ueno D, Kohtsuka H, Maeno A (2022) Ceratosomicola oki n. sp., a new species of the copepod (Cyclopoida: Splanchnotrophidae) parasitic on the chromodoridid nudibranch, Glossodoris misakinosibogae Baba, 1988 off the Oki Islands, Japan, with microanatomical observation using micro-CT. Zoolgical Science 39 (1): 115–123. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs210063

  • Kajihara H, Ganaha I, Kohtsuka H (2022) Lineid Heteronemerteans (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Sagami Bay, Japan, with Some Proposals for the Family-Level Classification System. Zoolgical Science 39(1): 62–80. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs21005

  • 山田和彦,幸塚久典,山田博和 (2022) 三浦半島におけるギンタカハマ(軟体動物門,腹足綱)の生息状況. 観音崎自然博物館研究報告 たたらはま (25): 35–36.

  • 山田和彦,幸塚久典 (2022) 相模湾で採集されたミツカドボラ(軟体動物門,腹足綱). 観音崎自然博物館研究報告 たたらはま 25: 37.

  • Tsuyuki A, Kohtsuka H, Hookabe N. Kajihara H (2022) First record of Bulaceros porcellanus Newman & Cannon, 1996 (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Cotylea) from Japanese waters, with inference of the phylogenetic position of the genus in Pseudocerotidae. Plankton and Benthos Research 17(2): 147–155. doi: 10. 3800/pbr. 17. 147

  • Ishida Y, Kohtsuka H, Kiyomoto M. Fujita T (2022) Producing processes of the trace fossil Asteriacites lumbricalis revisited: different ophiuroid behaviors produce different trace forms. Paleontological Research 26(3): 270–282. doi:10.2517/PR200042

  • Yamana Y, Solis-Marin F. A, Yamamoto M, Ota Y, Kohtsuka H, Omori A, Iwasaki K, Setiamarga D. H. E (2022) Partial redescriptions of three “hook papillae” holothurians (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida: Chiridotidae: Taeniogyrinae): Taeniogyrus japonicus (Marenzeller, 1882), T. dendyi (Mortensen, 1925), Scoliorhapis theelii (Heding, 1928)” holothurians: T. japonicus; T. dendyi (Mortensen, 1925); and Scoliorhapis theelii (Heding, 1928). Zootaxa 5138 (4): 351–387. https:// doi.org/ 10.11646 /zootaxa. 5138.4.1

  • Jimi N, Hasegawa N, Taru M, Oya Y, Kohtsuka H, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Woo S. P (2022) Five new species of Flabelligera (Flabelligeridae: Annelida) from Japan. Species Diversity 27: 101–111. DOI: 10. 12782 /specdiv.27.101

  • Hookabe N, Kajihara H, Chernyshev A. V, Jimi N, Hasegawa N, Kohtsuka H, Okanishi M, Tani K, Fujiwara Y, Tsuchida S, Ueshima, R (2022) Molecular phylogeny of the genus Nipponnemertes (Nemertea: Monostilifera: Cratenemertidae): descriptions of 10 new species and insights into body-size reduction in a newly discovered clade. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 906383. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.906383

  • Ariyama H. Kohtsuka H (2022) Three new species of the family Aoridae collected from Sagami Bay, central Japan (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa 5159 (3): 393-413. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5159.3.5

  • Ariyama H. Kohtsuka H (2022) Metarhachotropis parva, a new genus and species of Eusiridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Sagami Bay, central Japan. Zootaxa 5188(1): 095–100. DOI: 10. 11646 / zootaxa. 5188.1.6.

  • Kushida Y, Imahara Y, Fromont J, Wilson N, Gomez O, Kimura T, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Higashiji T, Nakano H, Kohtsuka H, Fernandez-Silva I, Reimer J. D (2022) Exploring the trends of adaptation and evolution of sclerites with regards to habitat depth in sea pens. PeerJ 10:e13929 http : // dx. doi. Org /10.7717/peerj.13929

  • Kohtsuka H, Kitazawa K, Oji T, Kogo I (2022) A deep-water comatulid, Chondrometra rugosa A. H. Clark, 1918 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Comatulida, Charitometridae), first record from Japan. Biogeography 24: 1–4.

  • Kohtsuka H, Tanaka, H (2022) Pedinidae sea urchin, Caenopedina pulchella (Echinodermtata, Echinoidea), newly recorded from Japanese waters. Biogeography 24: 5 –8.

  • Matsunami M, Watanabe D, Fujiwara K, Hayashi Y, Shigenobu S, Miura T, Maekawa K (2022) Transcriptomics on social interactions in termites: Effects of soldier presence. Front Ecol Evol 10: in press. Doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.924151

  • Otomo Y, Shinji J, Kohtsuka H, Miura T(2022) Ontogenetic expressions of sexually dimorphic traits in a skeleton shrimp Caprella scaura (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zool Sci 39: in press.
  • Hayashi Y, Oguchi K, Nakamura M, Koshikawa S, Miura T (2022) Construction of a massive genetic resource by transcriptome sequencing and genetic characterization of Megasyllis nipponica (Annelida: Syllidae). Genes Genet Syst 97: in press.
  • Udagawa S, Ikeda T, Oguchi K, Kohtsuka H, Miura T (2022) Hydrocoel morphogenesis forming the pentaradial body plan in a sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus. Sci Rep 12: in press.
  • Oguchi K, Koshikawa S, Miura T (2022) Hormone-related genes heterochronically and modularly regulate neotenic differentiation in termites. Dev Biol 485: 70-79.
  • Jimi N, Fujimoto S, Fujiwara Y, Oguchi K, Miura T (2022) Four new species of Ctenodrilus, Raphidrilus, and Raricirrus (Cirratuliformia, Annelida) in Japanese waters, with notes on thier phylogenetic position. PeerJ 10: e13044.
  • Miura T, Oguchi K, Ymaguchi H, Nakamura M, Sato D, Kobayashi K, Kutsukake N, Miura K, Hayashi Y, Hojo M, Maekawa K, Shigenobu S, Kano T, Ishiguro A (2022) Understanding of superorganisms: collective behavior, differentiation and social organization. Artif Life and Robot 27: published online.
  • Okanishi M, Mitsui S, Thuy B. Fossil lateral arm plates of Stegophiura sladeni (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida) from the Middle Pleistocene of Japan. Paleontological Research. in press. 
  • Kimbara R, Kohtsuka H, Abe S, Oguchi K, Miura T (2022) Sucker formation in a bigfin reef squid: Comparison between arms and tentacles. J Morphol 283: in press.
  • Shigenobu S, Hayashi Y, Watanabe D, Tokuda G, Hojo MY, Toga K, Saiki R, Yaguchi H, Masuoka Y, Suzuki Y, Suzuki S, Kimura M, Matsunami M, Sugime Y, Oguchi K, Niimi T, Gotoh H, Mojo MK, Miyazaki S, Toyoda A, Miura T, Maekawa K (2022) Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus: gene duplication facilitates social evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 119: in press.
  • Aguado MT, Ponz-Segrelles G, Glasby CJ, Ribeiro RP, Nakamura M, Oguchi K, Omori A, Kohtsuka H, Fisher C, Ise Y, Jimi N, Miura T (2022) Ramisyllis kingghidorahi n. sp., a new branching annelid from Japan. Org Div Evol 22: in press.

2021

  • Hookabe N, Kohtsuka H., Kajihara, H. (2021) A histology-free description of Tetrastemma cupido sp. nov. (Nemertea: Eumonostilfera) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Marine Biology Research 17: 467-474.
  • Ishida Y, Kohtsuka H, Kiyomoto M, Fujita T. (2021) Producing processes of the trace fossil Asteriacites lumbricalis revisited: defferent ophiuroid behaviors produce different trace forms, Paleontological Research and Fossils. 日本古生物学会2020年度論文賞
    Tsuyuki A, Kohtsuka H, Kajihara H. (2021) Description of a new species of Prosthiostomum (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) and its three known congeners from Misaki, Japan, with inference of their phylogenetic positions within Prosthiostomidae, Zoological Studies, 60: 29. 1–20. doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-29
  • Ikenaga J, Kajihara H. Yoshida M, (2021) Kulikovia alborostrata and Kulikovia fulva comb. nov. (Nemertea: Heteronemertea ) are Sister Species with Prezygotic Isolating Barriers. Zoological Science 38 (2):193-202. https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-38/issue-2/zs200112/Kulikovia-alborostrata-and-Kulikovia-fulva-comb-nov-Nemertea–Heteronemertea/10.2108/zs200112.full
  • Inui N, Oguchi K, Shinji jOkanishi M, Shimomura M, Miura T. (2021) Parasitism-induced intersexuality in a sexually dimorphic varunid crab, Ptychognathus ishii (Decapoda: Varunidae). Zoological Science. 38(5): 416—426. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs210049
  • Kholodnyy V, Dzyuba B, Rodina M, Bloomfield-Gadêlha H, Yoshida M, Cosson J, Boryshpolets S. (2021) Does the Rainbow Trout Ovarian Fluid Promote the Spermatozoon on Its Way to the Egg? International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(17):9519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22179519
  • Kobayashi I, Kohtsuka H, Fujita T. (2021) Two new deep-sea species of the genus Henricia (Asteroidea: Spinulosida: Echinasteridae) from Japanese waters. Zootaxa, 4903 (1): 89–104. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4903.1.5
  • Kohtsuka H, Oguchi K, Yamana Y, Okanishi M. (2021) First description of developmental processes Sclerodactyla multipes (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from Misaki, Sagami Bay, Japan. Plankton and Benthos Research, 16(3): 228–236. doi: 10.3800/pbr.16.228
  • Kohtsuka HOkanishi M. (2021) Morphological changes associated with the growth of feather star Clarkcomanthus exilis (Echinodermata, Crinoidea). Biogeography 23: 67–73.
  • Ota Y, Kohtsuka H, Tanaka K. (2021) Description of a Small-headed Gnathiid Isopod (Crustacea), Gnathia capitellum sp. nov., from Coastal Japan. Species Diversity 26: 207–216. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.26.207
  • Kogure Y, Yamauchi H, Kohtsuka H, (2021) Asterodiscidid sea star, Asterodiscides elegans (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), newly recorded from Japanese waters. Biogeography 23: 1–5. 
  • Miyazaki S, Shimoji H, Suzuki R, Chinushi I, Takayanagi H, Miura T, Maekawa K (2021) Expressions of conventional vitellogenein and vitellogenin-like A in worker brains are associated with a nursing task in a ponerine ant. Insect Molecular Biology 30: 113-121.
  • Morohoshi K, Yamazaki T, Kito K, Sato B, Kang W, Hibino T, Yoshida M, Yoshida K, Iwamoto T, Yamada M, Miyado K, Kawano N. (2021) Identification of an antibacterial polypeptide in mouse seminal vesicle secretions. Journal of Reproductive Immunology 148: 103436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jri.2021.103436.
  • Oguchi K, Maekawa K, Miura T (2021) Regulatory mechanisms underlying the differentiation of neotenic reproductives in termites: Partial release from arrested development. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 635552.
  • Okanishi M, Kohtsuka H, Miura T. (2021) Morphogenesis and histogenesis during the arm regeneration in a basket star Astrocladus dofleini (Euryalida, Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata). Journal of Morphology 282: 205–216. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21296
  • Okanishi M, Nakamura M, Tamura H, Kohtsuka H. (2021) Redescription of Amphipholis kochii (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) collected from Sagami Bay, including ossicle morphology and COI sequence. Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History, Series A (Natural History). 19: 41—51
  • Okanishi M, Kohtsuka H. (2021) Description of a new brooding species of Ophiodelos (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Japan. Zoological Science 38(4): 416-426. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs200101
  • Okanishi M, Matsuo T, Fujita T. (2021) Redescription of Ophiolipus levis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) collected from deep waters in the Sunda Strait. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 36: 426—434.
  • Okanishi M, Matsuo T, Fujita T. (2021) A new species of the genus Ophiomonas Djakonov (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Amphilepididae) from the deep-Sea of Japan. Zoological Studies 60: 59 (13pp). doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-59.
  • Okanishi M, Mitsui S, Kaneko M, Kohtsuka H. (2021) Overlooked biodiversity of brittle stars from the Upper Pleistocene of Japan: descriptions of fossil ossicle assemblage in Indo-West Pacific. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2021.2000975.
  • Sasaki K, Okada Y, Shimoji H, Aonuma H, Miura T, Tsuji K (2021) Social evolution with decoupling of multiple roles of biogenic amines into different phenotypes in Hymenoptera. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 659160 (12 pages). 
  • Yamaguchi, H, Hirose, M, Nakamura, M, Udagawa, S, Oguchi, K, Shinji, J, Kohtsuka, H, Miura T. (2021) Developmental Process of a Heterozooid: Avicularium Formation in a Bryozoan, Bugulina californica. Zoological Science 38(3): early view. (25 February 2021). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs200143

2020

  • Hookabe N, Kajihara H. (2020c) Euborlasia (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Bocas del Toro: description of a new species, with comments on the systematics of the genus. Marine Biodiversity 50: 1-13. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-020-01091-7
  • Hookabe N, Kajihara H. (2020b) Taxonomic reappraisal of Lineus longifissus auct. (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Japan for the first time in 122 Years. Zoological Science 37: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs200001
  • Hookabe N, Watanabe K, Tsujimoto M, Kajihara H. (2020) Molecular identity of the Antarctic heteronemertean Parborlasia corrugata (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Lützow-Holm Bay. Polar Science: 100535 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100535.
  • Hookabe N, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Kajihara H. (2020) A new species of bathyal nemertean, Proamphiporus kaimeiae sp. nov., off Tohoku, Japan, and molecular systematics of the genus (Nemertea: Monostilifera). Species Diversity 25: 183-188. https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.25.183.
  • Hookabe N, Jimi N, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Kajihara H. (2020) Lacydoniidae (Annelida) off the coast of north-eastern Japan: a description of Lacydonia japonica sp. nov. Zoological Studies 59: 28. http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/59/59-28.pdf.
  • Hookabe N, Asai M, Nakano H, Kimura T, Kajihara H. (2020) A new bathyal tubulanid nemertean, Tubulanus izuensis sp. nov. (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea), from Japanese waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 133: 122–133. https://bioone.org/journals/proceedings-of-the-biological-society-of-washington/volume-133/issue-1/PBSW-D-20-00006/A-new-bathyal-tubulanid-nemertean-Tubulanus-izuensis-sp-nov-Nemertea/10.2988/PBSW-D-20-00006.short
  • Ikenaga J, Yoshida M. (2020) Sperm activation and chemotaxis of invertebrates. in “Reproduction in Aquatic Animals: From Basic Biology to Aquaculture Technology” (Eds. Yoshida, M. and Asturiano J.), Springer-Nature, pp. 31-46. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/specdiv/25/2/25_250206/_pdf/-char/ja.
  • Jimi N, Minokawa T, Miura T, Kajihara H (2020) Meiobenthic polychaete Dinophilus sp. cf. gyrociliatus (Annelida: Dinophilidae) from Japan with SEM observation and DNA barcodes. Species Diversity 25(2): 213-218.
  • Kinbara R, Nakamura M, Oguchi K, Kohtsuka H, Miura T. (2020) Pattern of sucker development in cuttlefishes. Frontiers in Zoology 17: 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00371-z
  • Kohtsuka H, Yamada, H, Yamada K, Kogure, Y. (2020)  The Northernmost Distribution Record of Pentaceraster alveolatus (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Biogeograpy 22: 48–51.
  • Kohtsuka H, Yamauchi H, Kato T, Kogure Y. (2020) New distributional records of three species of sea stars (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from the coast of the Kii Peninsula, Japan. Biogeograpy 22: 51–56.
  • 幸塚久典,山田博和,山田和彦,岡西政典 (2020) 相模湾の潮間帯から潮下帯で得られた4種のウニ類(棘皮動物門: 海胆綱). 観音崎自然博物館研究報告 たたらはま 24: 12–16.
  • 小口晃平,幸塚久典. (2020) 群体性ヒドロ虫類ギンカクラゲおよびカツオノエボシの色彩保存法の確立. 観音崎自然博物館研究報告 たたらはま 24: 17–20.
  • 幸塚久典(2020) 相模湾におけるオオウミシダの放精・放卵行動の観察. 観音崎自然博物館研究報告 たたらはま 24: 38–40.
  • 幸塚久典,山田和彦(2020) 相模湾城ヶ島から得られたアカオニガゼ (棘皮動物門: 海胆綱)の記録. 観音崎自然博物館研究報告 たたらはま 24: 52–55.
  • 幸塚久典,山田博和,山田和彦 (2020) 城ヶ島から得られた相模湾産クロウニ(棘皮動物門: ウニ綱)の記録.日本生物地理学会会報 75: 65–67.
  • 幸塚久典,園山貴之 (2020) 山口県日本海沿岸で得られたイイジマフクロウニ(棘皮動物門,ウニ綱,フクロウニ目)の記録. 日本生物地理学会会報 75: 72–75.
  • Li Y, Omori A, Flores RL, Satterfield S, Nguyen C, Ota T, Tsurugaya T, Ikuta T, Ikeo K, Kikuchi M, Leong JCK, Reich A, Hao M, Wan W, Dong Y, Ren Y, Zhang C, Zeng T, Uesaka M, Uchida Y, Li X, Shibata TF, Bino T, Ogawa K, Shigenobu S, Kondo M, Wang F, Chen L, Wessel G, Saiga H, Cameron RA, Livingston B, Bradham C, Wang W, Irie N. (2020) Genomic insights of body plan transitions from bilateral to pentameral symmetry in Echinoderms. Communications Biology 3: 371.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-1091-1. ※太字の方がMMBS在籍当時の研究成果
  • Matsunami M, Miura T, Kishida O, Michimae H, Nishimura K (2020) Expression of genes involved in offensive and defensive phenotype induction in the pituitary gland of the Hokkaido salamander (Hynobius retardatus). Zoological Science 37: 563-574. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs190140
  • Matsuo M, Hirata Y, Kurihara K, Toyota T, Miura T, Suzuki K, Sugawara T (2020) Environment-sensitive intelligenet self-reproducing artificial cell with a modification-active lipo-deoxyribozyme. Micromachinßes 11: 606. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11060606
  • Miura T, Maekawa K (2020) The making of the defensive caste: Physiology, development and evolution of the soldier differentiation in termites. Evolution & Development 22: e12335. https://doi.org/10.1111/ede.12335
  • Oguchi K, Sugime Y, Shimoji H, Hayashi Y, Miura T (2020) Male neotenic reproductives accelerate additional differentiation of female reproductives by lowering JH titer in termites. Scientific Reports 10: 9435.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66403-0
  • Oikawa S, Matsui Y, Oguro M, Okanishi M, Tanabe R, Tanaka T, Togashi A, Itagaki T. (2020) Species-specific nitrogen resorption proficiency in legumes and nonlegumes. Journal of Plant Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-020-01211-1
  • Okanishi M, Kato M, Watanabe H, Chong C, Fujita T. (2020) Large populations of two new species of Ophiambix (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) discovered on Japanese hot vents and cold seeps. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 4695(5): 497-500. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0017.pdf
  • Okanishi M, Mah,CL. Overlooked biodiversity from museum collections: Four new species and one new genus of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Antarctica and adjacent regions with notes on multi-armed ophiuroids. Marine Biodiversity 50: 26 pp.
  • Okanishi M, Kohtsuka, H, Fujita, T. (2020) A taxonomic review of the genus Astrocladus (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida, Gorgonocephalidae) from Japanese coastal waters. PeerJ. 8:e9836 (42 pp.) https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9836
  • Okanishi M, Fujii, T. (2020). A new record of brittle star Ophiopsila cf. polyacantha (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from southwestern Japan, with notes on its bioluminescence. Species Diversity. 25(2): 283-294. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/specdiv/25/2/25_250223/_article/-char/en
  • Tanaka H, Sodeyama F, Kohtsuka H. (2020) A new species of Ostracod (Crustacea) associated with a feather star: the first report of Ostracoda from Crinoidea. Zoological Science 37: 496–503. https: // doi. Org / 10. 2108 / zs 200032
  • 戸篠 祥, 幸塚久典. (2020) 相模湾から採集された日本北限記録のフクロクジュクラゲ.日本生物地理学会会報 75: 123–125.
  • Tsuchida K, Saigo T, Asai K, Okamoto T, Ando M, Ando T, Sasaki K, Yokoi K, Watanabe D, Sugime Y, Miura T (2020) Reproductive workers insufficiently signal their reproductive ability in a paper wasp. Behavioral Ecology 31: 577-490. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz212
  • 山田和彦,幸塚久典,山田博和. (2020) 神奈川県三浦市城ヶ島に漂着した成体のソデイカ(頭足綱,ツツイカ目,ソデイカ科)の記録. 観音崎自然博物館研究報告 たたらはま 24: 58–59.
  • Yamana Y, Ota Y, Kohtsuka H,  Yoshizaki K (2020) A new species of Massinium (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae: Semperiellinae) from western Japan. Species Diversity 25(2): 227–236. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.25.227
  • Yoshida M. (2020) Overview: Reproductive systems in aquatic animals. in “Reproduction in Aquatic Animals: From Basic Biology to Aquaculture Technology” (Eds. Yoshida, M. and Asturiano J.), Springer-Nature, pp. 1-9.

2019

  • Hayashi R, Okanishi M (2019) The widely occurring brittlestar Ophiactis savignyi (Amphilepidida: Ophiactidae) as an epibiont on loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta. Zootaxa 4695(5): 497-500.
  • Hojo M, Shigenobu S, Maekawa K, Miura T, Tokuda G (2019) Duplication and soldier-specific expression of geranylgeranyl diphospate synthase genes in a nasute termite Nasutitermes takasagoensisInsect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 111: 103177.
  • Ikenaga J, Hookabe N, Kohtsuka H, Yoshida M, Kajihara H (2019) A Population Without Female: Males of Baseodiscus delineatus (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) Reproduce Asexually by Fragmentation. Zoological Science 36(4): 348-353. doi: 10.2108/zs180203
  • Ishida Y, Fujita T, Kohtsuka H, Manabe M, Ohara M (2019) A new fossil of Asteriacites quinquefolius from Japan and its producing process revealed by observations of an extant sea star. Paleontological research 23(1): 1-9. doi:10.2517/2018PR003
  • Jomori T, Shiroyama S, Ise Y, Kohtsuka H, Matsuda K, Kurabaga T, Wakimoto T (2019) Scrobiculosides A and B from the Deep Sea Sponge Pachastrella scrobiculosa. Journal of Natural Medicines 73(4): 814-819. DOI: 10.1007/s11418-019-01315-6
  • 木村妙子・木村昭一…岡西政典山口悠(25人中10,11番目)…田中香月.(2019) 紀伊水道南方海域および熊野灘の深海底生動物相(第2報). 平成30年度三重大学フィールド研究・技術年報. 17: 1-29.
  • 木村妙子・木村昭一…岡西政典(24人中9番目)…田中香月.紀伊水道南方海域および熊野灘の深海底生動物相. 三重大学大学院生物資源研究科紀要. 45: 11-50.
  • Kinoshita-Terauchi N, Shiba K, Terauchi M, Romero F, Ramírez-Gómez HV, Yoshida M, Motomura T, Kawai H, Nishigaki T (2019) High potassium seawater inhibits ascidian sperm chemotaxis, but does not affect the male gamete chemotaxis of a brown alga. Zygote 27(4): 225-231. doi:10.1017/S0967199419000224
  • Maeno A, Kohtsuka H, Takatani K, Nakano H (2019) Microfocus X-ray CT (microCT) Imaging of Actinia equina (Cnidaria), Harmothoe sp. (Annelida), and Xenoturbella japonica (Xenacoelomorpha). JoVE 150: 1–9. DOI: doi:10.3791/59161
  • Matsunami M, Nozawa M, Suzuki R, Toga K, Masuoka Y, Yamaguchi K, Maekawa K, Shigenobu S, Miura T (2018) Caste-specific microRNA expression in termites: insights into soldier differentiation. Insect Molecular Biology 28: 86-98.
  • Miura T, Oguchi K, Nakamura M, Jimi N, Miura S, Hayashi Y, Koshikawa S, Aguado MT (2019) Life cycle of the Japanese green syllid, Megasyllis nipponica (Annelida: Syllidae): Field collection and establishment of rearing system. Zoological Science 36(5):372-379.
  • Miura T (2019) Juvenile hormone as a physiological regulator mediating phenotypic plasticity in pancrustaceans. Development, Growth & Differentiation 61(1): 85-96.
  • Nii R, Oguchi K, Shinji J, Koshikawa S, Miura T (2019) Reduction of a nymphal instar in a dampwood termite: heterochronic shift in the caste differentiation pathways. EvoDevo 10:10  doi:10.1186/s13227-019-0123-8.
  • Oguchi K, Miura T (2019) Unique morphogenesis in the damp-wood termite: abscission of the stylus during female reproductive caste differentiation. Zoological Science 36(5): 380-386.
  • Okada A, Kondo M (2019) Regeneration of the digestive tract of an anterior-eviscerating sea cucumber, Eupentacta quinquesemita, and the involvement of mesenchymal–epithelial transition in digestive tube formation. Zoological Lettes 5: 21 doi:10.1186/s40851-019-0133-3
  • Okanishi M, Fujita Y. (2019) A comprehensive taxonomic list of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from submarine caves of the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, with a description of a rare species, Dougaloplus echinatus (Amphiuridae). Zootaxa 4571(1): 73-98.
  • Okanishi M, Ishida Y, Mistui S. (2019) Fossil gorgonocephalid basket stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalida) from the Middle Pleistocene of Japan; the first record from the Indo Pacific region. Paleontological Research 23(3): 179-185.
  • Okanishi M, Oba Y, Fujita Y. (2019) Brittle stars from a submarine cave of Christmas Island, northwestern Australia, with description of a new species Ophiopsila xmasilluminans (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) and notes on its behavior. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 421-439.
  • Shindo M, Inui M, Kang W, Tamano M, Tingwei C, Takada S, Hibino T, Yoshida M, Yoshida K, Okada H, Iwamoto T, Miyado K, Kawano N. (2019) Deletion of a seminal gene cluster reinforces a crucial role of SVS2 in male fertility. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20(18): 4557. doi:10.3390/ijms20184557
  • Shono T, Thiery A, Cooper RL, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Okabe M, Fraser GJ. (2019) Evolution and developmental diversity of skin spines in pufferishes. iScience 19: 1248-1259.
  • Sugime Y, Oguchi K, Gotoh H, Hayashi Y, Matsunami M, Shigenobu S, Koshikawa S, Miura T (2019) Termite soldier mandibles are elongated by dachshund under hormonal and Hox gene controls. Development 146: dev171942.
  • Togawa Y, Shinji J, Fukatsu T, Miura T (2019) Developmental process of cerata in the cladobranchian sea slug Pteraeolidia semperi (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zoological Science 36(5): 387-394.
  • Yamakawa S, Morino Y, Kohtsuka H, Wada H (2019) Retinoic Acid Signaling Regulates the Metamorphosis of Feather Stars (Crinoidea, Echinodermata): Insight into the Evolution of the Animal Life Cycle. Biomolecules 10(1): 37.

2018

  • Arima H, Tsutsui H, Sakamoto A, Yoshida M, Okamura Y (2018) Induction of divalent cation permeability by heterologous expression of a voltage sensor domain. BBA – Biomembranes 1860: 981-990. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.01.004
  • Baker AN, Okanishi M, Pawson DL (2018) Euryalid brittle stars from the International Indian Ocean Expedition 1963―64 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalida). Zootaxa 4392(1):1-27. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.1
  • Kohtsuka H, Tsuchiya Y, Nakano H (2018) First report of live Balanometra balanoides (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) with observation on its coloration, collected from Sagami Sea. Biogeography 20: 41-44.
  • 幸塚久典、加藤哲哉、八巻鮎太、佐々木章(2018)鹿児島県と和歌山県で得られたマギサンウミシダ(棘皮動物門: ウミユリ綱)の新産地記録.日本生物地理学会会報 73: 169-172.
  • 幸塚久典、園山貴之(2018)標本に基づくユキレンゲウニ(棘皮動物門,ウニ綱,ホンウニ目)の日本海からの記録.日本生物地理学会会報 73: 210–214.
  • 幸塚久典、園山貴之(2018)標本に基づくリュウオウウニ(棘皮動物門,ウニ綱,オウサマウニ目)の日本海からの記録.日本生物地理学会会報 73: 173–176.
  • 幸塚久典、加藤哲哉(2018)紀伊半島沿岸で得られた熱帯・亜熱帯性ウミシダ類テングウミシダ(棘皮動物門: ウミユリ綱)に記録.南紀生物 60(2): 174-177.
  • Ogawa K, Kaji T, Miura T (2018) Pheromone gland development and monoterpenoid synthesis specific to oviparous females in the pea aphid. Zoological Letters 4: 9. Doi:10.1186/s40851-018-0092-0
  • Okanishi M, Fujita Y (2018) First finding of anchialine and submarine cave dwelling brittle stars from the Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of new species of Ophiolepis and Ophiozonella (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Amphilepidida). Zootaxa 4377: 1-20. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4377.1.1
  • Okanishi M, Fujita T (2018) A taxonomic review of the genus Astrodendrum (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida, Gorgonocephalidae) with description of a new species from Japan. Zootaxa 4392(2): 289-310. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.4
  • Okanishi M, Fujita T (2018) Description of a new subfamily Astrocloninae (Ophiuroidea: Euryalida: Gorgonocephalidae) based on molecular phylogeny and morphological observations. Zoological Science 35(2): 179-187. doi: 10.2108/zs170090
  • Okanishi M, Sentoku A, Martynov A, Fujita, T (2018) A new cryptic species of Asteronyx Müller and Troschel, 1842 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), based on molecular phylogeny and morphology, from off Pacific Coast of Japan. Zoologischer Anzeiger 274: 14-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.03.001.
  • Okanishi M, Fujita Y (2018) A new species of Ophioconis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from a submarine cave at Shimoji Island, Miyako Island Group, southwestern Japan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 131: 163-174. doi:10.2988/18-00001.
  • Shinji J, Gotoh H, Miyanishi H, Lavine MD, Lavine LC (2018) The activin signaling transcription factor Smox is an essential regulator of appendage size during regeneration after autotomy in the crayfish. Evolution & Development 21: 44-55. doi.org/10.1111/ede.12277
  • Suo R, Takada K, Kohtsuka H, Ise Y, Okada S, Matsunaga S (2018) Miuramides A and B, Trisoxazole Macrolides from a Mycale sp. Marine Sponge That Induce a Protrusion Phenotype in Cultured Mammalian Cells. Journal of Natural Products 81(4): 1108-1112. doi 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00101.
  • Yamana Y, Kohtsuka H (2018) Dendrochirotid holothurians (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from offshore Misaki, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4455 (3): 429-453. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.
  • Watanabe T, Shibata H, Ebine M, Tsuchikawa H, Matsumori N, Murata M, Yoshida M, Morisawa M, Lin S, Yamauchi K, Sakai K, Oishi T (2018) Synthesis and complete structure determination of sperm activating and attracting factor Isolated from the ascidian Ascidia sydneiensis. Journal of Natural Products 81(4): 985-997. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b01052
  • Yoshida K, Shiba K, Sakamoto A, Ikenaga J, Matsunaga S, Inaba K, Yoshida M (2018) Ca2+ efflux via plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase mediates chemotaxis in ascidian sperm. Scientific Reports 8: 16622. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35013-2. プレスリリース, 研究室の扉, academist journal
  • Yoshida M, Yoshida K (2018) Modulation of sperm motility and function prior to fertilization in Reproductive and Developmental Strategies: the Continuity of Life (Eds. by K. Kobayashi, T. Kitano, Y. Iwao, & M. Kondo) Springer, Tokyo Japan. pp437-462. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-56609-0_21. ISBN: 978-4431566076.
  • Yoshida M, Kawano N, Iwamoto T, Yoshida K (2018) Chapter 61:Seminal vesicle – structure – in Encycropedia of Reproduction 2nd. Edition Vol. 1: Male Reproduction (Eds. by Skinner M, Jégou B) Elsevier pp.344-348. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.64599-3

2017

  • Gallego V, Yoshida M, Kurokawa D, Asturiano JF, Fraser GJ (2017) Embryonic development of the grass pufferfish (Takifugu niphobles): From egg to larvae. Theriogenology 90: 191-196.
  • Gotoh H, Zinna RA, Ishikawa Y, Miyakawa H, Ishikawa A, Sugime Y, Emlen DJ, Lavine LC, Miura T (2017) The function of appendage patterning genes in mandible development of the sexually dimorphic stag beetle. Developmental Biology 422: 24-32.
  • Haramoto Y, Saijyo T, Tanaka T, Furuno N, Suzuki A, Ito Y, Kondo M, Taira M, Takahashi S. (2017) Identification and comparative analyses of Siamois cluster genes in Xenopus laevis and tropicalis. Developmental Biology 426(2): 374-383. pii: S0012-1606(16) 30087-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.07.015.
  • Hayashi Y, Maekawa K, Nalepa CA, Miura T, Shigenobu S (2017) Transcriptome sequencing and estimation of DNA methylation level in the subsocial wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 52: 643-651.
  • Hayashi Y, Oguchi K, Yamaguchi K, Kitade O, Maekawa K, Miura T, Shigenobu S (2017) Male-specific molecular genetic markers in the Japanese subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Insectes Sociaux 64: 357-364.
  • Itoyama T, Kawahara M, Fukui M, Sugahara Y, Kurokawa D, Kawaguchi M, Kitamura S, Nakayama K, Murakami Y (2017) Nervous system disruption and swimming abnormality in early-hatched pufferfish (Takifugu niphobles) larvae caused by pyrene is independent of aryl hydrocarbon receptors. Marine Pollution Bulletin 124: 792-797.
  • Kakui K, Suzuki A, Nakano H, Kohtsuka H (2017) Habitat of tanaidacean Apseudes nipponicus Shino, 1937. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History Series A (Natural History) 15: 1-3.
  • 幸塚久典関藤守大森紹仁・岡西政典 (2017)神奈川県三崎で得られたセノテヅルモヅルの幼体の記録.日本生物地理学会会報 71: 229-235.
  • 幸塚久典(2017)島根県隠岐浅海における日本海初記録のヒゲクシウミシダ(棘皮動物門,ウミユリ綱). 日本生物地理学会会報 71: 271-276.
  • 幸塚久典、園山貴之、秋吉英雄、広橋教貴 (2017) 響灘および隠岐から得られた日本海初記録のトゲシモフリウミシダAlisometrac owstoni(棘皮動物:ウミユリ綱). 日本生物地理学会会報 71: 173-177.
  • Komai T, Kohtsuka H (2017) A new deep-sea species of the caridean genus Bresilia Calman, 1896 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Bresijiidae) from Sagami Bay, central Japan. Zootaxa 4299(3): 405-414. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.6
  • Kondo M, Yamamoto T, Takahashi S, Taira M (2017) Comprehensive analyses of Hox gene expression in Xenopus laevis embryos and adult tissues. Development, Growth & Differentiation 59: 526-539. doi:10.1111/dgd.12382
  • Mawaribuchi S, Takahashi S, Wada M, Uno Y, Matsuda Y, Kondo M, Fukui A, Takamatsu N, Taira M, Ito M. (2017) Sex chromosome differentiation and the W- and Z-specific loci in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology 426(2): 393-400. pii: S0012-1606(16)30114-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio. 2016.06.015.
  • Nakano H, Miyazawa H, Maeno A, Shiroishi T, Kakui K, Koyanagi R, Kanda M, Stoh N, Omori A, Kohtsuka H (2017) A new species of Xenoturbella from the western Pacific Ocean and the evolution of Xenoturbella. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 245. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1080-2. 本論文のCorrectionはこちら
  • Ozaki A, Yokota T, Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Leppold C, Tanimoto T, Miura T, Yamamoto K, Sawano T, Tsukada M, Kami M, Kanazawa Y, Ohira H (2017) Decontamination work and the long-term increase in hospital visits for hymenopteran stings following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 11(5): 545-551.
  • Shimoji H, Aonuma H, Miura T, Tsuji K, Sasaki K, Okada Y (2017) Queen contact and among-worker interactions dually suppress worker brain dopaminea as a potential regulator of reproduction in an ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 35.
  • Shimoji H, Oguchi K, Hayashi Y, Hojo MK, Miura T (2017) Regulation of neotenic differentiation through direct physical contact in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti. Insectes Sociaux 64: 393-401.
  • Sugime Y, Watanabe D, Yasuno Y, Shinada T, Miura T, Tanaka NK (2017) The upregulation of juvenile hormone titers in female Drosophila melanogaster through mating experiences and host food occupied by egges and larvae. Zoological Science 34: 52-57.
  • Thiery A, Shono T, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Johanson Z, Fraser GJ (2017) Spatially restricted dental regeneration drives pufferfish beak development. Proceeding of national academy of Science of United States of America 114: E442-E4434.
  • Yamana Y, Kohtsuka H (2017) A new species of Lipotrapeza (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae) from Japan, with partial redescription of the syntypes of L. japonica. Plankton and Benthos Research 12(3): 151-163. http://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.12.151

2016

  • Amemiya S, Omori A, Tsurugaya T, Hibino T, Yamaguchi M, Kuraishi R, Kiyomoto M, Minokawa T (2016) Early stalked stages in ontogeny of the living isocrinid sea lily Metacrinus rotundus. Acta Zoologica 97: 102-116.
  • Araki N, Yoshida K, Kang W, Kawano N, Miyado K, Yoshida M. (2016) Seminal vesicle proteins SVS3 and SVS4 facilitate SVS2 effect on sperm capacitation. Reproduction 152: 313-321. doi:10.1530/REP-15-0551.
  • Kang W, Kawano N, Yamatoya K, Yoshida K, Yoshida M, Miyado K. Critical roles of seminal plasma on sperm migration in the female reproductive tract. Journal of Reproduction Engineering 18: 5-10.
  • Session A, Uno Y, Kwon T,…. Kondo M(74名中10番目), …., Harland R, Taira M, and Rokhsar D (2016) Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis. Nature 538(7625): 336-343. doi: 10.1038/nature19840
  • Watanabe M, Yasuoka Y, Mawaribuchi S, Kuretani A, Ito M, Kondo M, Ochi H, Ogino H, Fukui A, Taira M, Kinoshita T. (2016) Conservatism and variability of gene expression profiles among homeologous transcription factors in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology 426(2): 301-324. pii: S0012-1606(16) 30053-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.09.017.
  • Yamana Y, Kohtsuka H (2016) Rediscovery of Plesiocolochirus inornatus (Marenzeller, 1881) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae) in Japan and new information on its external and ossicle morphology. Plankton and Benthos Research 11(2): 57-70. http://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.11.57

2015

  • Agostini S, Wada S, Kon K, Omori A, Kohtsuka H, Fujimura H, Tsuchiya Y, Sato T, Shinagawa H, Yamada Y, Inaba K (2015) Geochemistry of two shallow CO2 seeps in Shikine Island (Japan) and their potential for ocean acidification research. Regional Studies in Marine Science 2: 45-53.
  • Araki N, Trencsenyi G, Krasznai ZT, Nizsaloczki E, Sakamoto A, Kawano N, Miyado K, Yoshida K, Yoshida M. (2015) Seminal vesicle secretion 2 acts as a protectant of sperm sterols and prevents ectopic sperm capacitation in mice. Biology of Reproduction 92(1): Article 8, 1-10.
  • Hojo M, Omi A, Hamanaka G, Shindo K, Shimada A, Kondo M, Narita T, Kiyomoto M, Katsuyama Y, Ohnishi Y, Irie N, Takeda H (2015) Unexpected link between polyketide synthase and calcium carbonate biomineralization Zoological Letters 1: 3. 
    DOI:10.1186/s40851-014-0001-0
  • Kajihara H, Nishi E, Kawabata M, Kohtsuka H, Uyeno D (2015) Records of the poorly known ribbon worm Nipponnemertes ogumai (Nemertea: Monostilifera) and its phylogenetic position. Marine Biodiversity 45(2): 175-182.
  • Kakui K, Kohtsuka H (2015) Two new shallow-water species of Agathotanais (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from Japan. Species Diversity 20: 45-58.
  • Kikuchi M, Omori A, Kurokawa D, Akasaka K (2015) Patterning of anteroposterior body axis displayed in the expression of Hox genes in sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. Development Genes and Evolution 225: 275-286.
  • Matsuda Y, Uno Y, Kondo M, Gilchrist MJ, Zorn AM, Rokhsar DS, Schmid M, Taira M (2015) A new nomenclature of Xenopus laevis chromosomes based on the phylogenetic relationship to Silurana/Xenopus tropicalis. Cytogenet Genome Res 45: 187-191. doi:10.1159/000381292
  • Miyashiro D. Shiba, K, Miyashita T, Baba, S., Yoshida M, Kamimura S (2015) Chemotactic response with a constant delay-time mechanism in Ciona spermatozoa revealed by a high time resolution analysis of flagellar motility. Biology Open 4: 109-118.
  • Nakano H, Kakui K, Kajihara H, Shimomura M, Jimi N, Tomioka S, Tanaka H, Yamasaki H, Tanaka M, Izumi T, Okanishi M, Yamada Y, Shinagawa H, Sato T, Tsuchiya Y, Omori A, Sekifuji M, Kohtsuka H (2015) JAMBIO coastal organism joint surveys reveals undiscovered biodiversity around Sagami Bay. Regional Studies in Marine Science 2: 77-81.
  • Nonaka MI, Zsigmond E, Kudo A, Kawakami H, Yoshida K, Yoshida M, Kawano N, Miyado K, Nonaka M, Wetsel RA (2015) Epididymal C4b-binding protein is processed and degraded during transit through the duct and is not essential for fertility. Immunobiology 220: 467-475.
  • Obuchi M, Omori A (2015) A new genus and new species of family Antedonidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from southern Japan. Zootaxa 3972(3): 441-449.
  • Ono C, Yoshida M, Kawano N, Miyado K, Umezawa A (2015) Staphylococcus epidermidis is involved in a mechanism for female reproduction in mice. Regenerative Therapy 1: 11-17.
  • Reich A, Dunn C, Akasaka K, Wessel G (2015) Phylogenomic snalyses of Echinodermata support the sister groups of Asterozoa and Echinozoa. PLoS ONE 10: e0119627. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119627
  • Takana M, Yu R, Kurokawa D (2015) Anterior migration of lateral plate mesodermal cells during embryogenesis of the pufferfish Takifugu niphobles. Journal of Anatomy 227: 81-88.
  • Yoshida M, Kajikawa E, Kurokawa D, Tokunaga T, Ohnishi A, Yonemura S, Kobayashi K, Kiyonari H, Aizawa S (2015) Conserved and divergent expression patterns of markers of axial development in eutherian mammals. Developmental Dynamics 245: 67-86.
  • Yoshida M, Inaba K (2015) Sperm Chemotaxis in Urochordates. in Flagellar Mechanics and Sperm Guidance (Ed. by Cosson J), Bentham Science Publishers, Sharjah, UAE pp.183-207. ISBN 978-1-68108-129-8
    doi:10.2174/97816810812811150101

2014

  • Gallego V, Pérez L, Asturiano JF, Yoshida M (2014) Sperm motility parameters and spermatozoa morphometric characterization in marine species: a study of swimmer and sessile species. Theriogenology 82: 668-676.
  • Hiradate Y, Inoue H, Kobayashi N, Shirakata Y, Suzuki Y, Goto A, Roh S, Uchida T , Katoh K, Yoshida M, Sato E, Tanemura K (2014) Neurotensin enhances sperm capacitation and the acrosome reaction. Biology of Reproduction 91(2): Article 53, 1-9.
  • Kawano N, Araki N, Yoshida K, Hibino T, Ohnami N, Makino M, Kanai S, Hasuwa H, Yoshida M, Miyado K, Umezawa A (2014) Seminal vesicle protein SVS2 is required for sperm survival in the uterus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111: 4145-4150.
  • Kogure Y, Kohtsuka H (2014) A new ophidiasterid sea star (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), Copidaster japonicus, from Japan. Biogeography 16: 41-46.
  • Sakamaki K, Shimizu K, Iwata H, Imai K, Satou Y, Funayama N, Nozaki M, Yajima M, Nishimura O, Higuchi M, Chiba K, Yoshimoto M, Kimura H, Gracey AY, Shimizu T, Tomii K, Gotoh O, Akasaka K, Sawasaki T, Miller DJ (2014) The apoptotic initiator caspase-8: its functional ubiquity and genetic diversity during animal evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 3282-3301.
  • Sugahara Y, Kawaguchi M, Itoyama T, Kurokawa D, Tosa Y, Kitamura S, Handoh IC, Nakayama K, Murakami Y. (2014) Pyrene induces a reduction in midbrain size and abnormal swimming behavior in early-hatched pufferfish larvae. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85:479-486.
  • Yazaki I, Tsurugaya T, Santella L, Chun JT, Amore G, Kusunoki S, Asada A, Togo T, Akasaka K. (2014) Ca2+ influx-linked protein kinase C activity regulates the β-catenin localization, micromere induction signaling and the oral-aboral axis formation in early sea urchin embryo. Zygote 9: 1-21.

2013

  • Imae Y, Takada K, Okada S, Ise Y, Morii Y, Yoshimura H, Matsunaga S (2013) Isolation of Ciliatamide D from a Marine Sponge Stelletta sp. and a reinvestigation of the Configuration of Ciliatamide A. Journal of Natural Products 76: 755-758.
  • Gallego V, Pérez L, Asturiano JF, Yoshida M (2013) Study of puffer fish (Takifugu niphobles) sperm: development of methods for short-term storage, effect of different activation role of intracellular changes in Ca2+ and K+ in the initiation motility. Aquaculture 414-415: 82-91.
  • Gallego V, Pérez L, Asturiano JF, Yoshida M (2013) Relationship between spermatozoa motility parameters, sperm/egg ratio, fertilization success and hatching rates in the puffer fish (Takifugu niphobles). Aquaculture 416-417: 238-243.
  • Matsumori N, Hiradate Y, Shibata H, Oishi T, Simma S, Toyoda M, Hayashi F, Yoshida M, Murata M, Morisawa M (2013) A Novel Sperm-Activating and Attracting Factor (SAAF) from the Ascidian Ascidia sydneiensis. Organic Letters 15: 294-297.
  • Yoshida M, Hiradate Y, Sensui N, Cosson J, Morisawa M (2013) Species-specificity of sperm motility activation and chemotaxis: a study on ascidian species. Biological Bulletin 224: 56-165.

2012

  • Inoue F, Kurokawa D, Takahashi M, Aizawa S (2012) Gbx2 directly restricts Otx2 expression to forebrain-midbrain, competing with Class III POU factors. Molelecular and Cell Biology 32: 2618-2627.
  • Kimura M, Wakimoto T, Egami Y, Co Tan K, Ise Y, Abe I (2012) Calyxamides A and B, Cytotoxic Cyclic Peptides from the Marine Sponge Discodermia calyx. Journal of Natural Products 75: 290–294.
  • 幸塚久典,小郷一三 (2012) 隠岐諸島浅海域から得られた日本海初記録種のウミシダ類(棘皮動物:ウミユリ綱) 日本生物地理学会会報, 67: 231-236.
  • 幸塚久典,加藤哲哉 (2012)  紀伊半島沿岸で得られた熱帯・亜熱帯性ウミシダ類コテングウミシダ(棘皮動物門:ウミユリ綱)の記録,日本生物地理学会会報,67: 265-270.
  • Kogure Y, Kohtsuka H, Kiyomoto S (2012) First record of the ophidiasterid sea star, Ophidiaster multispinus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), from Japan, with reference to the wide intraspecific variations in external features. Biogeography 14: 133-138.
  • Kondo M, Akasaka K. (2012). Current Status of Echinoderm Genome Analysis – What do we Know? Current Genetics 13(2): 134-143.
  • Kurokawa D, Ohmura T, Akasaka K, Aizawa S. (2012) A lineage specific enhancer drives Otx2 expression in teleost organizer tissues. Mechanisms Development 128: 653-661.
  • Suzuki M, Ueoka R, Takada K, Okada S, Otsuka S, Ise Y, Matsunaga S. (2012) Isolation of Spirastrellolides A and B from a Marine Sponge Epipolasis sp. and their Cytotoxic Activities. Journal of Natural Products 75: 1192–1195.
  • Winslow D’AL, Radke DW, Utecht T, Kaneko T, Akasaka K. (2012) Sea urchin coelomocyte arylsulfatase: a modulator of the echinoderm clotting pathway. Integrative Zoology 7:61–73.
  • Yoshida M. (2012) Regulation of sperm chemotaxis in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis. in Sperm Cell Research in the 21st Century: Historical Discoveries to New Horizons (Ed. by M Morisawa), Adthree Publishing Co., Tokyo, Japan. pp.157-162. ISBN: 978-4-904419-37-3

2011

  • Hitora Y, Takada K, Okada S, Ise Y, Matsunaga S (2011) Ent-duryne and its homologues, cytotoxic acetylenes from a marine sponge Petrosia sp. Journal of Natural Products 74(5): 1262–1267.
  • Imae Y, Takada K, Murayama S, Okada S, Ise Y, Matsunaga S (2011) Jasisoquinolines A and B, Architecturally New Isoquinolines, from a Marine Sponge Jaspis sp. Organic Letters 13: 4798–4801.
  • Kambara Y, Shiba K, Yoshida M, Sato C, Kitajima K, Shingyoji C. (2011) Mechanism regulating Ca2+-dependent mechanosensory behaviour in sea urchin spermatozoa. Cell Structure and Function 36: 69-82.
  • 幸塚久典 (2011)トゲバネウミシダAntedon serrata (棘皮動物門:ウミユリ綱)の幼生はカジメとアラメの仮根部に着底する.タクサ 日本動物分類学会誌,31: 13-18.
  • 幸塚久典、長田信人、門脇慧史(2011)長崎県平戸の漁港内で得られた浅海性ウミシダ類.日本生物地理学会会報,66: 79-84.
  • Omori A, Akasaka K, Kurokawa D, Amemiya S. (2011) Gene expression analysis of Six3, Pax6, and Otx in the early development of the stalked crinoid Metacrinus rotundus. Gene Expr. Patterns 11: 48-56.
  • Ohtsuka S, Hanashima A, Kubokawa K, Bao Y, Tando Y, Kohmaru J, Nakaya H, Maruyama K, Kimura S (2011) Amphioxus Connectin Exhibits Merged Structure as Invertebrate Connectin in I-Band Region and Vertebrate Connectin in A-Band Region. Journal of Molecular Biology 409: 415-426.
  • Shono T, Kurokawa D, Miyake T, Okabe M. (2011) Acquisition of glial cells missing 2 enhancers contributes to a diversity of ionocytes in zebrafish. PLoS ONE 6(8): e23746.
  • Terada K, Muranishi Y, Inoue T, Katoh K, Tsujii T, Sanuki R, Kurokawa D, Aizawa S, Tamaki Y, Furukawa T (2011) An essential role for Rax homeoprotein and Notch-Hes signaling in Otx2 expression in embryonic retinal photoreceptor cell fate determination. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 16792-16807.
  • Ueoka R, Ise Y, Okada S, Matsunaga S (2011) Cell differentiation inducers from a Marine Sponge Biemna sp. Tetrahedron 67: 6679–6681.
  • Yoshida M, Yoshida K. (2011) Sperm chemotaxis and regulation of flagellar movement by Ca2+. Molecular Human Reproduction. 17: 457-465.

2010

  • Dennisson JD, Tandoh Y, Ogasawara M, Kubokawa K, Sato N, Obinata T (2010) Functional characteristics of amphioxus troponin in regulation of muscle contraction. Zoological Science 27: 461-469.
  • Ise Y, Vacelet J (2010) New carnivorous sponges of the genus Abyssocladia (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Cladorhizidae) from Myojin Knoll, Izu-Ogasawara Arc, southern Japan. Zoological Science 27: 888–894.
  • Katsu Y, Taniguchi E, Urushitani H, Miyagawa S, Takase M, Kubokawa K, Tooi O, Oka T, Santo N, Myburgh J, Matsuno A, Iguchi T (2010) Molecular cloning and characterization of ligand- and species-specificity of amphibian estrogen receptors. General and Comparative Endocrnology 168: 220-230.
  • Katsu Y, Kubokawa K, Urushitani H, Iguchi T (2010) Estrogen-dependent transactivation of amphioxus steroid hormone receptor via both estrogen- and androgen-response elements. Endocrinology 151: 639-648.
  • Kawano N, Ito J, Kashiwazaki N, Yoshida M. (2010) Phosphorylation of the MAPK pathway has an essential role in the acrosome reaction in miniature pig sperm. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 45: 263-268.
  • Koito T, Kubokawa K, Tanabe S, Miyazaki N (2010) Phylogenetic analyses in cetacean species of the family Delphinidae using a short wabelength sensitive opsin gene sequence. Fisheries Science 76: 571-576.
  • Kondo M, Akasaka K. (2010) Regeneration in crinoids. Development, Growth & Differentiation 52:57-68.
  • Kubokawa K., Tando Y, Roy S (2010) Evolution of the reproductiveendocrine system in chordates. Integrative and Comparative Biology 50: 53-62.
  • Kurokawa D*, Ohmura T*, Ogino H, Takeuchi M, Inoue A, Inoue F, Suda Y. Aizawa S (2010) (*These two authors contributed equally to this work.) Evolutionary origin of the Otx2 enhancer for its expression in visceral endoderm. Developmental Biology 342: 110-120.
  • Nishijima M, Lindsay DJ, Hata J, Nakamura A, Kasai H, Ise Y, Fisher CR, Fujiwara Y, Kawato M, Maruyama T (2010) Association of thioautotrophic bacteria with deep-sea sponges. Marine Biotechnology 12: 253–260.
  • Sakurai Y*, Kurokawa D*, Kiyonari H, Kajikawa E, Suda Y. Aizawa S (*These two authors contributed equally to this work.) (2010) Otx2 and Otx1 protect diencephalon and mesencephalon from caudalization into metencephalon during early brain regionalization. Developmental Biology 347: 392-403.
  • Ueoka R, Ise Y, Otsuka S, Okada S, Yamori T, Matsunaga S (2010) Yaku’amides A and B, Cytotoxic Linear Peptides Rich in Dehydro-Amino Acids from the Marine Sponge Ceratopsion sp. Journal of the American Chemical Society 132: 17692–17694.
  • Yoshida K, Iwamoto T, Yoshida M (2010) Effects of the seminal plasma proteins semenogelin (SEMG)/seminal vesicle secretion 2 (SVS2) on sperm fertility. in Human Spermatozoa: Maturation, Capacitation and Abnormalities (Eds. by T. Lejeune and P. Delvaux), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge NY, pp.205-220. ISBN: 978-1-60876-401-3.

和文総説・書籍
  • 幸塚久典,小木曽正造,中野裕昭 (2020) 能登沿岸で実施されたJAMBIO沿岸生物合同調査で得られたウニ類(棘皮動物門:ウニ綱),のと海洋ふれあいセンター研究報告, (26): 1–11.
  • 萩原清司,幸塚久典 (2021) 三浦半島から得られたイッサイフシエラガイとミカドウミウシの記録,横須賀市博物館研究報告(自然),(68): 29–30.
  • 太田悠造,幸塚久典,山名裕介 (2021) 日本海南西部鳥取県沿岸域及び周辺海域から得られた棘皮動物”,ホシザキグリーン財団研究報告,(24): 111–159.
  • 幸塚久典,園山貴之 (2021) 山口県響灘で得られたサンリクオオバフンウニ(棘皮動物門,海胆綱)の記録”, ホシザキグリーン財団研究報告,(24): 281–286. 佐々木猛智,
  • 幸塚久典(2020)文京区教育センター展示 相模湾の動物. 東京大学総合研究博物館ニュース Ouroboros,24(2): 10–11.
  • 中野裕昭,幸塚久典. (2020)ウミユリ類の発生に関するこれまでの研究と今後の課題. 海洋と生物,249, 42 (4): 370–377.
  • 幸塚久典 (2020) おもな実験海産無脊椎動物の繁殖期. 理科年表 2021(机上版),令和3年, 第94冊,pp. 1072, 丸善出版株式会社.
  • 幸塚久典 (2020) おもな無脊椎動物の産卵期. 理科年表 2021(机上版),令和3 年, 第94 冊,pp. 1073, 丸善出版株式会社.
  • 幸塚久典,川端美千代 (2020) 東京大学三崎臨海実験所の新教育棟の竣工に伴う業務の記録. 臨海・臨湖,37: 22–33.
  • 富永英之,幸塚久典 (2021) ウミシダに付着するコマチクモヒトデ. うみうし通信,109: 4–6.
  • ともながたろ, なかのひろみ, 監修 田中颯, 幸塚久典(2021) たんけん ウニすいぞくかん. アリス館.
  • Yoshida M, Astriano J.  (2020) eds. Reproduction in Aquatic Animals: From Basic Biology to Aquaculture Technology Springer-Nature, pp. 379.
  • 岡西政典 (2020) 新種の発見 見つけ、名づけ、系統づける動物系統分類学。中公新書2589.中央公論新書.  pp. 252.
  • 伊勢戸徹,岡西政典(16人中2番目)…神保宇嗣 (2019) 「若手分類学者の集い」の10年.タクサ. 日本動物分類学会誌.  47: 30-38.
  • 岡西政典 (2019) 琉球列島の海底洞窟から得られたクモヒトデ類について. タクサ.日本動物分類学会誌.  46:22-27.
  • 吉田 学,佐藤賢一,原山 洋 (2019) 第5章 受精〜個体発生のはじまり発生生物学〜基礎から応用展開〜.塩尻信義・弥益恭・加藤容子・加野浩一郎・中尾啓子(編)培風館.pp.38-46. ISBN 978-4-563-7823-2
  • 吉田 薫,吉田 学 (2019) 受精時に見られる精子運動調節.細胞 51(5): 253-255.
  • 吉田 学 (2018) 第7章 鞭毛繊毛運動の制御−細胞を動かす微小な装置.動物学の百科事典 (日本動物学会監修) 丸善.pp.406-407. ISBN:978-4-621-30309-2
  • 吉田 学 (2018) 第7章 精子運動と精子活性化. 魚類学の百科事典 (日本魚類学会監修).丸善. pp.360-361. ISBN:978-4621303177
  • 岡西政典 (2017)クモヒトデ綱(棘皮動物門)の系統分類の現状(3). うみうし通信. 95: 10-12.
  • 赤坂甲治 (2017) 新しい教養のための生物学.裳華房.ISBN:978-4785352345
  • 赤坂甲治 (2015) 第4章 海洋教育の意義と課題-海洋生物学の観点から 「海洋教育のカリキュラム開発−研究と実践−」(東京大学海洋アライアンス海洋教育促進研究センター編)日本教育新聞社.pp.51-66. ISBN:978-4890553174
  • 幸塚久典(2014)東京大学三崎臨海実験所における技術職員の役割 〜技術職員による研究成果〜.日本動物分類学会誌 タクサ 36: 24-32.
  • 伊勢優史 (2012) 8.1.海綿動物門.(編)日本進化学会: 巌佐 庸・遠藤一佳・大島泰郎・河田雅圭・倉谷 滋・斎藤成也・塚谷裕一・長谷川眞理子・疋田 努・深津武馬・三中信宏・矢原徹一. 進化学辞典. 共立出版株式会社. pp.234-235.
  • 伊勢優史 (2012) 第5章 海綿動物門.(編)藤倉克則, 奥谷喬司, 丸山正. 潜水調査船が観た深海生物―深海生物研究の現在(第2版). 東海大学出版会. p.95.
  • 伊勢優史 (2012) 第15章 海綿動物門.(編)藤倉克則, 奥谷喬司, 丸山正. 潜水調査船が観た深海生物―深海生物研究の現在(第2版). 東海大学出版会. p.215-227.
  • 伊勢優史. (2013) 襟, 襟細胞, 海綿質繊維, 海綿動物, 間充ゲル, 硬骨海綿類, 軸糸, 尋常海綿類, 水溝系, 石灰海綿類, 皮層, 六放海綿類, 生物分類表:海綿動物門.(編)巌佐 庸・倉谷 滋・斎藤成也・塚谷裕一. 岩波生物学辞典 第5版. 岩波書店.
  • 幸塚久典赤坂甲治 (2012) “ウニ”,研究者が教える動物飼育 第3巻 ウニ,ナマコから脊椎動物へ.(針山孝彦・小柳光正・嬉正勝・妹尾圭司・小泉修・日本比較生理生化学会 編集),pp.1-8,共立出版.
  • 幸塚久典赤坂甲治 (2012) “ウミシダ(ウミユリ綱)”,研究者が教える動物飼育.第3巻 ウニ,ナマコから脊椎動物へ,(針山孝彦・小柳光正・嬉正勝・妹尾圭司・小泉修・日本比較生理生化学会 編集).pp.9-16,共立出版.
  • 伊勢優史 (2013) 分類学に基づいた動物学 − 海綿動物を例に, “海綿動物門第4の綱:同骨海綿綱”.タクサ–日本動物分類学会誌 34: 18-24.
  • 窪川かおる 編 (2010) 海のプロフェッショナル.海洋学への招待状.東海大学出版会.173頁 ISBN 978-4-4860-1881-0
  • 赤坂甲治 編・著 (2010) 新版・生物学と人間.裳華房.228頁.ISBN978-4-7853-5221-