Dropping right before the new year is a new species of pill millipede from Japan, Hyleoglomeris awaumi: https://t.co/2Ul82U4PoY. Congrats to Kuroda et al! https://t.co/2t34Mmf0rT
Two New Species of Lecithotrophic Nauplius y with Remarkable Labra from Okinawa, Japan, and a Family-Group Name for y-Larvae (Crustacea: Thecostraca: Facetotecta: Hansenocarididae fam. nov.)
#yLarvae #SpeciesDiversity #NewSpecies
Taxonomic Reassessment of Albula (Albuliformes: Albulidae) from Japan and Adjacent Waters with Reliable Records of Albula argentea, A. koreana and A. oligolepis from Japan
#Fish #Biodiversity #SpeciesDiversity #Bonefish
Two New Species of Spheroid Ectoparasitic Isopods (Epicaridea: Dajidae) Attached to the Antennules of Brachyuran Crab Hosts, with Description of a New Genus and Species of Hyperparasite (Epicaridea: Cryptoniscoidea)
First #description of developmental processes in #Sclerodactyla multipes (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from #Misaki, #Sagami Bay, Japan.
Kohtsuka et al. (2021) Plankton & Benthos Research 16: 228-236
https://t.co/OorUDmmFNe https://t.co/TnZEcJIzHD
First Records of an Estuarine Goby Acentrogobius ocyurus (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Japan and the Sulu Sea in the Philippines
#Fish #NewRecords #SpeciesDiversity
Basking shark ontogeny needs a lot more study. Of particular interest to me is the beak-like snout shape in really young individuals, which so far has only been documented in a single paper. This is a juvenile caught in Japan in 1977.
https://t.co/7q82L8eA9l. https://t.co/VziE1uLqIO