Contents 2015

Vol. 27 - published on 24th December 2015

Marumura, M. & M. Takeda, 2015. Taxonomic notes on two species of xanthid crabs of the genera Hepatoporus Serène, 1984 and Gaillardiellus Guinot, 1976 from the Ryukyu Islands. Fauna Ryukyuana, 27: 1-11.

Komai, T., T. Maenosono & M. Osawa, 2015. Records of three species of callianassid ghost shrimp from the genera Glypturus Stimpson, 1866 and Corallianassa Manning, 1987 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with remarks on the taxonomic status of the two genera. Fauna Ryukyuana, 27: 13-59.

Vol. 26 - published on 13rd December 2015

Nitta, M. & K. Nagasawa, 2015. First record of a gill parasite, Dactylogyrus extensus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) co-introduced with common carp into Okinawa-jima Island, southern Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 26: 1-4.

Hayashi, R., 2015. A long-distance record of a recaptured green turtle (Chelonia mydas) from Okinawa. Fauna Ryukyuana, 26: 5-7.

Maenosono, T., 2015. Two rafting crabs of the genus Plagusia Latreille, 1804 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Plagusiidae) collected from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 26: 9-15. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Maenosono, T., 2015. Neosarmatium rotundifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Miyako-jima and Iriomote-jima Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago: First distributional record of the species from Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 26: 17-22. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Baba, Y.G., T. Suguro & T. Yamauchi, 2015. A record of Anepsion japonicum (Araneae: Araneidae) from Yakushima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, after an interval of 47 years. Fauna Ryukyuana, 26: 23-26. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Vol. 25 - published on 6th November 2015

Koeda, K. & K. Tachihara, 2015. Records of the spotbase burrfish, Cyclichthys spilostylus (Tetraodontiformes: Diodontidae), from Okinawa-jima Island, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 25: 1-5. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Vol. 24 - published on 22nd Octpber 2015

Yoshigou, H. & T. Yoshino, 2015. The occurrences of three species of Engyprosopon (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from shore waters of Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 24: 1-11. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Fujita, K., C. Hongo, M. Koutoku, S. Ito, R. Asami & J. D. Reimer, 2015. Buried fossil microatolls off the Kaichu-Doro Causeway, between Okinawa and Henza Islands. Fauna Ryukyuana, 24: 13-15.

Maenosono, T. & M. Osawa, 2015. First record of Petrolisthes decacanthus Ortmann, 1897 (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 24: 17-22.

Vol. 23 - published on 25th August 2015

Maenosono, T. & T. Naruse, 2015. Morphological characteristics and taxonomical problems of the genus Parasesarma De Man, 1895 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 23: 1-41. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Vol. 22 - published on 9th August 2015

Okuno, J., 2015. Book review: Flatworms Illustrated. Fauna Ryukyuana, 22: 1-5. [in Japanese.]

Vol. 21 - published on 20th July 2015

Aoyagi, M., 2015. Distributional records of Conothele fragaria (Dönitz, 1887) in Okinawa Prefecture. Fauna Ryukyuana, 21: 1-7. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Vol. 20 - published on 23rd May 2015

Oka, S. & K. Miyamoto, 2015. Pelagic juvenile of Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Flower & Ball, 1924 (Perciformes, Pomacentridae, Stegastinae) identified from morphometric and genetic evidence. Fauna Ryukyuana, 20: 1-6. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Kidera, N., D. Uyeno & T. Naruse, 2015. Notes on the occurrence and habitat of Hydrophis ornatus (Gray, 1842) (Reptilia: Squamata: Elapidae) in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 20: 7-13. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Vol. 19 - published on 17th April 2015

Naruse, T., D. Uyeno & M. Nishihira, 2015. Records of Sandalolitha dentata Quelch, 1884 (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) from around Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with a note on diagnostic characters of S. dentata and an allied species, Sandalolitha robusta (Quelch, 1886). Fauna Ryukyuana, 19: 1-13.

Vol. 18 - published on 14th February 2015

Shimadzu, N., 2015. Records of the Chinese pond turtle, Mauremys reevesii (Gray, 1831), the Yaeyama yellow pond turtle, M. mutica kami Yasukawa, Ota & Iverson, 1996, and putative hybrids (M. reevesii × M. m. kami) collected from the Noha River, a substream of the Kokuba River system, Okinawa Island. Fauna Ryukyuana, 18: 1-8. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]

Suzuki, T., K. Shibukawa, I-S. Chen, K. Yano, S. N. Chiba, K. Uchino, W. Takase & H. Senou, 2015. First Records of Eight Gobioid Fishes (Perciformes, Gobioidei) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 18: 9-38. [in Japanese with English abstract and figure captions.]