Biogeography Vol. 18

20 September 2016

International Journal of Biogeography,
Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Ecology, Biodiversity,
Evolution, and Conservation Biology


Ohtaki, Harumi, Kiyonori Tomiyama, Eiko Maki, Maya Takeuchi, Tatsujiro Suzuka & Saki Fukudome
Mating behavior of the dioecious snail Cerithidea rhizophorarum A. Adams, 1855 (Gastroppoda; Potamididae) in the tidal flat of a mangrove forest. 1-10.

Kitagawa, Tetsuro & Kazumi Hosoya
Origin of the Ryukyuan paradise fish Macropodus opercularis inferred from literature survey. 11-16.

Kogure, Yoichi & Takeya Moritaki
Rediscovery of a reraly encountered sea star, Lithosoma japonica (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Goniasteridae), from southeastern Japan. 17-22.

Motomura, Hiroyuki, Romain Causse & Carl D. Struthers
First records of the deeepwater scorpionfish, Lioscorpius trifasciatus (Setarchidae), from outside Australian waters. 23-28.

Matsunuma, Mizuki
First records of a wide-mouthed flounder Kamoharaia megastoma (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from the East China Sea. 29-34.

Katoh, Takehiro K., Mai Komoda & Masayoshi Watada
A survey of the drosophilid fauna and genetic diversity of two dominant species of Drosophila in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. 35-46.

Hata, Harutaka, Mio Nishimura & Hiroyuki Motomura
First specimen-based record of Epinephelus quoyanus (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. 47-52.

Ito, Taiki, Seigo Kawase & Kazumi Hosoya
Morphological characteristics of a piscivorous chub, Opsariichthys uncirostris uncirostris (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), inhabiting Lake Mikata, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. 53-58.

Sasakawa, Kôji
Life history of two endangered wetland Pterostichus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) ground beetle species as revealed laboratory rearing experiments. 59-62.

Hibino, Yusuke, Van Quan Nguyen & Seishi Kimura
First record of Gymnothorax minor from Vietnam (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). 63-66.

Nagasawa, Kazuya & Shigeo Harada
Ceratothoa carinata (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Japanese scad Decapterus maruadsi in coastal waters of the western North Pacific off central-western Japan. 67-70.

Nagasawa, Kazuya & Kozue Tensha
Nerocila phaiopleura (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic on Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. 71-75.

Kubota, Shin & Suzan Meldonian
First occurrence of a rare Thecocodium medusa (Anthomedusae, Ptilocodiidae) from Riviera Beach, Florida, USA. 77-78.