Mitochondrial metagenomics reveal the independent colonization of the world’s coasts by intertidal oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Ameronothroidea), Tobias Pfingstl, Shimpei F. Hiruta, Satoshi Shimano, Scientific Reports,
14, May 2024,
Peer-reviewed,
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-59423-7 Does atp8 exist in the mitochondrial genome of Proseriata (Metazoa: Platyhelminthes)?, Daisuke Shimada, Shimpei F. Hiruta, Kazuhiro Takahoshi, Hiroshi Kajihara, Animal Gene,
30(2), Sep. 2023,
Peer-reviewed,
DOI:10.1016/j.angen.2023.200161 Systematic position of the genus Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959 (Palaeacanthocephala: Echinorhynchida) inferred from molecular evidence, with a redescription of Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960), Yuki Kita; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Mizuki Sasaki; Hiroshi Kajihara, Parasitology International,
94(4):102731 - 102731, Jun. 2023,
Peer-reviewed,
DOI:10.1016/j.parint.2023.102731 The Bryozoan Cauloramphus magnus (Cheilostomata: Calloporidae) in Northern Japan Includes Multiple, Co-occurring Cryptic Species, Takumi Onishi, Shimpei Hiruta, Hiroshi Kajihara, Matthew H. Dick, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE,
40(3):175 - 188, Feb. 2023,
Peer-reviewed,
DOI:10.2108/zs220093 Mite secretions from three traditional mite-ripened cheese types: are ripened French cheeses flavored by the mites (Acari: Astigmata)?, Nobuhiro Shimizu; Barry M OConnor; Shimpei F Hiruta; Wataru Hagino; Satoshi Shimano, Experimental & applied acarology, 87(4):309 - 323, Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed
Complete mitochondrial genome of a sea cucumber, Euapta godeffroyi (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Apodida, Synaptidae), Akito Ogawa; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Mu Mu Aung; Toshihiko Fujita, Mitochondrial DNA Part B,
7(8):1457 - 1459, Aug. 2022,
Peer-reviewed,
DOI:10.1080/23802359.2022.2107462 Another mite species discovered via social media - Ameronothrus retweet sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida) from Japanese coasts, exhibiting an interesting sexual dimorphism, Tobias Pfingstl; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Iris Bardel-Kahr; Yuito Obae; Satoshi Shimano, International Journal of Acarology,
48(4-5):1 - 11, Jul. 2022,
Peer-reviewed,
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2022.2074538 Taxonomy and distribution of deep benthos collected in and around the Southern Ocean during the 30th Anniversary expeditions of R/V Hakuho Maru: Annelida, Mollusca, Ostracoda, Decapoda, and Echinodermata, Akito Ogawa; Naoto Jimi; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Chong Chen; Itaru Kobayashi; Gregorius Altius Pratama; Hayate Tanaka; Masanori Okanishi; Hironori Komatsu; Minoru Ikehara, Polar Science, 32:100846 - 100846, Jun. 2022, Peer-reviewed
Rehabilitation of two deep-sea holothurian species in genus Pannychia from the northwest Pacific Ocean, Akito Ogawa; Antonina Kremenetskaia; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Yasutoki Shibata; Yoji Narimatsu; Shizuho Miki; Takami Morita; Shinji Tsuchida; Yoshihiro Fujiwara; Toshihiko Fujita, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, May 2022, Peer-reviewed
Do 'cheese factory-specific' mites (Acari: Astigmata) exist in the cheese-ripening cabinet?, Satoshi Shimano; Shimpei F Hiruta; Nobuhiro Shimizu; Wataru Hagino; Jun-Ichi Aoki; Barry M OConnor, Experimental & applied acarology, 87(1):49 - 65, May 2022, Peer-reviewed
Complete mitochondrial genomes of two snail mite: Riccardoella tokyoensis and R. reaumuri (Acariformes, Prostigmata, Ereynetidae)., Shimpei F Hiruta; Tsukasa Waki; Satoshi Shimano, Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources, 7(2):345 - 347, Feb. 2022, Peer-reviewed
Geographical parthenogenesis in the brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria (Scytosiphonaceae): Sexuals in warm waters and parthenogens in cold waters., Masakazu Hoshino; Shimpei F Hiruta; Maria Emilia Croce; Mitsunobu Kamiya; Takahiro Jomori; Toshiyuki Wakimoto; Kazuhiro Kogame, Molecular ecology, 30(22):5814 - 5830, Nov. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Juvenile morphology of seven intertidal mite species (Acari, Oribatida, Ameronothroidea) from the East Asian region, Tobias Pfingstl; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Wataru Hagino; Satoshi Shimano, International Journal of Acarology, 47(6):536 - 554, Aug. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Complete mitochondrial genome of the Pacific limpet Cellana nigrolineata (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) determined by shotgun sequencing using the Illumina NGS platform., Satoko Nakashima; Moe Shimizu; Kazuki Hirota; Shimpei F Hiruta; Nakaji Nagisa; Toshihiko Fujita; Takenori Sasaki; Davin H E Setiamarga, Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources, 6(7):1857 - 1859, Jun. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Systematics, distribution and morphology of the newt parasitic water mites of the subgenus Lurchibates Goldschmidt & Fu, 2011 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae, Hygrobates Koch, 1837), including the description of four new species and a key to all so far known species, TOM GOLDSCHMIDT; KANTO NISHIKAWA; SHIMPEI F. HIRUTA; TOBIAS PFINGSTL; JIAN-PING JIANG; SATOSHI SHIMANO, Zootaxa, 4985(1):136 - 136, Jun. 2021, Peer-reviewed
A new amphibious species of the genus emScolopendra/em Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan., Sho Tsukamoto; Shimpei F Hiruta; Katsuyuki Eguchi; Jhih-Rong Liao; Satoshi Shimano, Zootaxa, 4952(3):zootaxa.4952.3.3, Apr. 2021, Peer-reviewed
The first complete mitochondrial genome of the Northern Pacific deep-sea goniasterid sea star Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889) determined using NGS-based shotgun sequencing., Masaki Yamamoto; Shimpei F Hiruta; Mikihito Arai; Moe Shimizu; Christopher L Mah; Toshihiko Fujita; Davin H E Setiamarga, Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources, 6(4):1406 - 1408, Apr. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Ameronothrus twitter sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida) a New Coastal Species of Oribatid Mite from Japan, Tobias Pfingstl; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Takamasa Nemoto; Wataru Hagino; Satoshi Shimano, Species Diversity, 26(1):93 - 99, Mar. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Two New Species of the Genus Eucorydia (Blattodea: Corydiidae) from the Nansei Islands in Southwest Japan, Shizuma Yanagisawa; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Yositaka Sakamaki; Jhih-Rong Liao; Satoshi Shimano, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 38(1):90 - 102, Feb. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Complete mitochondrial genomes of two water mite species: Hygrobates (H.) longiporus and Hygrobates (rivobates) taniguchii (Acari, Trombidiformes, Hygrobatoidea)., Shimpei F Hiruta; Shizuko Morimoto; Gyo Yoshinari; Tom Goldschmidt; Kanto Nishikawa; Satoshi Shimano, Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources, 5(3):2969 - 2971, Jul. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Taxonomic amendments of Southeast Asian newt species of the genera Pachytriton, Paramesotriton and Laotriton (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae) parasitized by water mites of the subgenus Lurchibates (Hydrachnidia, Hygrohatidae, Hygrobates), Kanto Nishikawa; Tom Goldschmidt; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Satoshi Shimano, ZOOTAXA, 4768(2):297 - 300, May 2020, Peer-reviewed
Description of three new water mite species of Hygrobates Koch, 1837 (Lurchibates Goldschmidt amp; Fu, 2011) (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae), parasitic in newts of the genera Paramesotriton and Pachytriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from China., Tom Goldschmidt; Kanto Nishikawa; Shimpei F Hiruta; Satoshi Shimano, Zootaxa, 4768(1):zootaxa.4768.1.3, Apr. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Author Correction: Phylogeographic patterns of intertidal arthropods (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Japanese islands reflect paleoclimatic events., Tobias Pfingstl; Maximilian Wagner; Shimpei F Hiruta; Stephan Koblmüller; Wataru Hagino; Satoshi Shimano, Scientific reports, 10(1):4370 - 4370, Mar. 2020
A new deep-sea species of Flabelligena from off the South Orkney Islands, the Southern Ocean., Naoto Jimi; Akito Ogawa; Shimpei F Hiruta; Minoru Ikehara; Satoshi Imura, Biodiversity data journal, 8:e53312, 2020, Peer-reviewed
Phylogeographic patterns of intertidal arthropods (Acari, Oribatida) from southern Japanese islands reflect paleoclimatic events., Tobias Pfingstl; Maximilian Wagner; Shimpei F Hiruta; Stephan Koblmüller; Wataru Hagino; Satoshi Shimano, Scientific reports, 9(1):19042 - 19042, Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed
Diurodrilus kunii sp. nov. (Annelida: Diurodrilidae) and a molecular phylogeny of the genus., Hiroshi Kajihara; Maho Ikoma; Hiroshi Yamasaki; Shimpei F. Hiruta, Zoological Science, 36(3):250 - 258, Jun. 2019, Peer-reviewed
First record of the family Ameronothridae (Acari: Oribatida) from Japan - new species, juvenile morphology, ecology and biogeographic remarks., Tobias Pfingstl; Shimpei F Hiruta; Maximilian Wagner; Wataru Hagino; Satoshi Shimano, International journal of acarology, 45(5):315 - 327, 2019, Peer-reviewed
A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae), Sho Tsukamoto; Satoshi Shimano; Takashi Murakami; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Takeshi Yamasaki; Katsuyuki Eguchi, ZooKeys, 2019(830):33 - 51, 2019, Peer-reviewed
A preliminary molecular phylogeny shows Japanese and Austrian populations of the red mite Balaustium murorum (Acari: Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) to be closely related, Shimpei F. Hiruta; Satoshi Shimano; Minoru Shiba, Experimental and Applied Acarology, 74(3):225 - 238, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed
A new species of the genus riccardoella (Acari: Prostigmata: Ereynetidae) from the land snail tauphaedusa tau (Gastropoda: Clausliidae) in Japan, Tsukasa Waki; Shimpei F Hiruta; Satoshi Shimano, Zootaxa, 4402(1):163 - 174, Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed
A matter of persistence: differential Late Pleistocene survival of two rocky-shore idoteid isopod species in northern Japan, Shimpei F. Hiruta; Maho Ikoma; Toru Katoh; Hiroshi Kajihara; Matthew H. Dick, HYDROBIOLOGIA, 799(1):151 - 179, Sep. 2017, Peer-reviewed
Morphology of a newly recorded species, Eremaeozetes octomaculatus Hammer, 1973 from Indonesia (Acari: Oribatida: Eremaeozetidae), with its genetic information, Bayartogtokh B; Shimano S; Hagino W; Kakui K; Hiruta SF; Hartini S, International Journal of Acarology, 43:444 - 449, Aug. 2017, Peer-reviewed
Three species of the genus Trichogalumna (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from Japan, Wataru Hagino; Badamdorj Bayartogtokh; Satoshi Shimano; Shimpei F. Hiruta, Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22(6):858 - 873, 2017, Peer-reviewed
Three new brackish-water thalassocypridine species (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Paracyprididae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, Shimpei F. Hiruta; Keiichi Kakui, ZOOTAXA, 4169(3):515 - 539, Sep. 2016, Peer-reviewed
Molecular Phylogeny of Cypridoid Freshwater Ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda), Inferred from 18S and28S rDNA Sequences, Shimpei F. Hiruta; Norio Kobayashi; Toru Katoh; Hiroshi Kajihara, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 33(2):179 - 185, Apr. 2016, Peer-reviewed
Tubulanus tamias sp nov (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) with Two Different Types of Epidermal Eyes, Hiroshi Kajihara; Keiichi Kakui; Hiroshi Yamasaki; Shimpei F. Hiruta, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 32(6):596 - 604, Dec. 2015, Peer-reviewed
Description of a species of Fabaeformiscandona (Ostracoda, Crustacea) from Kushiro Marsh, Hokkaido, Japan, with the nearly complete mitochondrial genomic sequence, Shimpei F. Hiruta; Shin-Ichi Hiruta, Biodiversity Data Journal, 3(1):e7074, Dec. 2015, Peer-reviewed
Trilobodrilus itoi sp nov., with a Re-Description of T. nipponicus (Annelida: Dinophilidae) and a MolecularPhylogeny of the Genus, Hiroshi Kajihara; Maho Ikoma; Hiroshi Yamasaki; Shimpei F. Hiruta, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 32(4):405 - 417, Aug. 2015, Peer-reviewed
Two Kinorhynch Species (Cyclorhagida, Echinoderidae, Echinoderes) Show Different Distribution Patterns Across Tsugaru Strait, Northern Japan, Hiroshi Yamasaki; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Hiroshi Kajihara; Matthew H. Dick, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 31(7):421 - 429, Jul. 2014, Peer-reviewed
Description of Mediomastus opertaculeus sp. nov. (Annelida: Capitellidae) from Hokkaido, northern Japan., Tomioka, S; Hiruta, S. F; Kajihara, H, Species Diversity, 18(1):105 - 110, May 2013, Peer-reviewed
Molecular phylogeny of kinorhynchs, Hiroshi Yamasaki; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Hiroshi Kajihara, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 67(2):303 - 310, May 2013, Peer-reviewed
Three species of Amphicorina (Annelida, Sabellida, Sabellidae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species, Taiki Yoshihara; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Toru Katoh; Hiroshi Kajihara, ZOOKEYS, (187):45 - 62, 2012, Peer-reviewed
Molecular systematics of Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) based on 18S sequence data, with an amendment of suborder/superfamily-level classification., Kakui K; Katoh T; Hiruta SF; Kobayashi N; Kajihara H, Zoological Science, 28(10):749 - 757, Oct. 2011, Peer-reviewed
Digital illustration techniques using graphics software. [in Japanese with English abstract], Hiruta SF; Kakui K, TAXA, Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 29:19 - 30, Aug. 2010, Peer-reviewed
A new, interstitial species of Terrestricythere (Crustacea: Ostracoda) and its microdistribution at Orito Beach, northeastern Sea of Japan, Shimpei F. Hiruta; Shin-Ichi Hiruta; Shunsuke F. Mawatari, Hydrobiologia, 585(1):43 - 56, Jul. 2007, Peer-reviewed