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43巻2号の掲載予定の8論文が早期公開されています。
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Vol. 43, No. 2
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION
Genetic Diversity in a Mite, Coleolaelaps longisetatus (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), Associated with Polyphylla Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Japan
Yuito Obae, Shigenori Karasawa
Zoological Science 43 (2), (18 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250038 Open Access
KEYWORDS: allopatric distribution, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, haplotype network, phoresis, parapatric distribution, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ECOLOGY
Efficiency of Scleractinian-Specific eDNA Metabarcoding Using Specimens from Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan
Haruhi Narisoko, Fumihiko Nagata, Kanako Hisata, Manabu Fujie, Yuki Yoshioka, Masanori Nonaka, Noriyuki Satoh, Koki Nishitsuji
Zoological Science 43 (2), (30 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs240100 Open Access
KEYWORDS: scleractinian corals, eDNA, metabarcoding analysis, Efficiency, Okinawa, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Temporal Changes in Infection by Myxobolus nagaraensis in Rhinogobius (Gobiidae) in the Nagara River Basin, Central Japan, from the 1960s to the 2020s
Yasunori Koya, Satone Matsuoka, Gen Ito
Zoological Science 43 (2), (30 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250060 Open Access
KEYWORDS: Myxosporea, parasite, tumor, freshwater fish, goby
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: TAXONOMY
A New Species of Branchiobdellidan Symbiotic on Freshwater Crabs from Southern Japan, with a Supplemental Re-Description of Cirrodrilus kawamurai
Daisuke Uyeno, Hiroaki Tosuji, Akifumi Ohtaka
Zoological Science 43 (2), (30 December 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250083 Open Access
KEYWORDS: branchiobdellidans, Cirrodrilus kawamurai, freshwater crab, Osumi Peninsula, endemic species, COI
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PHYSIOLOGY
Differential Expression of Na+/K+-ATPase α -Subunit Isoforms in Functionally Distinct Types of Ionocytes in the Gills of Mozambique Tilapia
Hiroshi Miyanishi, Shotaro Maeda, Ritsuko Ohtani-Kaneko, Toyoji Kaneko
Zoological Science 43 (2), (17 February 2026) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250088 Open Access
KEYWORDS: ionocytes, Na+/K+-ATPase, α-subunit, osmoregulation, Mozambique tilapia
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PHYLOGENY
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Scincella modesta Group (Squamata: Scincidae) in East Asia
Yuki Koizumi, Tsutomu Hikida
Zoological Science 43 (2), (17 February 2026) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250010 Open Access
KEYWORDS: ground skink, mtDNA, nDNA, divergence time, phylogeny
ORIGINAL ARTICLES: TAXONOMY
Freshwater Colonization by a Scaleless Scale Worm: Pisione mizuchi sp. nov. (Annelida: Sigalionidae), from Sado Island, Japan
Satoshi Shimooka, Yoshito Mitsuo, Keiko Kishimoto-Yamada, Akihito Omori, Natsumi Hookabe, Naoto Jimi
Zoological Science 43 (2), (24 February 2026) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250042 Open Access
KEYWORDS: taxonomy, phylogeny, annelid, copulatory organ, Sea of Japan, river
Levinaespira georgesnyderi gen. et sp. nov., a New Deep-Sea Snail (Gastropoda: Neomphalidae) from Eastern Pacific Methane Seeps
Charlotte A. Seid, Sonja Huc, Yasunori Kano, Anders Waren, Greg W. Rouse
Zoological Science 43 (2), (24 February 2026) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250078 Open Access
KEYWORDS: chemosynthetic ecosystem, COI, molecular phylogeny, Mollusca, Neomphalida, Neomphaliones, new species, taxonomy
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