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Vol. 42, No. 5

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Degeneration of Comb Plates during Larval Stages in a Sessile Platyctenid Ctenophore, Lyrocteis imperatoris (Ctenophora, Platyctenida)
Ryosuke Kimbara, Shinya Yamauchi, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Toru Miura
Zoological Science 42 (5), (3 September 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs240104
development, comb jelly, evolution, Histology, LIFESTYLE

Regulation of Reproduction and Swimming Ability in the Male Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris)
Kent Edmonds
Zoological Science 42 (5), (3 September 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs240114
KEYWORDS: swimming, photoperiod, reproduction, melatonin implant, castration, Harderian gland, spleen, rice rat

A New Freshwater Fish Species of the Genus Oreonectes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) From Guangxi, China
Zhuo-Ni Chen, Shi-Xiong Leng, Chun-Sheng Yang, Xian-Wu Tang, Bin Qiu, Tong-Xiang Zou
Zoological Science 42 (5), (11 September 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs240109
KEYWORDS: karst region, taxonomy, cryptic species, Nemacheilidae, Oreonectes

Automated Labeling of Scientific Names and Etymological Trend Analysis in Phytophagous Arthropods Using Large Language Model
Kota Nojiri, Keito Inoshita, Haruto Sugeno
Zoological Science 42 (5), (11 September 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250025
KEYWORDS: epithets, etymology, large language model (LLM), phytophagous arthropods, scientific name

Morphological and Molecular Characteristics of Longicollum alemniscus (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchida), with a Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Longicollum
Yuki Kita, Hakuyu Sekine, Wataru Nagata, Reina Doi, Tsukasa Waki, Hiroshi Kajihara
Zoological Science 42 (5), (11 September 2025) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250028
KEYWORDS: morphology, systematics, genetic distance, phylogeny, fish parasite

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