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One paper scheduled for publication in Volume 40, Issue 3, and two papers scheduled for publication in Issue 4 have been released early.

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Vol. 40, No. 3

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: TAXONOMY

Theama japonica sp. nov., an Interstitial Polyclad Flatworm Showing a Wide Distribution along Japanese Coasts
Aoi Tsuyuki, Yuki Oya, Naoto Jimi, Natsumi Hookabe, Shinta Fujimoto, Hiroshi Kajihara
Zoological Science 40 (3), (18 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220105
KEYWORDS: COX1, dispersion, Kuroshio current, marine invertebrates, mesopsammon, Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, systematics, Theamatidae

Vol. 40, No. 4

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: TAXONOMY

A New Species of Branchellion (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) Parasitizing the Gills of Short-Tail Stingrays (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) from the West Pacific
Naoto Jimi, Junpei Shinji, Natsumi Hookabe, Masanori Okanishi, Sau Pinn Woo, Takafumi Nakano
Zoological Science 40 (4), (18 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220057
KEYWORDS: Annelida, COI, COX1, Hirudinida, Oceanobdelliformes, taxonomy

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION

Populations of the Intertidal Crab Macrophthalmus banzai are Not Grouped by Latitude: Taiwan Population is Genetically Closer to the Populations in the Japanese Mainland Than the Ryukyu Islands
Genki Kobayashi, Hirokazu Abe, Masahiro Suzuki, Kenji Okoshi, Hsing-Juh Lin, Tung-Yun Chen, Waka Sato-Okoshi
Zoological Science 40 (4), (18 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.2108/zs220117
KEYWORDS: genetic diversity, intertidal zone, mitochondrial DNA, tidal flat, population genetics