Publications

kudoa iwatai and two novel kudoa spp., k. trachuri n. sp. and k. thunni n. sp. (myxosporea: multivalvulida), from daily consumed marine fish in western japan.	infection of marine fish by certain myxosporean species of the genus kudoa results in unsightly cyst formation in the trunk muscle or post-mortem myoliquefaction, causing a great economic loss to aquaculture industries, capture fisheries, and fish dealers. in addition, consumers encountering unsightly kudoa cysts in fish fillets believe them to be unknown foreign materials acquired during processing. to identify prevalent kudoa spp. encountered in daily life by the japanese population, fresh fis ...	2010	21053015
three novel myxobolid species of genera henneguya and myxobolus (myxosporea: bivalvulida) from marine fish in japan.	myxosporean genera henneguya and myxobolus (bivalvulida: myxobolidae) are closely related in morphology and molecular phylogeny, speciose with approximately 1,000 nominal species. the majority of them are recorded from freshwater fish worldwide, and few are known from marine fish. in this study, three myxobolid spp. are described from marine fish around japan. two novel henneguya spp., henneguya ogawai sp. n. and henneguya yokoyamai sp. n., are described from two black sea breams (acanthopagrus ...	2012	22476601