Akira Asakura

Akira Asakura

• Japanese Carcinologist
• Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, 459 Shirahama, Nishimuro, Wakayama, 649-2211. Japan

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 11 taxon names authored by Akira Asakura

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1999

• Asakura, A. 1999. Icelopagurus Tuberculosus, A Distinct New Hermit Crab Species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(2): 381-395. full article (BHL). Reference page. 

2001

• Asakura, A. 2001. A revision of the hermit crabs of the genera Catapagurus A. Milne-Edwards and Hemipagurus Smith from the Indo-West Pacific (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura : Paguridae. Invertebrate Systematics 15(6): 823-891. full article (PDF)). Reference page. 

2002

• Asakura, A. & McLaughlin, P.A. 2002. A new species of Pseudopaguristes McLaughlin, 2002 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Japan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(2): 453-463. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2015

• Sultana, Z. & Asakura, A. 2015: The complete larval development of Pagurus lanuginosus De Haan, 1849 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) reared in the laboratory, with emphasis on the post-larval stage. Zootaxa 3915(2): 206–232. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.2.2. Reference page. 
• Sultana, Z. & Asakura, A. 2015: The complete larval development of Pagurus maculosus Komai & Imafuku, 1996 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) reared in the laboratory, and a comparison with sympatric species. Zootaxa 3947(3): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2023

• Murniati, D.C., Asakura, A. & Davie, P.J.F. 2023. Two new species of Tmethypocoelis Koelbel, 1897 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Dotillidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zookeys 1156ː 159–190. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1156.98930 Reference page.