Rich Biota in the Forests of Yanbaru, Northern Montane Part of Okinawa Island, Japan, and Imminent Extinction Crisis of the Endangered Species

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Description of the site Mud flats, gravel, cobble stones, oyster beds, and salt marshes.Plants included the common reed Phragmites australis, semimangrove Hibiscus hamabo,

The third -stage larvae of Gnathostoma doloresi Tubangui, 1925 were recovered from Cynops pyr- rhogaster ensicaudata, Natrix pryeri pryeri and Trimeresurus okinavensis collected

A new species of the genus Paraleptosphaeroma (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from the

Sphaeromatidae) from Shiretoko, Hokkaido,

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The new species is closely related to Cicurina maculifera Yaginuma, 1979 known from Katano-do Cave, Shibushi-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu, but differs from the latter

First maxilliped (Fig. 3E): coxal endite rounded, with dense, weakly plumose setae; basial endite subtriangular, densely fringed with moderately long, plumose setae along mesial