Mikihito Arai

Mikihito Arai, Japanese echinodermologist and marine biologist

• Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
• National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan

Taxon names authored

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• 3 taxon names authored by Mikihito Arai

Publications

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2021

• Arai, M., Fujita, T. 2021. Sea stars of families Ophidiasteridae and Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from the mesophotic zone of the Ogasawara Islands, including two new species. Species Diversity. 26(1): 7-21. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.26.7 Reference page. 

2025

• Kobayashi, I., Yamamoto, M., Arai, M., Woo, S.P., Fujita, T. 2025. Description of a New Species of Aquilonastra (Asteroidea: Valvatida: Asterinidae) from Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Species Diversity 30(1): 11–16. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.30.11 . Reference page.