Masayuki Osawa

Masayuki Osawa (Osawa), carcinologist, Japan

Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Osawa, M. & Takeda, M. 2004. Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from submarine caves in the Ryukyu Islands, south-western Japan. Journal of natural history, 38(9): 1097–1132. DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000079589 Reference page.

Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2005. A new species of Trichopagurus de Saint Laurent (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu and Yap Islands, and redescription of T. trichophthalmus (Forest). Zootaxa 801: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2006. A review of the Pagurixus boninensis species group, with descriptions of six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae). Zootaxa 1214: 1–107. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2007. A new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurixus Melin (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Indo-West Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 97–105. PDF. Reference page.

Osawa, M. & Fujita, Y. 2008. Two new species of Turleania McLaughlin, 1997 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, and a redescription of T. balli (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996). Zootaxa 1753: 49–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2009. A new hermit crab species of the genus Catapagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Zootaxa 2211: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt reference page

Yoshida, R., Osawa, M., Hirose, M. & Hirose, E. 2011. A new genus and two new species of Peltogastridae (Crustaceaː Cirripediaː Rhizocephala) parasitizing hermit crabs from Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan) and their DNA-barcodes. Zoological Science 28(11)ː 853–862. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.853 Reference page.

Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2012. A new genus and new species of pagurid hermit crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from a submarine cave in Kume Island, Ryukyu Islands. Zootaxa 3367: 145–154. Preview Reference page.
Osawa, M. 2012. Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 3367: 134–144. Preview Reference page.
Osawa, M. 2012. A new species of the genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. Zootaxa 3367: 155–164. Preview Reference page.
Rahayu, D.L. & Osawa, M. 2012. Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan. Zootaxa 3367: 176–190. Preview Reference page.

Osawa, M. & Safaie, M. 2014. Two squat lobster species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Persian Gulf, with description of a new species of Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000. Zootaxa 3861(3): 265–274. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.3.4 Reference page.

Osawa, M. 2015. A new strikingly-colored species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 4039(4): 591–598. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Osawa, M. & Ng, P.K.L. 2016. Revision of Polyonyx pedalis Nobili, 1906 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae), with descriptions of three new species. Suppl. 34: 499-518. PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
Trivedi, J.N., Osawa, M. & Vachhrajani, K.D. 2016. A new species of the genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from Gujarat, northwestern India. Zootaxa 4208(2): 189–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.2.6. Reference page.

Trivedi, J.N., Osawa, M. & Vachhrajani, K.D. 2017. A new species of the genus Ancylocheles Haig, 1978 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Gujarat, northwestern India. Zootaxa 4299(3): 384–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.4. Reference page.

Osawa, M. 2018. A new species of the Polyonyx sinensis group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from the Central Philippines. Zootaxa 4486(3): 393–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.10 Reference page.
Osawa, M., Naruse, T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2018. New records of species of the Polyonyx sinensis group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4429(2): 303–323. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.2.6 Reference page.
Osawa, M. & Ng, P.K.L. 2018. A new species of the genus Raphidopus Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with additional records of R. johnsoni Ng & Nakasone, 1994 from Southeast Asia, and a key to species in the genus. Zootaxa 4433(1): 111–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.1.6 Reference page.

Osawa, M. & Higashiji, T. 2019. Two large squat lobsters of the superfamily Chirostyloidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, with description of a new species of the genus Eumunida Smith, 1883. Zootaxa 4555(3): 319–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.2 Reference page.
Osawa, M. & Fujita, Y. 2019. Submarine cave hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from three islands of the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. Zootaxa 4560(3): 463–682. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.3 Reference page.