Updated on 2025/07/22

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KUSHIDA Yuka
 
Organization
Research Field in Science, Science and Engineering Area Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Science) Department of Science Biorogy Program Assistant Professor
Title
Assistant Professor

Degree

  • 博士（理学） ( 2021.3   琉球大学 )

 

Papers

  • Catherine S McFadden, Katie L Erickson, Audra Lane, Bibiana Nassongole, Steven Aguilar, Sabra K Dunakey, Kathleen M Durkin, Jue AA Lalas, Yuka Kushida, Laura Macrina, Natalie P Minor, Mildred Morales-Paredes, Josephine Nelson, Asha Peddada, Sophie Poole, Rafael Porto, Risa Purow-Ruderman, Karen E Snyder, Theo Wismar, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Maria Vanessa Baria-Rodriguez, Francesca Benzoni, Danwei Huang, James D Reimer, Gustav Paulay, Andrea M Quattrini, Merrick Ekins, Yehuda Benayahu .  Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific .  Scientific Reports15 ( 1 ) 15461   2025.5Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-PacificReviewed International coauthorship

  • Pablo J. López González, Yuka Kushida .  Hidden in the crowd: re-evaluation of the generic status of the Antarctic sea pen Kophobelemnon molanderi (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatuloidea), a molecular and morphological approach .  Scientia Marina   2024.9Hidden in the crowd: re-evaluation of the generic status of the Antarctic sea pen Kophobelemnon molanderi (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatuloidea), a molecular and morphological approachReviewed International coauthorship

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  • 木村妙子, 木村昭一, 自見直人, 喜瀬浩輝, 波々伯部夏美, 藤本心太, 中島広喜, 松尾拓己, 山崎博史, 小林格, 小川晟人, 櫛田優花, 前川陽一, 中村亨, 奥村順哉, 髙野雅貴 .  伊勢湾南部潮下帯の底生動物相 .  三重大学フィールド研究・技術年報21   1 - 31   2024伊勢湾南部潮下帯の底生動物相

  • 木村妙子, 木村昭一, 藤本心太, 櫛田優花, 露木葵唯, 波々伯部夏美, 下岡敏士, 自見直人, 白木祥貴, 中島広喜, 小川晟人, 鄧宗靖, 幸塚久典, 喜瀬浩輝, 角井敬知, 松下拓輝, Gregorius Altius PRATAMA, 小林格, 胡品燚, 前川陽一, 中村亨, 奥村順哉, 髙野雅貴 .  熊野灘の深海底生動物相～2023年勢水丸研究航海から .  三重大学大学院生物資源学研究科紀要50   9 - 59   2024熊野灘の深海底生動物相～2023年勢水丸研究航海からReviewed

  • Yuka Kushida, Hiroki Kise, Akira Iguchi, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Shinji Tsuchida .  Description of the fifth sea pen species that attaches to hard substrates by modifying its peduncle .  Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers   2023.11Description of the fifth sea pen species that attaches to hard substrates by modifying its peduncleReviewed

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  • Yuka Kushida, Shiori Kunihiro, James Davis Reimer .  First observation of Waminoa sp. on Dendronephthya aff. rigida .  Plankton and Benthos Research18 ( 1 )   2023.2First observation of Waminoa sp. on Dendronephthya aff. rigidaReviewed

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  • Yuka Kushida, Yukimitsu Imahara, Hin Boo Wee, Iria Fernandez-Silva, Jane Fromont, Oliver Gomez, Nerida Wilson, Taeko Kimura, Shinji Tsuchida, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Takuo Higashiji, Hiroaki Nakano, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Akira Iguchi, James Davis Reimer .  Exploring the trends of adaptation and evolution of sclerites with regards to habitat depth in sea pens .  PeerJ10   e13929 - e13929   2022.9Reviewed International coauthorship

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    Octocorals possess sclerites, small elements comprised of calcium carbonate (CaCO<sub>3</sub>) that are important diagnostic characters in octocoral taxonomy. Among octocorals, sea pens comprise a unique order (Pennatulacea) that live in a wide range of depths. Habitat depth is considered to be important in the diversification of octocoral species, but a lack of information on sea pens has limited studies on their adaptation and evolution across depth. Here, we aimed to reveal trends of adaptation and evolution of sclerite shapes in sea pens with regards to habitat depth via phylogenetic analyses and ancestral reconstruction analyses. Colony form of sea pens is suggested to have undergone convergent evolution and the loss of axis has occurred independently across the evolution of sea pens. Divergences of sea pen taxa and of sclerite forms are suggested to depend on habitat depths. In addition, their sclerite forms may be related to evolutionary history of the sclerite and the surrounding chemical environment as well as water temperature. Three-flanged sclerites may possess the tolerance towards the environment of the deep sea, while plate sclerites are suggested to be adapted towards shallower waters, and have evolved independently multiple times. The common ancestor form of sea pens was predicted to be deep-sea and similar to family Pseudumbellulidae in form, possessing sclerites intermediate in form to those of alcyonaceans and modern sea pens such as spindles, rods with spines, and three-flanged sclerites with serrated edges sclerites, as well as having an axis and bilateral traits.

    DOI： 10.7717/peerj.13929

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  • Reimer James Davis, Fourreau Chloé Julie Loïs, Fujii Takuma, Ise Yuji, Kushida Yuka, Mizukami Iori, Nakano Megumi .  Records and distribution of the coral-killing sponge <i>Chalinula nematifera</i> in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan .  Plankton and Benthos Research17 ( 3 ) 249 - 254   2022.8Reviewed

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    <p>We report the presence of the coral-killing sponge species <i>Chalinula nematifera</i> (de Laubenfels, 1954) in southern Japan via photographic records and specimens. The species appears to be a substrate generalist on scleractinians and occasionally octocorals, and is found across a wide variety of depths (0 to 24 m), as has been recently reported for this species from Indonesia. From our information, the species is found in southern Japan across the southern and central Ryukyu Islands, with a northern limit of Amami-Oshima Island, although future work will likely expand the range. As our records stretch back more than 20 years, we do not believe <i>Chalinula nematifera</i> is a recent arrival to the region. Due to the potential for this species to harm coral reefs, we suggest field surveys are needed to establish a baseline distribution and abundance database to aid in future monitoring.</p>

    DOI： 10.3800/pbr.17.249

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  • Daisuke Uyeno Yuka, Kushida Hironori Komatsu .  New record of the reef lobster Enoplometopus voigtmanni Türkay, 1989 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Enoplometopidae) based on the exuvia from off Yokoate Island, the Tokara Islands, southern Japan. .  Nature of Kagoshima48   15 - 17   2021New record of the reef lobster Enoplometopus voigtmanni Türkay, 1989 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Enoplometopidae) based on the exuvia from off Yokoate Island, the Tokara Islands, southern Japan.

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  • Yuka Kushida, James Davis Reimer .  Description of the sea pen Calibelemnon hinoenma sp. nov. from shallow waters in southern Japan .  MARINE BIODIVERSITY50 ( 6 )   2020.12Description of the sea pen Calibelemnon hinoenma sp. nov. from shallow waters in southern Japan Reviewed

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  • Yuka Kushida, Hiroki Kise, Catherine S. McFadden, James Davis Reimer .  A sea pen field in shallow water in the Amakusa Islands, southern Japan .  PLANKTON & BENTHOS RESEARCH15 ( 3 ) 259 - 268   2020.7A sea pen field in shallow water in the Amakusa Islands, southern JapanReviewed International coauthorship

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  • Yukimitsu Imahara, Suchana Chavanich, Voranop Viyakarn, Yuka Kushida, James D. Reimer, Toshihiko Fujita .  Two new species of the genus Chironephthya (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae, Siphonogorgiinae) from the Gulf of Thailand .  ZOOTAXA4780 ( 2 ) 324 - 340   2020.5Two new species of the genus Chironephthya (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae, Siphonogorgiinae) from the Gulf of Thailand Reviewed International coauthorship

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  • Yuka Kushida, Takuo Higashiji, James Davis Reimer .  First observation of mole-like burrowing behavior observed in a sea pen .  MARINE BIODIVERSITY50 ( 3 )   2020.4First observation of mole-like burrowing behavior observed in a sea pen Reviewed

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  • Yuka Kushida, James Davis Reimer .  Molecular phylogeny and diversity of sea pens (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea) with a focus on shallow water species of the northwestern Pacific Ocean .  MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION131   233 - 244   2019.2Molecular phylogeny and diversity of sea pens (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea) with a focus on shallow water species of the northwestern Pacific OceanReviewed

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  • 木村妙子, 木村昭一, 角井敬知, 波々伯部夏美, 倉持利明, 藤田敏彦, 小川晟人, 小林格, 自見直人, 岡西政典, 山口悠, 広瀬雅人, 吉川晟弘, 福地順, 下村通誉, 柏尾翔, 上野大輔, 藤原恭司, 成瀬貫, 櫛田優花, 喜瀬浩輝, 前川陽一, 中村亨, 奥村順哉, 田中香月 .  紀伊水道南方海域および熊野灘の深海底生動物相(第2報) .    ( 17 )   2019紀伊水道南方海域および熊野灘の深海底生動物相(第2報)

  • 木村妙子, 木村昭一, 自見直人, 角井敬知, 冨岡森理, 大矢佑基, 松本裕, 田邊優航, 長谷川尚弘, 波々伯部夏美, 本間理子, 細田悠史, 藤本心太, 倉持利明, 藤田敏彦, 小川晟人, 小林格, 石田吉明, 田中颯, 大西はるか, 締次美穂, 吉川晟弘, 田中正敦, 櫛田優花, 前川陽一, 中村亨, 奥村順哉, 田中香月 .  三重県熊野灘の深海底生生物相 .  三重大学フィールド研究・技術年報 ( 16 )   2018三重県熊野灘の深海底生生物相

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Books

  • 魅惑の島々、奄美群島―自然編―

    櫛田優花

    北斗書房  2021.10 

  • Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes International journal

    Yee Wah Lau, Angelo Poliseno, Yuka Kushida, Gaëlle Quéré, James Davis Reimer（The Classification, Diversity and Ecology of Shallow Water Octocorals ）

    Elsevier  2020 

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  • Biogeographic Atlas of the Deep NW Pacific Fauna

    James Davis Reimer, Kensuke Yanagi, Hiroki Kise, Angelo Poliseno, Yuka Kushida, Hanieh Saeedi, Dhugal Lindsay（CNIDARIA AND CTENOPHORA: REVIEW OF DEEP-SEA CNIDARIA AND CTENOPHORA FAUNA IN THE NW PACIFIC OCEAN）

    pensoft publishers  2020 

MISC

  • 令和2～3年度文部科学省特別経費(プロジェクト)世界自然遺産候補地・奄美群島におけるグローカル教育研究拠点形成活動報告書

    南太平洋海域調査研究報告   63   2022.2

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  • フィールドこぼれ話「海中の宝探し」

    櫛田優花

    島嶼研だより   ( 82 )   2021.10

  • 南西諸島の海洋生物多様性－ウミエラ類研究を例として－

    櫛田優花

    島嶼研分室だより   ( 13 )   2021.9

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  • 男女群島における海洋生物の多様性に関する基礎調査

    新垣誠司・Ni Ni Win・渡慶次睦範・大澤祐美子 堀田拓・濱崎智美・金子楓・光永直史・竹垣毅 深見裕伸・奥裕太郎・James Davis Reimer・喜瀬浩輝・櫛田優花・Catherine S. McFadden ・宮野鉄平

    自然保護助成基金成果報告書 25 周年特別記念号   2019.4

  • Investigating biodiversity of coral reefs and related ecosystems in Palau

    JD Reimer, D Uyeno, H Kise, P Biondi, G Masucci, Z Kintaro, Z Adelbai, K Ordiil Idechong Isalias, N Masang Jr, W Kitalong, LM Bukurou, MR Kerengil anged Olkeriil, D Albinksy, J Montenegro, SY Yang, YW Lau, HB Wee, S Kunihiro, I Kawamura, GY Soong, Y Kushida, E Kawai, T Kubomura, C Timmons, J Gordon, V Nestor

    PICRIC Technical Report   18 ( 03 )   1 - 62   2018.3

  • 海のペン,海のサボテン,海の楊枝?砂泥底に住むウミエラ類

    櫛田優花

    うみうし通信   ( 101 )   2018

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