Decades after it was first found in Japan, a species of crustacean with unique black-and-white coloring that resembles a ...

THE restriction of increase of size to the immediate post-ecdysal period is a feature of growth peculiar to Arthropods. The rapidity of the increment suggests that it is due merely to inflation of ...

Meet Melita panda, a newly discovered black-and-white crustacean with panda-like coloring, revealing Japan's coastal biodiversity.

The Melita panda, a newly classified amphipod species found in Japan, illustrates the critical role of taxonomy in ...

As a first step toward species conservation, we conducted a taxonomic study of amphipod Crustacea, which boasts high species diversity around Japan," said Ko Tomikawa, a professor at Hiroshima ...