Species Diversity of Animals in Japan

Chapter 1 “Land Emergence” and “Elevation Shift” Affect Diversification: A New Perspective Toward Understanding the High Species Diversity of Terrestrial Animals in Japan

Chapter 2 An Overview of Recent Marine Biodiversity Research in Japan

Chapter 3 A Review of the Processes of Mammalian Faunal Assembly in Japan: Insights from Molecular Phylogenetics

Chapter 4 Biogeographic Pattern of Japanese Birds: A Cluster Analysis of Faunal Similarity and a Review of Phylogenetic Evidence

Chapter 5 Historical Biogeography of the Terrestrial Reptiles of Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Geographic Ranges and Molecular Phylogenies

Chapter 6 Species Diversity of Japanese Amphibians: Recent Progress and Future Prospects of Systematic Studies

Chapter 7 Japanese Freshwater Fishes: Biogeography and Cryptic Diversity

Chapter 8 The Species and Genetic Diversities of Insects in Japan, with Special Reference to the Aquatic Insects

Chapter 9 Species Diversity and Phylogeny of Freshwater and Terrestrial Gammaridean Amphipods (Crustacea) in Japan

Chapter 10 Tardigrade Research in Japan

Chapter 11 Current Status of Entomophilic Nematode Survey in Japan

Chapter 12 Diversity of Leeches from Japan: Recent Progress in Macrophagous and Blood-Feeding Taxa

Chapter 13 Taxonomic Review of Japanese Sponges (Porifera)

Chapter 14 Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) Diversity Research in Japan: Current State and Future Trends

Chapter 15 Diversity and Morphological Adaptation of Dicyemids in Japan

Chapter 16 Species Diversity of Japanese Ribbon Worms (Nemertea)

Chapter 17 Review of the Studies of Japanese Entoprocts (Entoprocta)

Chapter 18 Some Comments on the Taxonomy of the Peanut Worms (Annelida: Sipuncula) in Japanese Waters Toward a Future Revision

Chapter 19 Nereididae (Annelida) in Japan, with Special Reference to Life-History Differentiation Among Estuarine Species

Chapter 20 The Echiura of Japan: Diversity, Classification, Phylogeny, and Their Associated Fauna

Chapter 21 Diversity of Kinorhyncha in Japan and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Phylum

Chapter 22 Copepod Biodiversity in Japan: Recent Advances in Japanese Copepodology

Chapter 23 Review of the Taxonomy, Diversity, Ecology, and Other Biological Aspects of Order Tanaidacea from Japan and Surrounding Waters

Chapter 24 Diversity of Freshwater and Marine Bryozoans in Japan

Chapter 25 Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata): Systematics and Japanese Fauna

Chapter 26 Taxonomy of Ascidians (Urochordata: Ascidiacea) in Japan: Past, Present, and Future

Chapter 27 A Taxonomic Review of Lancelets (Cephalochordata) in Japanese Waters