（Last updated : 2024-07-05 15:17:06）
  YUKA KUSHIDA
   Department   Department of Environment Systems, Faculty of Geo-Environmental Science
   Position   Assistant Professor
■ Present specialized field
Biodiversity and systematics, Evolutionary biology, Ecology and environment, Aquatic life science 
■ Book and thesis
1. Article Description of the fifth sea pen species that attaches to hard substrates by modifying its peduncle Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers  (Collaboration) 2023
2. Article First observation of Waminoa sp. on Dendronephthya aff. rigida   (Collaboration) 2023
3. Article Records and distribution of the coral-killing sponge Chalinula nematifera in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan Plankton and Benthos Research 17(3) (Collaboration) 2022
4. Article A sea pen field in shallow water in the Amakusa Islands, southern Japan Plankton & Benthos Research 15(3),pp.259-268 (Collaboration) 2020
5. Article Description of the sea pen Calibelemnon hinoenma sp. nov. from shallow waters in southern Japan Marine Biodiversity 50(6) (Collaboration) 2020
6. Article First observation of mole-like burrowing behavior observed in a sea pen Marine Biodiversity 50(3) (Collaboration) 2020
7. Article Two new species of the genus Chironephthya (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae, Siphonogorgiinae) from the Gulf of Thailand Zootaxa 4780(2),pp.324-340 (Collaboration) 2020
8. Article 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 Evolution 131,pp.233-244 (Collaboration) 2019
■ Book and thesis
1. Book Biogeographic Atlas of the Deep NW Pacific Fauna   (Collaboration) 2020
2. Book The Classification, Diversity and Ecology of Shallow Water Octocorals  pp.597-611 (Collaboration) 2019
3. Other Investigating biodiversity of coral reefs and related ecosystems in Palau PICRIC Technical Report 18-03,pp.1-62 (Collaboration) 2018
■ Academic conference presentation
1. 2024/02 The taxonomic position of Porcupinella from molecular and morphological aspects (AleutBio workshop)
■ Academic background
1. 2018/04～2021/03 〔Doctorial Course (2nd Semester)〕, Graduate School, Division of Science and Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Completed,
2. 2016/04～2018/03 〔Doctorial Course (1st Semester)〕, Graduate School, Division of Science and Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Completed,
3. 2012/04～2016/03 Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Graduated,