First Record of Cirrhimuraena chinensis (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Ise Bay, Central Japan by Yusuke Hibino, Eugene Agyeman

“…Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856 is recorded from the western coast of Ise Bay, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, based on a single specimen of 240 mm+ (with a damaged tail tip) in length. …”

Xylaria iriomotensis sp. nov. from termite nests and notes on X. angulosa by Izumi Okane, Huei-Mei Hsieh, Yu-Ming Ju, Chun-Ru Lin, Chun-Yun Huang, I-Ching Kuan

“…Abstract Background Fungus gardens of the termite Odontotermes formosanus, excavated from Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, were subsequently incubated under laboratory conditions. …”
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Evolutionary Relationship between Two Firefly Species, Curtos costipennis and C. okinawanus (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan Revealed by the Mitochondrial a... by Masahiko Muraji, Norio Arakaki, Shigeo Tanizaki

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Spatiotemporal Exploration and Hazard Mapping of Tropical Cyclones along the Coastline of China by Shaobo Zhong, Chaolin Wang, Zhichen Yu, Yongsheng Yang, Quanyi Huang

“…According to the resultant maps, 12 coastal prefectures (Zhanjiang, Maoming, Fuzhou, Huizhou, Yangjiang, Qinzhou, Ningde, Quanzhou, Jiangmen, Nanning, Zhangzhou, and Hangzhou) have return periods of less than two years, and the two island provinces of Hainan and Taiwan are visited by TCs the most. …”
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