Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  tsuchida.karin.2dkyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• From Sep. 2023, To Present

  Herpetological Society of Japan
• From Oct. 2019, To Present

  Japanese Society of Parasitology

Academic Degree

• 21 Mar. 2020

  滋賀県立大学修士（環境科学）
• 21 Mar. 2023

  滋賀県立大学博士（環境科学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 滋賀県立大学, 環境科学部環境生態学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Aug. 2024, To Jul. 2025

  College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, Visiting assistant professor
• From Apr. 2024, To Present

  Osaka University of Economics and Law, Part-time lecturer
• From Apr. 2023, To Present

  Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Visiting researcher
• From Apr. 2023, To Mar. 2025

  Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Researcher

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0001-8344-3939

• J-Global ID

  202301020457962478

• Researcher number

  70986611

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/qtsuchida-parasitol

Research

Research Areas

• Life sciences, Parasitology, Helminth
• Life sciences, Biodiversity and systematics, Morphology
• Life sciences, Ecology and environmental science, Life history
• Humanities & social sciences, Cultural properties, Special Natural Monuments

Papers

• New records of non-native digeneans (Haematoloechus floedae and Glypthelmins quieta) in invasive American Bullfrogs, Aquarana catesbeiana (Shaw, 1802), in Japan

  Karin Tsuchida; Junya Nakaichi; Misako Urabe; Kazuyoshi Nakata

  Herpetology Notes, Dec. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• New record of the cercariae of liver fluke (Opisthorchis sp.) (Digenea: Opisthorchiidae) from Gabbia kiusiuensis (S. Hirase, 1927) (Caenogastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Shiga prefecture, Japan

  Shin Kubo; Shigefumi Kanao; Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe

  Veterinary Research Communications, Sep. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Proposal to synonymize Neoplagioporus Shimazu, 1990 with Urorchis Ozaki, 1927; taxonomic revision and the description of Urorchis takahaya n. sp.

  Shin Itsukushima; Moe Gosho; Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe

  Parasitology International, Jun. 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
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  Seasonal change and phylogenetic position of Kamegainema cingula (Nematoda: Dracunculidae) parasitic in Japanese giant salamanders

  Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe; Kanto Nishikawa

  International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Mar. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

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• Redescription and molecular phylogeny of Megalobatrachonema nipponicum Yamaguti, 1941 (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea: Kathlaniidae)

  Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe; Kanto Nishikawa

  Canadian Journal of Zoology, 01 Dec. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• The first report of Falcaustra catesbeianae (Nematoda), an alien species from North America, recovered from an American bullfrog in Okayama Prefecture

  Karin Tsuchida; Junya Nakaichi; Kazuyoshi Nakata

  爬虫両棲類学会報, Jul. 2024, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Addressing the taxonomic confusion of Mesocoelium Odhner, 1910 (Trematoda: Plagiorchioidea: Mesocoeliidae) in Japanese urodelan and anuran amphibians

  Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe; Kanto Nishikawa; Masaki Hoso; ShuPing Wu

  Systematic Parasitology, 09 Jan. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Two new kathlaniid species (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) parasitic in salamanders of the genus Andrias (Amphibia: Caudata: Cryptobranchidae)

  Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe; Kanto Nishikawa

  Parasitology International, 01 Feb. 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• First report of post-cyclic transmission in trematodes: Derogenes lacustris (Digenea: Hemiuroidea) in Patagonian freshwater fishes

  Karin Tsuchida; Carlos Rauque; Gustavo Viozzi; Verónica Flores; Misako Urabe

  Parasitology, 01 Feb. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• The first survey for helminths parasitic in hybrid and introduced giant salamanders, genus Andrias (Amphibia: Caudata: Cryptobranchidae) in Kyoto, Japan

  Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe; Kanto Nishikawa

  Current Herpetology, 25 Aug. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• A new species of hemiuroidean trematode from Hatcheria macraei (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) and Heleobia hatcheri (Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) in a Patagonian River

  Karin Tsuchida; Misako Urabe; Gustavo Viozzi; Carlos Rauque; Verónica Flores

  Parasitology Research, 24 Jun. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Hemiuroidean trematodes from freshwater Patagonian fishes: description of a new species, distribution and molecular phylogeny

  Karin Tsuchida; Verónica Flores; Gustavo Viozzi; Carlos Rauque; Misako Urabe

  Parasitology Research, 01 Feb. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  

External funds: others

• 他人の空似はなぜ起こるのか？寄生性線虫が抱えるパラドックス

  The Zoological Society of Japan, 茗原眞路子研究奨励助成金

  From 2025, To 2025

  代表
• Nematode of the genus Angiostoma parasitic in Onychodactylus salamanders

  The Kyoto University Foundation, 国際研究集会発表助成

  From 2025, To 2025

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar in Environmental Management B

  3008, Spring, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, 1

Part-time lecturer

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  大阪経済法科大学

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  地球環境学堂　教務委員会［野外実習担当］　委員