Plankton and Benthos Research, 02 Mar. 2026, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author
First report of a genus Gymnapogon utilizing subterranean chambers in the upper intertidal zone of an estuary for shelter and reproduction in Shizugawa Bay, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
PLANKTON & BENTHOS RESEARCH, May 2025, Peer-reviewed
The first record of Betaeus levifrons (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from the Pacific Coast of Japan, with remarks on symbiosis with Upogebia major
Yumi Henmi; Gyo Itani
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 15 Jul. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author
A new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Athanas Leach, 1814 (Decapoda: Caridea) from Japan, and additional record of Athanas exilis Komai & Henmi, 2023, clarifying male characteristics
Tomoyuki Koma; Yumi Henmi
Zootaxa, 03 Feb. 2025, Peer-reviewed
First Record of Eutaeniichthys cf. gilli Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Actinopterygii: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Vietnam
Thanh Trung Tran; Linh Manh Ha; Yumi Henmi; Son Cong Nguyen; Nam Thanh Nguyen
Thalassas, 2024, Peer-reviewed
Synonymy of the Scale Worm Hesperonoe urechis with Arctonoella sinagawaensis (Annelida: Polynoidae), Newly Recorded from the Seto Inland Sea, Western Japan, with Remarks on Symbiosis with the Spoon Worm Urechis unicinctus (Annelida: Thalassematidae)
Observations of Agonistic Behavior between Two Male Gobies Acentrogobius virgatulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901), in Maizuru Bay, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Hunter Harter Godfrey; Yumi Henmi
Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2023, Peer-reviewed, Last author
A new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Athanas Leach, 1814 (Decapoda: Caridea) from the Sea of Japan
TOMOYUKI KOMAI; YUMI HENMI
Zootaxa, 02 May 2023, Peer-reviewed
Southernmost record of Rhachotropis aculeata (Lepechin, 1780) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) in the Pacific Ocean with notes on the geographical genetic divergence.
Masafumi Kodama; Yumi Henmi
Marine Biodiversity, 2023, Peer-reviewed
A new species of the ghost shrimp genus Callianassa Leach, 1814 (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) from Wakasa Bay, western Japan: the first representative of the genus from the Pacific region.
Giant spoon worms pumped out of their deep burrows: Field collection of the main bodies of Ikeda taenioides (Annelida: Thalassematidae: Bonelliinae) in 88 years
Plankton and Benthos Research, Aug. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Ontogenetic changes in cheliped and uropod morphology of the symbiotic shrimp Stenalpheops anacanthus Miya, 1997 (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae): implications for the taxonomy of the genus
Kristian Q. Aldea; Yumi Henmi; Gyo Itani
Journal of Crustacean Biology, Jun. 2021, Peer-reviewed
Burrow morphology of an alpheid shrimp at muddy tidal flats in western Japan
Sota Kirihara; Gyo Itani; Jun-ichi Nunobe; Akihito Nomoto; Kristian; Q. Aldea; Runa Murakami; Hiroshi Sakata; Yumi Henmi
Kuroshio Science, Mar. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Last author
Factors structuring estuarine and coastal fish communities across Japan using environmental DNA metabarcoding
Species-specific patterns of the use of burrows of Upogebia Leach, 1814 (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Upogebiidae) by the symbiotic alpheid shrimps Stenalpheops anacanthus Miya, 1997 and Athanas japonicus Kubo, 1936 (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) as revealed by laboratory quantification
Yumi Henmi; Gyo Itani
Journal of Crustacean Biology, 12 Dec. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author
Behavioral observation of a facultatively symbiotic goby at a shrimp burrow entrance
Sota Kirihara; Yumi Henmi; Gyo Itani
Mer, Dec. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Occasional utilization of crustacean burrows by the estuarine goby Mugilogobius abei
Yumi Henmi; Yuya Okada; Gyo Itani
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Jul. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author
Mesocosm experiments revealed a possible negative effect exerted by the facultatively symbiotic goby on the host alpheid shrimp burrow
Yumi Henmi; Chiho Fujiwara; Gyo Itani
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Jun. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Records of the giant spoon worm Ikeda taenioides (Annelida: Echiura: Ikedidae) from the Kii Peninsula, the Sea of Japan, and Amami-Oshima Island
Japanese Journal of Benthology, 2020, Peer-reviewed
Two new records of Bopyridae (Crustacea: Isopoda) infesting brachyuran crabs from Japan
Corral, M. J; Henmi, Y; Itani, G
Kuroshio Science, Nov. 2019, Peer-reviewed
A new genus for “Neocallichirus” grandis Karasawa & Goda, 1996, a ghost shrimp species (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) heretofore known only by fossil materials
Parasitic effects of the bopyrid Megacepon goetici (Crustacea: Isopoda) on the varunid crab Gaetice depressus
Jonel M. Corral; Yumi Henmi; Yuto Shiozaki; Gyo Itani
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2019, Peer-reviewed
Distribution and habitat of the Japan-endemic crab, Pseudopinnixa carinata(Crustacea: Decapoda: Varunidae), including its new records from Yamaguchi and Kochi Prefecture
奄美大島から得られた日本初記録のハオコゼ科魚類Richardsonichthys leucogasterウマノホシハオコゼ(新称)—First reliable Japanese record of Richardsonichthys leucogaster (Tetrarogidae) from Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
松沼 瑞樹; 山守 瑠奈; 邉見 由美
魚類学雑誌 = Japanese journal of ichthyology, 05 Nov. 2024
Notes on small specimens of Venituslatreillei collected from Maizuru Bay, Kyoto Prefecture and Saigo Bay, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Henmi Yumi; Maenosono Tadafumi
CANCER, 01 Aug. 2025, Lead author, Corresponding author
アカホシコブシUrnalana parahaematosticaの京都府と島根県からの初記録及び石川県からの追加記録—First records of Urnalana parahaematostica Galil, 2005 from Kyoto and Shimane prefectures and an additional record from Ishikawa prefecture
Interdisciplinary Studies for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Region along the Kuroshio
Yumi Henmi; Yuto Shiozaki; Sota Kirihara; Gyo Itani, Contributor, Chapter 7: Tidal Flats as Habitat for Endangered Benthic Animals: Importance of Animal Burrows for Symbiotic Species
Mar. 2022
Awards
20 Sep. 2020
日本ベントス学会, 日本ベントス学会奨励賞
External funds: Kakenhi
Toward the conservation of underground symbioses in tidal flats: developing eDNA-based methods to estimate the diversity and distribution of burrow symbionts
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
Medium-sized Section 64:Environmental conservation measure and related fields
Studies on the evolution of cooperation, cognition, and brain function in shrimp-goby relationships as a model system for cognitive evolutionary ecology
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Basic Section 45040:Ecology and environment-related
Unraveling the ecology, evolution and mechanisms of symbiotic and parasitic relationships in marine animals from the perspective of cognitive evolutionary ecology
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Basic Section 45040:Ecology and environment-related
Unraveling the ecology, evolution and mechanisms of symbiotic and parasitic relationships in marine animals from the perspective of cognitive evolutionary ecology
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Basic Section 45040:Ecology and environment-related
Osaka Metropolitan University
Satoshi Awata
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025, Project Closed