MISE Publication List

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Numbers (as of 2015.5)

CURRENT Number of Papers;  113

conference presentations: 146

INVITED presentations: 25

REGIONS WHERE RESEARCH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Saipan, New Caledonia, Australia, Thailand, France, Madagascar, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, Taiwan, Hawai’i, Palau, Red Sea (Saudi Arabia), Maldives.

 
 

  1. 1.James Davis Reimer, Peter A. Todd. 2009. Preliminary molecular examination of zooxanthellate zoanthid (Hexacorallia, Zoantharia) and associated zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium spp.) diversity in Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supp 22: 103-120. Reimer&Todd2009.pdf

  2. 2.James Davis Reimer, Frederic Sinniger, Senzo Uchida, Masanori Nonaka. 2009. Non-invasive internal morphological examination of epizoic zoanthids utilizing CT scanners. Coral Reefs 28: 621. Reimeretal2009CR.pdf

  3. 3.James Davis Reimer, Cleveland Hickman. 2009. Preliminary survey of zooxanthellate zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) of the Galápagos and associated symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) Galápagos Research 66: 14-19.Reimer & Hickman 2009.pdf

 

Peer-reviewed papers

2015

  1. 1.James Davis Reimer, Iori Kawamura, Michael Lee Berumen. 2015. First record of Nanozoanthidae from the Red Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records 8: e19. Reimeretal2015MBR.pdf

  2. 2.Igor C. S. Cruz, Miguel Loiola, Tiago Albuquerque, Rodrigo Reis, José de Anchieta C. C. Nunes, James D. Reimer, Masaru Mizuyama, Ruy K. P. Kikuchi & Joel C. Creed. 2015. Effect of phase shift from corals to zoanthid on reef fish assemblages. PLoS One 10: e0116944. Cruzetal2015.pdf

  3. 3.Yuka Irei, Frederic Sinniger, James Davis Reimer. 2015. Descriptions of two azooxanthellate Palythoa (Order Zoantharia: Subclass Hexacorallia) species from the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. ZooKeys 478: 1-26. Ireietal2015.pdf

  4. 4.James Davis Reimer, Sung-yin Yang, Kristine N. White, Ryuji Asami, Kazuhiko Fujita, Chuki Hongo, Shingo Ito, Iori Kawamura, Bun Maeda, Masaru Mizuyama, Masami Obuchi, Takashi Sakamaki, Katsunori Tachihara, Maiko Tamura, Akira Tanahara, Aika Yamaguchi, Holger Jenke-Kodama. 2015. Effects of causeway construction on environment and biota of subtropical tidal flats in Okinawa, Japan. Marine Pollution Bulletin (in press). Reimeretal2015Kaichu.pdf

  5. 5.Javier Montenegro, Frederic Sinniger, James Davis Reimer. 2015. Unexpected diversity and new species in the sponge-Parazoanthidae association in southern Japan. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (in press). Montenegroetal2015.pdf

  6. 6.Yu Miyazaki, James Davis Reimer. 2015. A new genus and species of octocoral with aragonite calcium-carbonate skeleton (Octocorallia, Helioporacea) from Okinawa, Japan. ZooKeys (in press).

  7. 7.Javid Kavousi, James Davis Reimer, Yasuaki Tanaka, Takashi Nakamura. Colony-specific investigations reveal highly variable responses among individual corals to ocean acidification and warming. Marine Environmental Research (in press).

2014

  1. 8.Sung-yin Yang, James Davis Reimer, Martyn Low. 2014. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur and its Fortsetzungen by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper: overlooked sources for its dates of publication and location of type material. Sherbornia 1(2): 5-7. Yangetal2014.pdf

  2. 9.Simone Montano, Wenhua Chou, Paolo Galli, Chaolun Allen Chen, James Davis Reimer. 2014. First record of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in the Maldives and Indian Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science (in press). Montanoetal2014.pdf

  3. 10.James Davis Reimer, Angelo Poliseno, Bert W. Hoeksema. 2014. Shallow-water zoantharians (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Central Indo-Pacific. ZooKeys 444: 1-57. Reimeretal2014ZooKeys.pdf

  4. 11.Javier A. Montenegro, Alberto Acosta, James D. Reimer. 2014. HaviStat© v2.2: Application to estimate preference for habitat and resources. Universitas Scientiarum 19: 333-337. Montenegroetal2014.pdf

  5. 12.Luiz A Rocha et al. (including J.D. Reimer). 2014. Collecting biological specimens is essential in science and conservation. Science 344: 814-815. Rochaetal2014Science.pdf

  6. 13.Yu Miyazaki, James Davis Reimer. 2014. Morphological and genetic diversity of Briareum (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Zoological Science 31: 692-702. Miyazaki&Reimer2014ZS.pdf

  7. 14.James Davis Reimer, Julien Lorion, Yuka Irei, Bert W. Hoeksema, Peter Wirtz. 2014. Ascension Island shallow-water zoanthids (Zoantharia: Hexacorallia: Cnidaria) and their zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. (in press). doi:10.1017/S0025315414000654 Reimeretal2014JMBA.pdf

  8. 15.James Davis Reimer, Daisuke Uyeno, Micheal Lee Berumen. 2014. First records of Parazoanthidae and Microzoanthidae (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from the Red Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records 7: e7: 1-3. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267214000025. Reimeretal2014MBR.pdf

  9. 16.Sachiko Miyazaki, Toshio Ichiba, James Davis Reimer, Junichi Tanaka. 2014. Chemoattraction of the pearlfish Encheliophis vermicularis to the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota. Chemoecology 24: 121-126. Miyazakietal2014.pdf

  10. 17.Kevin C. Wakeman, James D. Reimer, Holger Jenke-Kodama, Brian S. Leander. 2014. Molecular phylogeny and ultrastructure of Caliculium glossobalani n. gen. et sp. (Apicomplexa) from a Pacific Glossobalanus minutus (Hemichordata) confounds the relationships between marine and terrestrial gregarines. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 61: 343-353. Wakemanetal2014.pdf

  11. 18.Sergio N Stampar, Maximiliano M Maronna, Marcelo V Kitahara, James D Reimer, Andre C Morandini. 2014. Fast-evolving mitochondrial DNA in Ceriantharia: is it a reflection of its phylogenetic position? PLoS One 9: e86612. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086612. Stamparetal2014.pdf 

  12. 19.Yuya Hibino, Peter Todd, Sung-yin Yang, Yehuda Benayahu, James Davis Reimer. 2014. Molecular and morphological evidence for conspecificity of two common Indo-Pacific species of Palythoa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Hydrobiologia doi:10.1007/s10750-013-1587-5 Hibinoetal2013b.pdf

  13. 20.James Davis Reimer, Doris Albinsky, Sung-yin Yang, Julien Lorion. 2014. Zoanthid (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) species of coral reefs in Palau. Marine Biodiversity. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-013-1080-5 Reimeretal2013Palau.pdf


2013

  1. 1.Taku Ohara, Takuma Fujii, Iori Kawamura, Masaru Mizuyama, Javier Montenegro, Haruka Shikiba, Kristine White, James D. Reimer. 2013. First record of mesophotic Pachyseris foliosa reefs in Japan. Marine Biodiversity 43: 71-72. Oharaetal2013.pdf

  2. 2.Desmond Ong Chin Wei, James D. Reimer, Peter A. Todd. 2013. Morphologically plastic responses to shading in the zoanthids Zoanthus sansibaricus and Palythoa tuberculosa. Marine Biology 160: 1053-1064. (feature article). Ongetal2013.pdf

  3. 3.Yuya Hibino, Peter Todd, Carey D Ashworth, Masami Obuchi, James Davis Reimer. 2013. Monitoring colony color and zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium spp.) condition in the reef zoanthid Palythoa tuberculosa in Okinawa, Japan. Marine Biology Research 9: 794-801. Hibinoetal2013.pdf

  4. 4.Keshavmurthy et al. 2013. DNA barcoding reveals the coral "laboratory-rat", Stylophora pistillata encompasses multiple identities. Nature Scientific Reports 3: 1520: 1-7. Keshavmurthyetal2013.pdf

  5. 5.Drew Wham, Margaux Carmichael, James Davis Reimer, Todd LaJeunesse. 2013. Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Indo-Pacific wide zoanthid, Zoanthus sansibaricus. Marine Biodiversity 43: 247-250. Wham et al 2013.pdf

  6. 6.Kinya Yasui, James D. Reimer, Daisuke Kubo, Xiaoyong Yao, Degan Shu, Yong Li. 2013. A diploblastic radiate animal at the dawn of Cambrian diversification with a simple body plan: distinct from Cnidaria?. PLoS One 8: e65890. Yasuietal2013.pdf

  7. 7.James Davis Reimer, Yuka Irei, Takuma Fujii, Sung-yin Yang. Phylogenetic analyses of shallow water zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) and their Symbiodinium spp. from Taiwan. Zoological Studies 52:38: 1-16. ReimeretalZoolStud2013.pdf

  8. 8.Dhugal Lindsay, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shojiro Ishibashi, Mitsuko Umetsu, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Jun Nishikawa, James Davis Reimer, Hiromi Watanabe, Katsunori Fujikura, Tadashi Maruyama. 2013. The uROV PICASSO, the Visual Plankton Recorder, and other attempts to image plankton. Proceedings of the Underwater Technology Symposium (UT), 2013 IEEE International. 1-3 DOI: 10.1109/UT.2013.6519854  Lindsayetal2013.pdf

  9. 9. James Davis Reimer, Takuma Fujii. 2013. First record of Microzoanthidae (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) in Palau and as a biofouling organism. Marine Biodiversity Records 6: e103. DOI: 10.1017/S1755267213000808. Reimer&Fujii2013.pdf

  10. 10.Takuma Fujii, James Davis Reimer. A new family of diminutive zooxanthellate zoanthids (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 509-522. Fujii & Reimer 2013 Nanozoanthus .pdf

  11. 11.Kristine N White, Taku Ohara, Takuma Fujii, Iori Kawamura, Masaru Mizuyama, Javier Montenegro, Haruka Shikiba, Tohru Naruse, Ty McClelland, Vianney Denis, James Davis Reimer. 2013. Typhoon damage on a shallow mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan. PeerJ 1: e151. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.151 Whiteetal2013peerj-151.pdf

  12. 12.Sung-Yin Yang, Carey D. Ashworth, Carine Bourgeois, James Davis Reimer. 2013. Palythoa zoanthid “barrens” in Okinawa: examination of possible environmental causes. Zoological Studies 52: 39: 1-11. Yang et al 2013.pdf

  13. 13.James Davis Reimer, Yuka Irei, Tohru Naruse. 2013. A record of Neozoanthus cf. uchina Reimer, Irei & Fujii, 2012 from the Yaeyama Islands, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana 7: 1-7. Reimeretal2013FR.pdf


2012

  1. 14.Minaho Kamezaki, Marie Higa, Mamiko Hirose, Shoichiro Suda, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Different zooxanthellae types in populations of the zoanthid Zoanthus sansibaricus along depth gradients in Okinawa, Japan. Marine Biodiversity 43: 61-70. Kamezakietal2013.pdf

  2. 15.Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part III: coral rubble-dwellers. ZooKeys 173: 11-50. WhiteReimer2012c.pdf

  3. 16.Catalina Aguilar, Masanori Nonaka, James Davis Reimer. 2012. The Melithaeidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) of the Ryukyu Archipelago: molecular and morphological examinations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 56-65. Aguilaretal2012MPE.pdf

  4. 17.James Davis Reimer, Masami Obuchi. Acanthaster planci preying on soft corals in southern Japan. 2012. Galaxea JCRS 14: 23-24. Reimer&Obuchi2012.pdf

  5. 18.James Davis Reimer, Meifang Lin, Takuma Fujii, David Lane, Bert Hoeksema. 2012. The phylogenetic position of the solitary zoanthid Sphenopus (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia). Contributions to Zoology 81: 45-56.  Reimeretal2012CTOZ.pdf

  6. 19.Satoe Aratake, Tomohiko Tomura, Seikoh Saitoh, Ryouma Yokokura, Yuichi Kawanishi, Ryuichi Shinjo, James Davis Reimer, Junichi Tanaka, Hideaki Maekawa. 2012. Soft coral Sarcophyton (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) species diversity and chemotypes. PLoS One 7: e30410. Aratakeetal2012.pdf

  7. 20.Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.  Part I: ascidian-dwellers. ZooKeys 163: 13-55. WhiteReimer2012a.pdf

  8. 21.Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part II: sponge-dwellers. ZooKeys 166: 1-58. White&Reimer2012b.pdf

  9. 22.Marzia Bo, Antonella Lavorato, Cristina G. Di Camillo, Angelo Poliseno, Andrés Baquero, Giorgio Bavestrello, Yuka Irei, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Black coral assemblages from Machalilla National Park (Ecuador). Pacific Science 66: 63-82. Boetal2012.pdf

  10. 23. James Davis Reimer, Colin Foord, Yuka Irei. 2012. Species diversity of shallow water zoanthids (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in Florida. Journal of Marine Biology Article ID 856079. ReimeretalJMB2012.pdf

  11. 24.Tohru Naruse, Tin-Yam Chan, Heok Hui Tan, Shane T. Ahyong & James Davis Reimer. 2012. Scientific Results of the Kumejima Marine Biodiversity Expedition—KUMEJIMA 2009—Editorial*. Zootaxa 3367: 1-4. Naruseetal2012Kumejima.pdf

  12. 25.Todd C. LaJeunesse, John Parkinson, James Davis Reimer. 2012. A genetics-based description of Symbiodinium minutum sp. nov. and S. psygmophilum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), two dinoflagellates symbiotic with Cnidaria. Journal of Phycology 48: 1380-1391. LaJeunesseParkinsonReimer_2012_JPhycol.pdf

  13. 26.Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer. DNA phylogeny of Ryukyus Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Contributions to Zoology 81: 159-165. White&Reimer2012CtoZ.pdf

  14. 27.Mark John Costello, James Reimer, Zoltan Szabo, Iria Fernandez-Silva, Kee Alfian Abdul Adzis, Gert Wörheide, John Beardall, Joelle C. Y. Lai, Wong Ching Lee, Alexei Orlov, Gray A. Williams. Fostering international collaboration in marine biodiversity sciences in the Asia-Pacific region. Pacific Science X: 545-549. Costelloetal2012_fostering Pacific science collaboration.pdf

  15. 28.Dhugal J Lindsay, H Yoshida, K Uemura, H Yamamoto, S Ishibashi, J Nishikawa, JD Reimer, R Fitzpatrick. 2012. The unthered remotely-operated vehicle PICASSO-1 and its deployment from chartered dive vessels for deep-sea surveys off Okinawa, Japan, and Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia. Marine Technology Society Journal 46: 20-32. Lindsayetal2012.pdf

  16. 29. Masanori Nonaka, Masaru Nakamura, Makoto Tsukahara, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Histological examination of precious corals from the Ryukyu Archipelago. Journal of Marine Biology Article ID 519091. doi: 10.1155/2012/519091 Nonakaetal2012.pdf

  17. 30. James Davis Reimer, Shoichiro Suda. 2012. Towards a cooperative research future in the East China Sea - selected research from the 8th International Workshop on Oceanography and Fisheries Science (editorial). Journal of Oceanography 68: X-X. doi: 10.1007/s10872-012-0138-4. Reimer&Suda2012.pdf

  18. 31. Martyn E.Y. Low, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Zoanthid housekeeping: some nomenclatural issues in the Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Zootaxa 3485: 83-88. Low_Reimer_2012a_Zoanthid housekeeping - nomenclatural notes on the Zoantharia.pdf

  19. 32. W. Appletans + others (including J. Reimer). 2012. The magnitude of global marine biodiversity. Current Biology 22: 1-14. Appeltansetal2012.pdf

  20. 33. Martyn E.Y. Low, James Davis Reimer. 2012. Isaura Lamouroux, in Audouin et al., 1826, an available name and objective synonym of Isaurus Gray, 1828: reversal of precedence (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Zootaxa 3532: 45-50. Low&Reimer2012Isaura.pdf

  21. 34. A. M. Addamo, J. D. Reimer, M. Taviani, A. Friewald, A. Machordom. 2012. Critical review of diagnostic features in scleractinian systematics. Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) in the scleractinian phylogeny and its intraspecific diversity. PLoS One 7: e50215. Addamoetal2012.pdf

  22. 35. James Davis Reimer, Yuka Irei, Takuma Fujii. 2012. Two new species of Neozoanthus (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia, Zoantharia) from the Pacific. ZooKeys 246: 69-87. Reimeretal2012ZooKeys.pdf

2008

  1. 1.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Junzo Tsukahara, Fumihito Iwase. 2008. Molecular characterization of the zoanthid genus Isaurus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) and its zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium spp). Marine Biology 153: 351-363. Reimeretal2008MB.pdf

  2. 2.Hirokazu Kuwahara, Yoshihiro Takaki, Takao Yoshida, Shigeru Shimamura, Kiyotaka Takishita, James Davis Reimer, Chiaki Kato, Tadashi Maruyama. 2008. Genome reduction in chemoautotrophic endosymbionts of deep-sea Calyptogena clams. Extremophiles 12: 365-374.

  3. 3.James Davis Reimer. 2008. Implications for different diversity levels of Symbiodinium spp. (Dinophyceae, Suessiales) within closely related host genera: zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Anthozoa) as a case study. Galaxea 10: 3-13.  ReimerGalax2008.pdf

  4. 4.James Davis Reimer, Frederic Sinniger, Cleveland Hickman. 2008. Zoanthid diversity (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in the Galapagos Islands: a molecular examination. Coral Reefs 27: 641-654.  Reimeretal2008GalaCR.pdf

  5. 5.James Davis Reimer, Masanori Nonaka, Frederic Sinniger, Fumihito Iwase. 2008. Morphological and molecular characterization of a new genus and new species of parazoanthid (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) associated with Japanese red coral (Paracorallium japonicum) in southern Japan. Coral Reefs 27: 935-949.Reimeretal2008Coralli.pdf

  6. 6.Mamiko Hirose, James Davis Reimer, Michio Hidaka, Soichiro Suda. 2008. Phylogenetic analyses of potentially free-living Symbiodinium spp. isolated from coral reef sand in Okinawa, Japan. Marine Biology 155: 105-112. Hiroseetal2008MB.pdf

  7. 7.Frederic Sinniger, James Davis Reimer, Jan Pawlowski. 2008. Potential of DNA sequences to identify zoanthids (Cnidaria: Zoantharia). Zoological Science 25: 1253-1260.  Sinnigeretal2008.pdf

  8. 8.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Frederic Sinniger, Junzo Tsukahara. 2008. Distribution of zooxanthellate zoanthid species (Zoantharia: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in southern Japan limited by cold temperatures. Galaxea 10: 57-67. ReimeretalGalax2008.pdf

  1. 1.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Junzo Tsukahara, Kiyotaka Takishita, Tadashi Maruyama. 2007. Non-seasonal clade-specificity and subclade microvariation in symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) at Kagoshima Bay, Japan.　Phycological Research 55 (1): 58-65.Reimeretal2007PR.pdf

  2. 2.James Davis Reimer, Kiyotaka Takishita, Shusuke Ono, Junzo Tsukahara, Tadashi Maruyama. 2007. Molecular evidence suggesting intraspecific hybridization in Zoanthus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Zoological Science 24 (5): 346-359. Reimeretal2007ZS.pdf

  3. 3.Shusuke Ono, James Davis Reimer, Junzo Tsukahara. 2007. Thriving cnidarian community on the volcanic coastline of Sakurajima Taisho Lava Field, southern Japan. Coral Reefs 26 (1): 95.Onoetal2006CR.pdf

  4. 4.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Yasuo Furushima, Junzo Tsukahara. 2007. Seasonal changes in the morphological condition of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) of Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) over a latitudinal range in southern Japan. South Pacific Study 27 (2): 1-24.ReimeretalSPS2007a.pdfReimeretalSPS2007b.pdfReimeretalSPS2007c.pdf

  5. 5.James Davis Reimer, Kiyotaka Takishita, Shusuke Ono, Tadashi Maruyama. 2007. Diversity and evolution in the zoanthid genus Palythoa (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) utilizing nuclear ITS-rDNA. Coral Reefs 26: 399-410.Reimeretal2007CR.pdf

  6. 6.James Davis Reimer, Satoshi Hirano, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Frederic Sinniger, Tadashi Maruyama. 2007. Morphological and molecular characterization of Abyssoanthus nankaiensis, a new family, new genus and new species of deep-sea zoanthid (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from a northwest Pacific methane cold seep. Invertebrate Systematics 21 (3): 255-262.Reimeretal2007Abyss.PDF

2007

  1. 1.Kiyotaka Takishita, Masashi Tsuchiya, James D. Reimer, Tadashi Maruyama. 2006. Molecular evidence demonstrating the basidiomycetous fungus Cryptococcus curvatus is the dominant microbial eukaryote in sediment at the Kuroshima Knoll methane seep. Extremophiles 10: 165-169.

  2. 2.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Kiyotaka Takishita, Junzo Tsukahara, Tadashi Maruyama. 2006. Molecular evidence suggesting species in the zoanthid genera Palythoa and Protopalythoa (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) are congeneric. Zoological Science 23 (1): 87-94.Reimeretal2006ZSPaly.pdf

  3. 3.James Davis Reimer, Kiyotaka Takishita, Shusuke Ono, Tadashi Maruyama, Junzo Tsukahara. 2006. Latitudinal and intracolony ITS-rDNA sequence variation in the symbiotic dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Phycological Research 54: 122-132. Reimeretal2006PR.pdf

  4. 4.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Atsushi Iwama, Junzo Tsukahara, Kiyotaka Takishita, Tadashi Maruyama. 2006. Morphological and molecular revision of Zoanthus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) from southwestern Japan with description of two new species. Zoological Science 23 (3): 261-275.  Reimeretal2006ZSns.pdf

  5. 5.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Atsushi Iwama, Junzo Tsukahara, and Tadashi Maruyama. 2006. High levels of morphological variation despite close genetic relatedness between Zoanthus aff. vietnamensis and Zoanthus kuroshio (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Zoological Science 23 (9): 755-761. Reimeretal2006viet.pdf

  6. 6.James Davis Reimer, Kiyotaka Takishita, Tadashi Maruyama. 2006. Molecular identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) from Palythoa spp. (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in Japan. Coral Reefs 25 (4): 521-527.Reimeretal2006CR.pdf

2006

  1. 1.Shusuke Ono, James Davis Reimer, Junzo Tsukahara. 2002. Seasonal changes in Zoanthus spp. in the infra-littoral zone at Taisho Lava Field, Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Japan. South Pacific Study 22 (2): 41-52.Ono et al 2002 SPS.pdf

  2. 2.Shusuke Ono, James Davis Reimer, Junzo Tsukahara. 2003. Long-term changes of Zoanthus spp. in the infra-littoral zone at Taisho Lava Field, Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Japan. Galaxea JCRS 5: 21-32.

  3. 3.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Kiyotaka Takishita, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Junzo Tsukahara. 2004. Reconsidering Zoanthus spp. diversity: molecular evidence of conspecifity within four previously presumed species. Zoological Science 21 (5): 517-525.Reimeretal2004ZS.pdf

  4. 4.Shusuke Ono, James Davis Reimer, Junzo Tsukahara. 2005. Reproduction of Zoanthus sansibaricus in the infra-littoral zone at Taisho Lava Field, Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Japan. Zoological Science 22 (3): 247-255.Onoetal2005ZS.pdf

2002-2005

Other publications

2003-current

  1. 1.James Davis Reimer, Sohta A. Ishikawa, Mamiko Hirose. New records and molecular characterization of Acrozoanthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zoanthidae) from Taiwan. Marine Biodiversity DOI 10.1007/s12526-010-0069-5.ReimeretalAcro2010.pdf

  2. 2.James Davis Reimer, Mamiko Hirose, Peter Wirtz. 2010. Zoanthids of the Cape Verde Islands and their symbionts: previously unexamined diversity in the Northeastern Atlantic. Contributions to Zoology 79: 147-163.ReimeretalCTZ2010.pdf

  3. 3.James Davis Reimer, Frederic Sinniger. 2010. Discovery and description of a new species of Abyssoanthus (Zoantharia: Hexacorallia) at the Japan Trench: the world’s deepest known zoanthid. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 51: 451-457. Reimer&SinnigerAbyss2010.pdf

  4. 4.Frederic Sinniger, Kevin Zelnio, Marco Taviani, James Davis Reimer. 2010. Presence of Abyssoanthus sp. in the Mediterranean Sea: indication of a new cold seep or of ecological tolerance of Abyssoanthus to non-chemotrophic environments? Cahiers de Biologie Marine 51: 475-478.Sinnigeretal2010CBM.pdf

  5. 5.James Davis Reimer, Frederic Sinniger. 2010. Unexpected diversity in Canadian Pacific zoanthids (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia): a molecular examination and description of a new species from the waters of British Columbia. Marine Biodiversity 40: 249-260. Reimer&Sinniger2010.pdf with Supplemental Materials:12526_2010_45_MOESM1_ESM.pdf 12526_2010_45_MOESM2_ESM.pdf 12526_2010_45_MOESM3_ESM.doc

  6. 6.James Davis Reimer, Mamiko Hirose, Taiki Nishisaka, Frederic Sinniger, Gyo Itani. 2010. Epizoanthus spp. associations revealed using DNA markers: a case study from Kochi, Japan. Zoological Science 27: 729-734.Reimeretal2010ZS.pdf

  7. 7.James Davis Reimer, MD Mahfuzur Rahman Shah, Frederic Sinniger, Kensuke Yanagi, Shoichiro Suda. 2010. Preliminary analyses of cultured free-living Symbiodinium isolated from the oceanic Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Marine Biodiversity 40: 237-247. ReimeretalOgaSym2010.pdf with Supplemental Materials:FigS1.pdf

  8. 8.Catalina Aguilar, James Davis Reimer. 2010. Molecular phylogenetic hypotheses of Zoanthus species (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) using RNA secondary structure of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS2). Marine Biodiversity 40: 195-204. Aguilar&Reimer2010.pdf

  9. 9.James Davis Reimer, Takuma Fujii. 2010. Four new species and one new genus of zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) from the Galápagos. ZooKeys 42: 1-36.Reimer&Fujii2010.pdf

  10. 10.MDMR Shah, James Davis Reimer, T Horiguchi, Shoichiro Suda. 2010. Diversity of dinoflagellate blooms in reef flat tide pools at Okinawa, Japan. Galaxea 12: 49.Shahetal2010.pdf

  11. 11.Shusuke Ono, James Davis Reimer, Yoko Nozawa, Junzo Tsukahara. 2010. Long-term changes of infra-littoral zooxanthellate cnidarians in the Taisho Lava Field, Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Japan. Galaxea 12: 15-22.Onoetal2010.pdf

  12. 12.James Davis Reimer, Shu Nakachi, Mamiko Hirose, Euichi Hirose, Shinji Hashiguchi. 2010. Using hydrofluoric acid for morphological investigations of zoanthids (Cnidaria: Anthozoa): a critical assessment of methodology and necessity. Marine Biotechnology 12: 605-617. Reimeretal2010MBT.pdf

  13. 13.Eriko Shiroma, James Davis Reimer. 2010. Investigations into the reproductive patterns, ecology and morphology in the zoanthid genus Palythoa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in Okinawa, Japan. Zoological Studies 49: 182-194.Shiroma&Reimer2010.pdf

  14. 14.Frederic Sinniger, James Davis Reimer, Jan Pawlowski. 2010. The Parazoanthidae DNA taxonomy: description of two new genera. Marine Biodiversity 40: 57-70.Sinnigeretal2009MB.pdf.

  15. 15.James Davis Reimer. 2010. Key to field identification of shallow water brachycnemic zoanthids (Order Zoantharia: Suborder Brachycnemina) present in Okinawa. Galaxea 12: 23-39. ReimerGalax2010.pdf

2009

2010

  1. 1.Martyn E.Y. Low, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Saving an octocoral genus from a “zoanthid” genus: reversal of precedence of Palythoe Lamouroux, 1812, and Muricea Lamaouroux, 1821 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Zootaxa 3120: 63-66. Low&Reimer2011b.pdf

  2. 2.Masami Obuchi, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Does Acanthaster planci preferably prey on the reef zoanthid Palythoa tuberculosa? Galaxea 13: 7. Obuchi&Reimer2011.pdf

  3. 3.Jun Nishikawa, Richard Fitzpatrick, Robin Beaman, James Reimer, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Dhugal Lindsay. 2011. First record of the pygmy seahorse Hippocampus denise from Australia. Galaxea 13: 25-26. Nishikawaetal2011Galaxea.pdf

  4. 4.James Davis Reimer, Masaru Mizuyama, Megumi Nakano, Takuma Fujii, Euichi Hirose. 2011. Current status of the distribution of the coral-encrusting cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota in southern Japan. Galaxea 13: 35-44. Reimeretal2011Terpios.pdf.

  5. 5.Martyn E.Y. Low, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Parazoanthus Haddon & Shackleton, 1891, and Parazoanthidae Delage & Hérouard, 1901: Conservation of usage by Reversal of Precedence with Bergia Duchassing & Michelotti, 1860, and Bergiidae Verrill, 1869 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Zootaxa 2995: 64-68. Low_Reimer_2011a_Parazoanthus Haddon & Shackleton, Parazoanthidae, Bergia, Bergiidae.pdf

  6. 6.Takuma Fujii, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Phylogeny of the highly divergent family Microzoanthidae (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from the Pacific. Zoologica Scripta 40: 418-431. Fujii&Reimer2011.pdf

  7. 7. Jonathan R. Deeds, Sara M. Handy, Kevin D. White, James D. Reimer. 2011. Palytoxin found in Palythoa sp. zoanthids (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) sold in the home aquarium trade. PLoS One 6: e18235. Deedsetal2011.pdf

  8. 8.Yuka Irei, Yoko Nozawa, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Distribution patterns of five zoanthid species in Okinawa Island, Japan. Zoological Studies 50: 426-433 Ireietal2011.pdf.

  9. 9.James Davis Reimer, Mamiko Hirose, Kensuke Yanagi, Frederic Sinniger. 2011. Marine invertebrate diversity in the oceanic Ogasawara Islands: a molecular examination of zoanthids (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) and their Symbiodinium (Dinophycaea). Systematics and Biodiversity 9: 133-144. Reimeretal2011SysBio.pdf

  10. 10.Takuma Fujii, Shashank Keshavmurthy, Wenhua Zhou, Euichi Hirose, Allen Chen, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge (Terpios hoshinota) on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 30: 483. Fujiietal2011CR.pdf

  11. 11.James Davis Reimer, Mamiko Hirose, Yuka Irei, Masami Obuchi, Frederic Sinniger. 2011. The sands of time: Rediscovery of the genus Neozoanthus (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) and evolutionary aspects of sand encrustation in brachycnemic zoanthids. Marine Biology 158: 983-993. Reimeretal2011MB.pdf

  12. 12.Yoko Nozawa, Kouki Tanaka, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Reconsideration of surface structure of settlement plates used in coral recruitment studies. Zoological Studies 50: 53-60. Nozawaetal2011.pdf

  13. 13.Mamiko Hirose, Masami Obuchi, Euichi Hirose, James Davis Reimer. 2011. Timing of spawning and early development of Palythoa tuberculosa (Anthozoa, Zoantharia, Sphenopidae) in Okinawa, Japan. Biological Bulletin 220: 23-31. Hiroseetal2011.pdf

  14. 14.James Davis Reimer, Masami Obuchi, Yuka Irei, Takuma Fujii, Yoko Nozawa. 2011. Shallow water brachycnemic zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) from Taiwan: a preliminary survey. Zoological Studies 50: 363-371. ReimeretalZSTaiwan2011.pdf

  15. 15.James Davis Reimer, Yoko Nozawa, Euichi Hirose. 2011. Domination and disappearance of the black sponge: a quarter century after the initial Terpios outbreak in southern Japan. Zoological Studies 50: 394. ReimeretalZSTerpios2011.pdf

2011

  1. 1.James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Junzo Tsukahara. 2003. Evidence of seasonal and geographical variations in Zoanthus pacificus and its endosymbiotic zooxanthellae due to environmental factors. Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands Occasional Papers 38: 23-30.

  2. 2.Shusuke Ono, James Davis Reimer, Junzo Tsukahara. 2003. A transect study in the infra-littoral zone of Hakamagoshi – an assessment of the impact of construction of a man-made sand beach. Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands Occasional Papers 38: 69-74.

  3. 3.James Davis Reimer. 2007. Preliminary survey of zooxanthellate zoanthid diversity (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from southern Shikoku, Japan. Kuroshio Biosphere 3: 1-16 + 7 pls.Reimer2007KuroBio.pdf

  4. 4.Shusuke Ono, James Davis Reimer, Junzo Tsukahara. 2008. Survey of zooxanthellate zoanthid diversity in Kagoshima, Japan. Kuroshio Biosphere 4: 1-16.OnoetalKuroBio2008.pdf

  5. 5.Keshavmurthy Shashank, Kimio Fukami, James Davis Reimer. 2009. Effect of ciliates on the branching coral Acropora formosa: laboratory experiment and microscopic observations. Kuroshio Biosphere 5: 1-7 + 5 pls..

  6. 6. Reimer, J.D., and Miyake, H. 2009. 重要視されていない分類群の最新研究：スナギンチャク類の多様性研究。海洋 (in press)。

  7. 7.James Davis Reimer, Frederic Sinniger, Yuka Irei. 2013. Preliminary list of macrocnemic zoanthid diversity (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from southern Shikoku, Japan. Kuroshio Biosphere 9: 1-X + 2 pls. Reimeretal2013KuroPrelim.pdf

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Public Articles:

  1. 1.James Davis Reimer. 2006. スナギンチャクの分類と遺伝：私を研究人生へと導いた研究. Current 7 (3): 10-11 (in Japanese).

  2. 2.Reimer, J.D. 2008. Lagoon国際サンゴ礁研究・モニタリングセンターニュースレター 「日本の浅海域におけるマメスンギンチャクの多様性と分類について」September 2008. (in Japanese).2008Lagoon11.pdf


Book Portions:

  1. 1.Reimer, J.D.（共著）「潜水調査船が観た深海生物—海洋研究開発機構 深海生物研究の現在」藤倉克則ほか編集、2008年、東海大学出版会．