Development of a new model system for studying the sociality in aquatic organisms

• Project/Area Number: 23870024
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: MIURA Osamu 高知大学, 教育研究部総合科学系, 特任助教 (60610962)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 二生吸虫 / 社会性 / 水圏生態系 / 社会性生物

Research Abstract

There are many examples of reproductive division of labor in terrestrial animal societies, but only a few have been reported in aquatic systems. A recent study discovered social organization of a trematode parasite in a marine system in the US. In this study, I found similar social organizations in trematodes in Japan. This finding suggests that sociality in trematodes is geographically widespread.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] O'Foighil (2013) Rare, divergent Korean Semisulcospira spp. mitochondrial haplotypes have Japanese sister lineages (2013)
  • Author(s): Miura, O., Kohler, F., Lee, T., Li, J.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Molluscan Studies Volume: 79 Issue: 1 Pages: 86-89
  • DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eys036
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Destruction of populations of Batillaria attramentaria (Caenogastropoda: Batillariidae) by tsunami waves of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake (2012)
  • Author(s): Miura, O., Sasaki, Y., Chiba, S
  • Journal Title: Journal of Molluscan Studies Volume: 78 Issue: 4 Pages: 377-380
  • DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eys025
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Social organization and caste formation in three more parasitic flatworm species (2012)
  • Author(s): Miura, O.
  • Journal Title: Marine Ecology Progress Series Volume: 465 Pages: 119-127
  • DOI: 10.3354/meps09886
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Flying shells : historical dispersal of marine snails across Central America (2012)
  • Author(s): Miura, O., Torchin, M.E., Bermingham, E., Jacobs, D.K., Hechinger, R.F.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences Volume: 279 Issue: 1731 Pages: 1061-1067
  • DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1599
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Different development strategies in geminate mud snails, Cerithideopsis californic a and C.pliculosa across the Isthmus of Panama (2011)
  • Author(s): Miura, O., Frankle, V., Torchin, M.E.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Molluscan Studies Volume: 77 Issue: 3 Pages: 255-258
  • DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyr012
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 大津波は海岸生物にどのような影響を与えたのか:仙台湾沿岸のウミニナ類の生息状況の変化 (2013)
  • Author(s): 三浦 収
  • Organizer: 第60回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: グランシップ(静岡県)
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-07
• [Presentation] 巻貝の中に広がる寄生虫の世界 (2012)
  • Author(s): 三浦 収
  • Organizer: 第59回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 龍谷大学(滋賀県)
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-20
• [Presentation] パナマ地峡の形成による潮間帯巻貝の発生様式の変化 (2011)
  • Author(s): 三浦収
  • Organizer: 日本ベントス学会・日本プランクトン学会合同大会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知大学(高知県)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-18
• [Presentation] Vertical zonation of the zooxanthellae within a population of an sea anemone along the intertidal shore
  • Author(s): Miura, O.
  • Organizer: The 9th Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 高知文化プラザ（高知県）
• [Presentation] 潮間帯の環境勾配に沿った共生藻類の分布パターン
  • Author(s): 三浦 収
  • Organizer: 2012年日本プランクトン学会・日本ベントス学会合同大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東邦大学（千葉県）
• [Presentation] Zonation pattern of Symbiodinium within a population of a sea anemone along the intertidal shore
  • Author(s): Miura, O.
  • Organizer: The First Asian Marine Biology Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Cape Panwa Hotel (Phuket, Thailand)
• [Presentation] 大津波は海岸生物にどのような影響を与えたのか：仙台湾沿岸のウミニナ類の生息状況の変化
  • Author(s): 三浦 収
  • Organizer: 第60回日本生態学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: グランシップ（静岡県）
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