Ryuta Terada
@ryutaterada.bsky.social
Phycologist, Professor of Marine Botany, Kagoshima University
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Suzuki of our lab has published the latest checklist of the marine algae of Japan. This checklist comprises 1,617 species of Japanese seaweeds, with their correct scientific names. The PDF is available at the following link. www.kahaku.go.jp/english/kenk...
Caulerpa andamanensis, a newly recorded species from Japan, collected from Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago. Suzuki, Ohashi, Hasegawa, Namba, Kosugi, Terada 2026 Phycol Res onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... doi.org/10.1111/pre....
A brown alga, Ecklonia cava subsp. kurome, from Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
A view of the brown alga Undaria japonica observed during the field survey at Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, this month.
Congratulations to Dr. Min-Khant-Kyaw, Dr. Kato, and the other distinguished co-authors on this excellent article on the coralline diversity of mesophotic rhodoliths in subtropical Japan. doi.org/10.1111/jpy.... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Unveiling coralline diversity of mesophotic rhodoliths in subtropical Japan, including new species of Sporolithon, emended genera Orientalilithon and Roseolithon (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta)
The mesophotic zone off Tanegashima Island (approximately 30–40 m deep) is a marine macroalgal hotspot in subtropical Japan; however, the taxonomic diversity of calcifying red algal community remains...
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Congratulations to Dr. Koja and the distinguished co-authors on their interesting article on the ecophysiology of the cultivated green alga Gayralia kuroshiensis from Fukushima, Japan. Koja, Sato, Nishihara, Terada 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2026.104664 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effects of four environmental stressors, temperature, irradiance, desiccation, and salinity, on the photosynthesis of a cultivated green alga, Gayralia kuroshiensis (Ulvophyceae), from Fukushima, ...
Cultivated green alga Gayralia kuroshiensis (Hirohano-hitoegusa, formerly referred to as Monostroma latissimum in Japan) is ecologically and industria…
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A red alga, Sebdenia flabellata, from Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
A red alga, Solieria dichotoma, from Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. #phycology #algae
Please take a look at our new article. Terada et al. 2026 Humidity-dependent variation in photochemical efficiency during aerial exposure in sporophytes of the cultivated red alga Pyropia yezoensis f. narawaensis from Saga, Japan. Algal Research 104699 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A movie of the freshwater red alga Sheathia yoshizakii simply waving in an irrigation canal. #Phycology #algae #phycologyfriday
An endangered freshwater red alga, #Nemalionopsis shawii (formerly referred to as Nemalionopsis tortuosa in Japan), from Kagoshima, Japan. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Acetabularia ryukyuensis @ Kayo, Okinawa-jima Island, Japan
A brown alga, Petalonia binghamiae, from Satsuma-Sendai City, Kagoshima, Japan.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Gametophytes of Alaria crassifolia (Laminariales) from Hokkaido, Japan.
A green alga, #Caulerpa chemnitzia var. laetevirens, from Kagoshima, Japan. The characteristic ecophysiology of this #alga is reported at: doi.org/10.1111/pre.... Terada et al. 2024
A green alga, Caulerpa okamurae, from Tomioka, Reihoku, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
A red alga, Chondria lancifolia, from Nagashima Island, Kagoshima, Japan.
Wishing you and yours health, happiness, and success in the new year.
Please take a look at our new study revealing the phylogenetic identity and temperature effects on the photochemical efficiency of the edible green alga “Hitoegusa” (Gayralia spp., referred to as Monostroma nitidum in Japan) from Kagoshima and Okinawa, Japan. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The phylogenetic identity and temperature effects on the photochemical efficiency of the edible green alga “Hitoegusa” (Gayralia spp., referred to as Monostroma nitidum in Japan) from Kagoshima and Ok...
The green alga “Hitoegusa” (commonly referred to as Monostroma nitidum in Japan) is an important edible resource in Kagoshima and Okinawa. To clarify its phylogenetic relationships in these regions, w...
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Please take a look at our new review article on the nationwide long-term monitoring program in Japan, “Monitoring-Site 1000,” which summarizes 15 years of surveys (2008–2022) and reveals significant changes in seaweed community structure. Terada et al. 2026 Phycol Res doi.org/10.1111/pre....
Significant changes in seaweed community structure revealed by a nationwide long‐term monitoring survey in Japan ‘Monitoring‐Site 1000’ over the past 15 years (2008–2022)
Significant changes in seaweed communities were identified at six sites in Japan through the long-term monitoring program ‘Monitoring Sites 1000.’ This study summarizes the results of 15 years of sur...
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Please take a look at our new article on the reassessment of the taxonomic status of Dictyoteae algae from Japan. Congratulations to Dr. Christophe Vieira on this excellent work! Christophe Vieira et al. 2025. Journal of Phycology DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70084 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
