Presentations -

Examining biodiversity of understudied coral reef organisms: recent discoveries of “cryptic” zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) in Okinawa

JD Reimer

2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2010.06  -  2010.06 

The Melithaeidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) of the Ryukyu Archipelago: molecular and morphological examinations

C Aguilar, M Nonaka, JD Reimer

2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2010.06  -  2010.06 

Investigation of distribution of five zoanthid species in Okinawa, Japan

Y Irei, Y Nozawa, JD Reimer

2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2010.06  -  2010.06 

Phylogeny of undescribed zoanthid species in the Pacific

T Fujii, JD Reimer

2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2010.06  -  2010.06 

Stylophora pistillata associated with different Symbiodinium clades are deep-divergence lineages: acclimatization or cryptic species?

SY Yang, A Alamaru, AME Noreen, F Stenfani, F Benzoni, D Obura, YT Lein, CH Chen, K Shashank, WKW Loh, A YangAmri, NV Wei, YY Chuang, O Taylor, A Macdonald, JD Reimer, CF Dai, A Abelson, CRC Sheppard, Y Loya, CA Chen

2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2010.06  -  2010.06 

Preliminary results of field surveys of Terpios outbreaks in the Nansei Islands, Japan

JD Reimer, M Mizuyama

2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2010.06  -  2010.06 

Examining biodiversity of understudied coral reef organisms:

JD Reimer

OIST, Onna, Okinawa  2010.06  -  2010.06 

recent discoveries of “cryptic” zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) in Okinawa

JD Reimer

OIST, Onna, Okinawa  2010.06  -  2010.06 

Examining global patterns of marine biodiversity: progress report using zoanthids

James Davis Reimer

Rising Star Symposium 2010  2010.01  -  2010.01 

Morphological study of the early development of Palythoa tuberculosa (Anthozoa, Zoantharia, Sphenopidae).

Mamiko Hirose, Masami Obuchi, James Davis Reimer

Rising Star Symposium 2010  2010.01  -  2010.01 

Phylogeny of undescribed zoanthid species distributed in the Pacific.

Fujii T, Reimer JD

Rising Star Symposium 2010  2010.01  -  2010.01 

Reproductive biology of hermaphroditic feather star

Masami Obuchi, James Davis Reimer, Yoshihisa Fujita, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Tsuyoshi Uehara, Tatsuo Motokawa

Rising Star Symposium 2010  2010.01  -  2010.01 

Toxicity of Palythoa tuberculosa in the Nansei Islands of Japan

Shuhei Yamasaki, Shigeto Taniyama, Gregory N. Nishihara, Ryosuke Haraguchi, James D. Reimer, Tomohiro Takatani, Osamu Arakawa

7th International Workshop on the Protection and Restoration of the Environment and Natural Resources of the East China Sea (2009 ECS Workshop).  2009.12  -  2009.12 

Chemical and genetic diversity of Sarcophyton soft corals

Satoe Aratake, Ryoma Yokokura, Yuichi Kawanishi, Hideaki Maekawa, James Davis Reimer, Junichi Tanaka

International Symposium of Marine Genomics  2009.12  -  2009.12 

Molecular Phylogenetic Hypotheses of Zoanthus Species (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) Using RNA Secondary Structure of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2)

Catalina Aguilar, James Davis Reimer

International Symposium of Marine Genomics  2009.12  -  2009.12 

Phylogeny of undescribed zoanthids found in the Ryukyus and the Galapagos.

Takuma Fujii, James Davis Reimer

International Symposium of Marine Genomics  2009.12  -  2009.12 

Stylophora pistillata associated with different Symbiodinium clades are deep-divergence lineages: acclimatization or cryptic species?

Sung-yin Yang, Chaolun Allen Chen, Chien-Hsun Chen, Yi-Ting Lein, Nuwei Vivian Wei, Yaoyang Chuang, Chang-Feng Dai, William K. Loh, Affendi Yang-Amri, Avigdor Abelson, Angus Macdonald, James Reimer, David Obura, Oliver Taylor, Charles Sheppard

12th Japan Coral Reef Society Symposium  2009.11  -  2009.11 

Toxicity of the zoanthid genus Palythoa collected from the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Shuhei Yamasaki, Shigeto Taniyama, Ryosuke Haraguchi, James Davis Reimer, Tomohiro Takatani, Osamu Arakawa

10th Joint International Symposium between Pukyong National University and Nagasaki University  2009.10  -  2009.10 

Biology of zoanthids: Investigations using molecular and morphological techniques

JD Reimer

CIMAR, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica  2009.10  -  2009.10 

Guide to identifying shallow water zoanthids in the northwestern Pacific using morphological and molecular approaches

JD Reimer

Topics of “Ignored” Invertebrate Diversity in Coral Reefs workshop. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan  2009.09  -  2009.09 

Chemical and genetic diversity of Sarcophyton soft corals

Satoe Aratake, Ryoma Yokokura, Yuichi Kawanishi, Hideaki Maekawa, James Davis Reimer, Junichi Tanaka

50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Pharamcognosy  2009.07  -  2009.07 

Presence of Abyssoanthus sp. (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) in the Mediterranean Sea: an indication of ecological tolerance of Abyssoanthus to non-chemotrophic environments

Frederic Sinniger, Kevin Zelnio, Marco Taviani, James Davis Reimer

4th Chemical-Based Ecosystems Symposium  2009.06  -  2009.06 

Preliminary results of examination of the world’s deepest zoanthids (Anthozoa: Zoantharia: Abyssoanthidae) at the Japan Trench

James Davis Reimer, Frederic Sinniger

4th Chemical-Based Ecosystems Symposium  2009.06  -  2009.06 

Preliminary investigations of an undescribed deep-sea octocoral (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Japan Trench

Catalina Aguilar, Frederic Sinniger, James Davis Reimer

4th Chemical-Based Ecosystems Symposium  2009.06  -  2009.06 

Zoanthid species diversity around Okinawa

Sinniger, F., Irei, Y., and Reimer, J.D.

4th Nihon Cnidarian Biology Meeting  2009.03  -  2009.03 

Reassessing biodiversity of marine organisms: How and why? An example using understudied marine invertebrates

JD Reimer

Rising Star Kick-off Symposium  2009.03  -  2009.03 

Hidden diversity in the Order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) revealed by molecular analyses: taxonomic implications for Parazoanthidae (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia).

Sinniger, F., and Reimer, J.D.

Deep Sea Coral Symposium  2008.12  -  2008.12 

Ancient lineages of Zoanthus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) species

Reimer, J.D., Takishita, K., and Maruyama, T.

11th Japan Coral Reef Society Symposium  2008.11  -  2008.11 

Reconsidering zoanthid (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) biodiversity using traditional and molecular techniques

Sinniger, F., and Reimer, J.D.

World Conference on Marine Biodiversity  2008.11  -  2008.11 

Filling in the gaps: necessity of coordinated north-south biodiversity research from the reef to deep

JD Reimer

2nd Australia-Japan Marine Science Forum  2008.11  -  2008.11 

Higher education exchange programs between Australia and Japan in the marine sciences

JD Reimer

2nd Australia-Japan Marine Science Forum  2008.11  -  2008.11 

Evolution of the zoanthid genus Zoanthus (Hexacorallia: Anthozoa) and associated Symbiodinium in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Reimer, J.D., Sinniger, F., and Takishita, K

11th International Coral Reef Symposium  2008.07  -  2008.07 

Discovery of the world’s deepest populations of deep-sea zoanthids (Hexacorallia: Abyssoanthidae) at the Japan Trench

REIMER James Davis, SINNIGER Frederic, IREI Yuka, SHIROMA Eriko, FUJII Takuma

Blue Earth Symposium  2008.03  -  2008.03 

A new genus of zoanthid from Okinawa

James Davis Reimer

COE year-end 2008  2008.03  -  2008.03 

Preliminary examination of zooxanthellate zoanthid (Hexacorallia, Zoantharia) and associated zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium spp.) diversity in Singapore

James Davis Reimer

COE/NUS Symposium  2007.09  -  2007.09 

Zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium spp.) diversity within three zoanthid (Hexacorallia: Anthozoa) genera: differing biodiversity levels and problems facing descriptive terminology

JD Reimer

University of Geneva  2007.06  -  2007.06 

Diversity in the Order Zoantharia

JD Reimer

Charles Darwin Research Center XXX Cruise  2007.03  -  2007.03 

Diversity and evolution in the Order Zoantharia

JD Reimer

COE Program, University of the Ryukyus  2007.01  -  2007.01 

Phylogenetic placement of the zoanthid genus Isaurus within Zoantharia was examined using several different DNA markers

James D. Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Fumihito Iwase

9th Japan Coral Reef Society Symposium  2006.11  -  2006.11 

Investigating zoanthid diversity and evolution using DNA

JD Reimer

National University of Singapore  2006.11  -  2006.11 

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.

James Davis Reimer, Satoshi Hirano, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Frederic Sinniger, Tadashi Maruyama

10th Deep-sea Biology Symposium  2006.07  -  2006.07 

Molecular Evidence of Intraspecific Hybridization in Zoanthus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia).

James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Atsushi Iwama, Junzo Tsukahara, Kiyotaka Takishita, Tadashi Maruyama

1st Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2006.06  -  2006.06 

High levels of morphological variation despite genetic evidence of conspecifity between Zoanthus aff. vietnamensis and Zoanthus kuroshio (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, Atsushi Iwama, Junzo Tsukahara, and Tadashi Maruyama

1st Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium  2006.06  -  2006.06 

Molecular investigations into latitudinal and seasonal diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium spp. (Suessiales) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

James Davis Reimer、瀧下清貴、小野修助、塚原潤三、丸山正

Japan Society for Protistology Symposium  2006.03  -  2006.03 

Intracolony and Latitudinal ITS-rDNA Sequence Variation in the Symbiotic Dinoflagellate Genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia).

James Davis Reimer, Kiyotaka Takishita, Shusuke Ono, Tadashi Maruyama, and Junzo Tsukahara

7th Japan Coral Reef Society Symposium  2004.11  -  2004.11 

Evidence of seasonal and geographical variation in Zoanthus pacificus and its endosymbiotic zooxanthellae due to environmental factors

James Davis Reimer, Shusuke Ono, and Junzo Tsukahara

5th Japan Coral Reef Society Symposium  2002.10  -  2002.10