Deep-sea biologist / Malacologist @JAMSTEC and @Senckenberg. Chemosynthesis-based ecosystems. 海洋生物学者・深海・軟体動物・化学合成生態系。 Website: https://squamiferum.net See the collection: https://www.conchology.be/?t=92https://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mueelndnoc2a[New Paper] We successfully sequenced ultraconserved elements (UCEs) from old vesicomyid clam shells dated approx. 1100-1700 years ago! This enables phylogenetic reconstruction with genome-wide data from EMPTY SHELLS. @molecology.bsky.social Mol Ecol Resources, OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.7019931 Aug 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueelndnoc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mttah4wq3s2d[New Paper] Presents an AI framework to automatically quantify animal behaviour from videos taken by deep-sea stations! Test model: 5 yrs of data from EMSO-Azores observatory at Lucky Strike, an Atlantic hot vent -- trained model available. Out now @aslo.org L&O: Methods: https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.7008624 Aug 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttah4wq3s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mtecxeex422z[New Paper] Reveals many ciliates on gills of shrimps from deep-sea hot vents and cold seeps (Alvinocarididae and Thoridae)! Parasitic ciliates are well-known from shallow water shrimps -- they may be widespread in the deep too. Out now @jeukmicro.bsky.social , OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1111/jeu.7018 Aug 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtecxeex422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mtbqfgbezs27[New Paper] Reveals the protoconch (larval shell) of the Scaly-foot Snail! Usually rapidly corroded by acidic vent fluid, we found a tiny 3 mm specimen still retaining it. Large protoconch = more yolk may have helped it spread across ridges. @malacsoc.bsky.social J Moll Stud: https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyag02517 Aug 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbqfgbezs27https://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3msficqs7k22l[New Paper] Reports three squat lobsters in the genus Munidopsis from a natural whale fall at 4000 m deep on Torishima Seamount, Izu-Ogasawara Arc! One of them was new and we named it M. torishimaensis. Out now @crustaceansociety.bsky.social J of Crustacean Biology: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruag04906 Aug 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3msficqs7k22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mse3ikt4rs2wArticle by @oceancensus.bsky.social highlighting our recent publications! https://oceancensus.org/new-life-in-japans-deep-sea-dr-chong-chens-discoveries-from-the-ocean-census-jamstec-expedition/05 Aug 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse3ikt4rs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3ms7ml2syn22l[New Paper] Meet Isorropodon fragilis, a new species of vesicomyid clam discovered from a deep-sea cold seep 4600 m deep in the Nankai Trough, Japan -- during the JAMSTEC x @oceancensus.bsky.social "Shinkai" expedition last year! Out now in Venus, read for FREE: https://doi.org/10.18941/venus.84.1-4_6303 Aug 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7ml2syn22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mqahgkx3qc2dNew IUCN Red List update today includes a comprehensive assessment of ALL hydrothermal vent endemic molluscs… and 125/201 (62%) species are THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION from DEEP-SEA MINING! 72 (37%) are Endangered / Critically Endangered. More: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/deep-sea-mining-threatens-molluscs-holding-promise-science-red-list-shows-2026-07-09/ @sscmarine.bsky.social09 Jul 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqahgkx3qc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mq7qztcvsc2p[New Paper] @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social names 4 new genera and 5 new species of deep-sea xenophyophores — gigantic single-celled foraminiferal protists that can grow to over 20 cm in size! They are prominent but mysterious inhabitants of abyssal plains. OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag08009 Jul 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7qztcvsc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mo3wgfv27s2lYes! Read our paper in Ecology here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389637003_Laubierinid_snails_are_associates_of_crinoids_and_a_modern_analogue_of_Paleozoic_platyceratids https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70061 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3wgfv27s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mnvyznl5ks2r[New Paper] Describes and names a new species of cleftclam: Thyasira okutanii! It was discovered from deep-sea cold seeps in the Pacific coast of Japan during the JAMSTEC x @oceancensus.bsky.social expedition last year. Out now in The Nautilus, read for FREE: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/406627066_A_new_deep-sea_species_of_Thyasira_Lamarck_1818_Bivalvia_Thyasiridae_from_cold_seeps_in_Sagami_Bay_and_Nankai_Trough_Japan10 Jun 2026 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvyznl5ks2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mndvxtypnk2u[New Paper] Our paper reporting the finding of active chimneys and chemosynthesis-based animal community on Quaker Seamount, Mariana Forearc is now published in Marine Biodiversity! Read for FREE: rdcu.be/fl6VE https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-026-01670-0 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndvxtypnk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mnbyzqi7hc2wArticle on the Endangered Scaly-foot Snail from Scientific American @scientificamerican.com.web.brid.gy ! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/celebrate-endangered-species-day-meet-the-scaly-foot-snail-the-most-metal-animal-in-the-world/02 Jun 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbyzqi7hc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mmqgwkyhsk2t[New Paper] in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social reports a remarkable limpet feeding exclusively on chitinous tubes of deep-sea tubeworms! Chitin may be key energy reserves in the deep. New species in the family Osteopeltidae previously only known from whale fall. OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.7039226 May 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqgwkyhsk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mmni65vhgk2t[New Paper] We named a new species of vesicomyid clam, Waisiuconcha takashii, from deep-sea cold seeps in Nankai Trough, Japan and Mariana Forearc! This species is named after the late Japanese malacologist Takashi Okutani (1931-2025). Out now in Zootaxa: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5814.4.725 May 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmni65vhgk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mmfti5sbgs2o[New Paper] We assembled the chromosome-level whole genome of the deep-sea tubeworm Lamellibrachia columna! Part of the Darwin Tree of Life project aiming to sequence 70000 eukaryotic genomes. Published @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Wellcome Open Research, OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25860.122 May 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfti5sbgs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3ml6fw63uvk2p[New Paper] We combine multiple isotopic analyses (amino acid+bulk stable isotopes, radiocarbon) to reveal the calamyzine worm Shinkai semilonga at a cold seep feeds directly on the gill of its host vesicomyid clam Archivesica kawamurai! OPEN ACCESS in Marine Ecology: https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.7009406 May 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6fw63uvk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mjnzsoykwk2e[New Paper] Names two new cleftclam species in the genus Thyasira from serpentine seeps on seamounts of Mariana Forearc! Both probably host chemosymbiotic bacteria. Out now in Molluscan Research, FREE-to-read link for the first 50 readers: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/7FEDH6ZF2IFSRXSJ7NN3/full?target=10.1080/13235818.2026.2642441 https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2026.264244117 Apr 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnzsoykwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mistqbslqs2o[New Paper] @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social presents the concept of the SOSA @oceanspecies.bsky.social project, pushing for the acceleration of marine conservation through the synergistic interactions among a "triad": Taxonomy, Red Listing, and Public Engagement! OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2026.03.00406 Apr 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mistqbslqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mifyuixyj22o[New Paper] @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters presents a global barcoding (180 individuals) of the deep-sea snail genus Phymorhynchus from hot vents & cold seeps, revealing few species with very broad and sometimes cosmopolitan distributions! OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.068501 Apr 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifyuixyj22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mh7uzl4lws25The Scaly-foot Snail ENDANGERED from deep-sea mining is now competing in the Uproar Conservation Challenge by Indianapolis Zoo and IUCN! VOTE NOW and help the Scaly-foot Snail win the $10,000 grand prize towards its conservation: https://www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conservation-challenge/17 Mar 2026 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7uzl4lws25https://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mgxgy44tcs2dWe made a press release! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxgy44tcs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mgt54cad5s2z[New Paper] @molecology.bsky.social Resources presents "VEHoP", a new bioinformatics pipeline that can infer protein-coding regions from a diverse NGS data types (mixed OK!) and automate phylogenomic inferences! OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70116 @yunlong-li.bsky.social @kmkocot.bsky.social12 Mar 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt54cad5s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/squamiferum.bsky.social/post/3mgt52tdvic2z[New Paper] @molecology.bsky.social Resources presents "VEHoP", a new bioinformatics pipeline that can infer protein-coding regions from a diverse NGS data types (mixed OK!) and automate phylogenomic inferences! OPEN ACCESS: https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70116 @yunlong-li.bsky.social @kmkocot.bsky.social12 Mar 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:pleq3uly7ugm5o7wrgyixhbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt52tdvic2z