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NIIGATA DAIGAKU, RIGAKUBU FUZOKU RINKAI JIKKFNSHO 



OKAYAMA DAIGAKU, RIGAKUBU FUZOKU RINKAI JIKKENSHO 



Crustacea: Mr/el/a mitella. Tetrdclita squamosa, 



Chthanialns chdUengeri 

 Echinodermata: Paracaudina chilensis. Anlhoc'nidr'ts 



crassisphia, Ophiolhrix japonicus 

 Pisces : Chasmichthys ilolichogiuilhtis 

 Note: A list of species found near the laboratory has 



been published in the journal of Faailly Science 



Niigata University, Ser. II, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 61-71, 



April, 1953. 

 major current research projects and scientific 



leaders: 

 Life history studies of Pelecypoda and Cirripedia 



(Shigeo Emura) 

 Comparative endocrinology (Hisaaki Iwasawa) 



Okayama Daigakn, R'lgakubii Fuzokn Rinkn'i 

 Jikketisho 



OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, TAMANO MARINE LABO- 

 RATORY 



POSTAL address: 888 Shibukawa, Tamano, Okayama 

 Prefecture, Nippon (Japan). 



LOCATION: Near Okayama. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Shumpei Inoh, Director. Bio- 

 logical Institute, Faculty of Science, Okayama Univer- 

 sity, Okayama. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1953- 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology; graduate and undergraduate instruc- 

 tion. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: The Inland Sea; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research and liv- 

 ing space for 5 visitors; fees charged for research 

 space. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water, small aquarium 

 tanks; skilled shop workman available from Okayama 



University; small boats and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Zoo- and phytoplankton, 

 taxonomy of marine algae, marine invertebrate zo- 

 ology, comparative physiology. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; one tech- 

 nician. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 

 STUDIES: 



Chlorophyceae: Acetahiilaria cdlycubis 

 Phaeophyceae: Sargassinn sp. 

 Rhodophyceae: Martensia dentictilata 

 Coelenterata: Spirocodon sa/fa/rix, Dactylomeira 



pacifica, Paracondylactis hertiiigi 

 Annelida: Thalassema gogoshimense (Echiuroidea) 

 Mollusca: AXactra venerijormis 

 Echinodermata: Peronella japonica 

 Protochorda'a: Halocynthia roretzi 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Cytology of algae (Shumpei Inoh) 

 Taxonomy of algae (Hiroyuki Hirose) 

 Electron microscopy of muscle (Siro Kavvaguti) 

 Photosensitivity in marine invertebrates (Masao 



Yoshida) 

 Neurosecretion in crustaceans (Kunio Matsumoto) 

 Physiology of the melanophore (Kiyotugu Seizi Iwata) 



Siiistni-Cho 



FISHERIES AGENCY 



POSTAL ADDRESS: 



HeddcfUdrters: 2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, 



Tokyo, Nippon (Japan). 

 Branch lahoralories: 



1. 



3. 



Hokkaido-Ku Suisan Kenkyusho (Hokkaido 

 Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory) 

 Naikai-Ku Suisan Kenkyusho (Naikai Regional 

 Fisheries Research Laboratory) 

 Nankai-Ku Suisan Kenkyusho (Nankai Regional 



