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MISAKI RINKAI JIKKENSHO 



MAJOR ri:si;arch and teaching facilities: Small 

 library; running sea and fresh-water; machine and 

 wood shop, electrical and electronic shop; small boats 

 and outboard motors. 



INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: General invertebrate zool- 

 ogy, embryology, physiology, and physiological chem- 

 istry. 



SIZE OF staff: Four at professional level; 3 collectors. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES AVAILABLE FOR LABORATORY 



STUDIES: 



Hydrozoa: Spirocodon .udtutr'ix 



Pelccypoda: iWytilus ednlis 



Asteroidea: As/erias amureusis, Asterina peciiiiifera 



Echinoidea: Psetidocenlrotus depresses, Heniicen- 

 trotiis pidcherriiiins, Aiilhncidar'ts crass/spii/a. Clyp- 

 easter japoniciis 



Pisces : Chasmkhlhys gulosus 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 



Taxonomy of fishes (Itiro Tomiyama) 



Cell physiology (Yukio Hiramoto) 



Embryological studies of echinoderms (Katsuma Dan) 



Fertilization studies (Jean Clark Dan) 



Biochemical studies of spermatozoa and eggs of echi- 

 noderms (Takashi Fujii and Juro Ishida) 



Tokyo Kyoikii Daigak//, Shhuoda Rinkai ]ik- 

 kensho 



TOKYO KYOIKU UNIVERSITY, SHIMODA MARINE 

 BIOLOGICAL STATION 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Nip- 

 pon (Japan). 



LOCATION: Near Ito, on Shimoda Bay. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. Hidemichi Oka, Professor of 

 Zoology, Zoological Institute, Faculty of Science, 

 Tokyo Kyoiku University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1933. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on general 

 marine biology, plankton, physiology and oceanog- 

 raphy ; graduate and undergraduate instruction. 



SEASON OF OPERATION: All year. 



PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE: Pacific Ocean; 

 sandy and silty beaches, rocky and gravelly shores; 

 estuarine conditions, brackish, shallow bays, rivers 

 and streams. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 1-2 

 visitors; fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Small 



library; running sea and fresh-water, large outdoor 

 ponds and tanks, small aquarium tanks; identified 

 reference collections of local Crustacea (Decapoda 

 and Cumacea), Tunicata, Pisces (marine) and algae; 

 machine and wood shop, electrical and electronic shop, 

 skilled shop workman available; one 7 m LOA vessel, 

 R. V. Sagi/ta. 

 INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM: Invertebrate zoology, com- 

 parative physiology, general algology, and general 

 marine biology. 

 SIZE OF staff: Four at professional level; 3 techni- 

 cians. 

 important species available for laboratory 

 studies: 

 Coelenterata: Cynihdclis aclioiwsto'/des, Std/nocladia 



aciiinmata 

 Echinodermata : Slrongylocenlrotin piihherriniis, 



Echiiiometni matbaei, Heliocidaris cidssispinii. Com- 

 anthiu jcipoiiicd 

 Crustacea: Panidirns japoniciis. Bdldiiiii spp., Cypri- 



d'lmi hilgendorfi 

 Mollusca; Dolabelld sp., Ostrea spp. 

 Tunicata: Compound ascidians (many species) 

 major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Studies on compound ascidians (Hidemichi Oka) 

 Systematic studies on Cumacea (Isokichi Harada) 



SHIMODA RINKAI JIKKENSHO 



