Yu Yokoya

Yu Yokoya (18??-1967) was a Japanese marine biologist. He worked at least after 1917 on Japanese decapod crustaceans for the Fisheries Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial Univ.

Yu Yokoya
Born18??
Japan
Died1967
NationalityJapanese
Scientific career
FieldsMarine biology
InstitutionsImperial University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture)

Works

  • Some Rare and New Species of Decapod Crustaceans Found in the Vicinity of the Misaki Marine Biological Station[1]
  • 1933 - On the distribution of decapod crustaceans inhabiting the continental shelf around Japan, chiefly based upon the materials collected by S.S. Soyo-Maru, during the year 1923-1930. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial University, 12 (1): 1-226.

Tributes

The cephalopod name Loligo yokoyai M. Ishikawa, 1925 may possibly be in his honour. The thalassinidean name Upogebia yokoyai Makarov, 1938? is also in his honour.[2]

References


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