Takasi Tokioka
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Eponymous species
At least a dozen species are named in his honor,[2] including these below.
- Acartia tokiokai Mori, 1942 - Copepoda
- Atlanta tokiokai van der Spoel & Troost, 1972 - Heteropoda
- Bolivina tokiokai Uchio, 1962 - Formanifera
- Eudistoma tokiokai Nishikawa, 1990 - Ascidiacea
- Euchromadora tokiokai Wieser, 1955 - Nematoda
- Krohnittella tokiokai Bieri, 1974 - Chaetognatha
- Ophiocentrus tokiokai Irimura, 1981 - Ophiuroidea
- Polycarpa tokiokai Monniot & Monniot, 1996 - Ascidiacea
- Styela tokiokai Nishikawa, 1991 - Ascidiacea
References
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- ↑ Nishikawa, T. 2001. Obituary of Dr. Takasi Tokioka. Ascidian News. 50:2-3. http://depts.washington.edu/ascidian/AN50.html
- ↑ Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.tu.html
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