Curriculum Vitae – April 2023
Tomomi SAITO

Present Address:

194 Inoshiri, Usa-cho, Tosa city, Kochi 781-1164 Japan

Current Position:

Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, Professor

Tel No#+81-088-856-3019

E-mail:t-saito@kochi-u.ac.jp

Nationality

Japanese

ORCID ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9776-5453

EDUCATION
BA. (Science of Fisheries) from Kyoto University, Kyoto. Passed in 1993.
Ph.D. (Science) from Tokyo University, Tokyo. Passed in 2002.

WORKING EXPERIENCE“Technician” of Raising and Exhibition Section, Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, 1994-2003.
“Senior Chief” of Sea Turtle Reproduction Section, Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, 2004-2008.
“Section Manager” of Sea Turtle Reproduction Section, Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, 20092011.
“Associate Professor”, Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, 2012-2021.
“Professor”, Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, 2022- present

UNIVERISTY COURSE LECTURES
Animal Ecology, Kochi University, 2012- present

1Marine Biology, Kochi University, 2012- present
Basic training course of Marine Biology, Kochi University, 2012- present
Basic training course of Marine Biology, Kansei Gakuin University, 2012- present
Fisheries Biology, Kochi University, 2017- present
Introduction to Chelonian Biology, The Open University of Japan, 2023- present

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONThe Crustacean Society of Japan, Member, 1998- present
International journal editorial board member, 2015- present
The Zoological Society of Japan, Member, 2000- present
The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, Member, 2007- present
Secretary of general affairs, 2006-2009
45th Meeting Executive Committee Chairperson, 2009
Electoral Commissioner, 2010-2013
Japanese journal editorial board member, 2016-2019
Sea Turtle Association of Japan, Member, 2012- present
Board member, 2016- present
Herpetological Society of Japan, Member, 2016- present

SERVICE ON SCIENTIFIC COMITTEES:
Domestic hawksbill turtle conservation and aquaculture research project, Expert member ofhawksbill sea turtle aquaculture promotion committee, 2010
Aichi Prefecture Introduced Species Review, Committee, 2011
Kochi Prefecture Red Data Book (animal edition) revision project, Revision Committee, Reptiles
and Amphibians Subcommittee Chairman, 2014-20202

Ministry of the Environment, Japan, Conservation Promoter for Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora, 2015- present
Kochi Prefecture, Endangered Wildlife Conservation Specialist, 2015- present
IUCN, Marine Turtle Specialist Group, Member, 2023- present

RESEARCH INTERESTManagement and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Ecology, Freshwater and Maine Ecology,
Herpetology, Biology of Sea Turtles, Crustacean Biology, Evolution and Marine Biodiversity,
Coastal development, Hydrobiology, Science Education.

PROJECTS
1.

National Museum of Natural History, Paris, "Phylogenetic study of shrimps of the Infra Order
Stenopodidea". Co-researcher. 2003, 2006.

2.

National Taiwan Ocean University, "Taxonomic study of shrimp in the family Stenopodidae".
Co-researcher. 2010.

3.

Okinawa Prefectural Government, "How will the nature of the island change if the bridge isbuilt? -Survey of the current state of the biota of Irabujima and Shimojishima Islands". Coresearcher. 2012.

4.

Okinawa Prefectural Government, “Biocultural Diversity Survey and Comprehensive Coral
Reef Conservation Model Construction Project for Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation in
Irabu and Shimoji-shima Islands”. Co-researcher. 2014.

5.

STRETCH, “Unraveling the mysteries of North Pacific loggerhead sea turtle migrations”. Coresearcher. 2021- present.

RESEARCH FUNDING AWARDS
1. Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums, "Wildlife Conservation Fund". Co-Researcher. 2005.
2. Institute of Fisheries and Invertebrates, "Individual Research Grant". Representative. 2006.
3. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, "Encouragement Research". Representative. 2007.
4. Narishige Science Promotion Fund. Representative. 2008-2009.
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5. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, "Research start-up support". Representative. 2012-2013.
6. Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums, "Wildlife Conservation Fund". Representative.
2015-2016.
7. Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund 2015 Research Grant. Representative. 2016-2018.
8. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ``Basic C''. Representative. 2016-2018.
9. Tosashimizu City Geopark academic research support project. Representative. 2018.
10. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, "Basic C". Representative. 2019-2022.
11. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ``Basic C''. Co-researcher. 2019-2021.
12. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, ``Basic B''. Co-researcher. 2020-2024.
13. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, “Basic C”. Representative. 2023-present.

PUBLICATIONS
1. Okamura, K., and Saito, T. 2023. First record of Atyopsis spinipes (Newport, 1847) (Decapoda:
Atyidae) from Shikoku Island, Japan. Bulletin of the Shikoku Institute of Natural History16: 3032 (In Japanese with English abstract).
2. Saito, T. , and Fujita, Y. 2022. A new shrimp of the genus Odontozona Holthuis, 1946
(Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) from a submarine cave of the Ryukyu Islands, IndoWest Pacific. Zootaxa 5175 (4): 439–452.
3. Kaneshiro, Y., and Saito, T. 2022. List of Amphibians and Reptiles from Kochi Prefecture.
Bulletin of the Shikoku Institute of Natural History15: 74-76 (In Japanese).
4. Muñoz, C., Saito, T., and Vermeiren, P. 2021. Cohort structure and individual resource
specialization in loggerhead turtles, long-lived marine species with ontogenetic migrations.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 671: 175-190.
5. Kaneshiro, Y., Yachimori, S., Tanioka, H., Watabe, T., Yoshikawa, T., Saito, T., Mino, A.,
Sakamoto, M., and Kasagi, K. 2021. Distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Kochi
Prefecture. Bulletin of the Shikoku Institute of Natural History 14: 83-148 (In Japanese withEnglish Abstract).
6. Briscoe D.K., Turner-Tomasewicz C., Seminoff, J. A., Parker, D. M., Balazs G., Polovina J.,
Kurita M., Okamoto H., Saito T., Rice M., and Crowder L.B. 2021. Dynamic thermal corridor

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may connect endangered loggerhead sea turtles across the Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine
Science 8: 630590.
7. Hatakenaka, T., Miyake, K., Takada, K., Sasai, T., Fukada, S., Kayou, M., Obuchi, T., Maeda,
K., Makabe, M., Kawazu, I., and Saito, T. 2021．Influence of retention conditions and durationon the swim frenzy in green sea turtle hatchlings. Kuroshio Science 14(2): 103-112 (In Japanesewith English abstract).
8. Fujimoto, R., Kosaka, S., Miyake, K., Kobayashi, Y., Takada, K., Kumazawa, Y., and Saito, T.
2020. Effect of retention conditions and duration on the swim frenzy of hatchling loggerhead
turtles. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(3): 579-587.
9. Konishi, K., and Saito, T. 2019. Re-description of the first zoea of deep-sea spider crab
Platymaia alcocki (Brachyura: Majoidea: Inachidae) from laboratory-hatched materials. Aquatic
Animals AA2019-3.
10. Kobayashi, Y., Fujimoto, R., Kosaka, S., Miyake, K., Tanaka, K.,and Saito, T. 2019.
Environmental factors affecting beach selection bynesting loggerhead turtles in Kochi Prefecture.
Kuroshio Science 12(2): 156-173 (In Japanese with English abstract).
11. Saito, T., Wada, M., Fujimoto, R., Kobayashi, S., and Kumazawa, Y. 2019. Effects of sand typeon hatch, emergence, and locomotor performance in loggerhead turtle hatchlings. Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 511: 54-59.
12. Kobayashi, S., Aokura, N., Fujimoto, R., Mori, K., Kumazawa, Y., Ando, Y., Matsuda, T., Nitto,
H., Arai, K., Watanabe, G., and Saito, T. 2018. Incubation and water temperatures influence theperformances of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings during the dispersal phase. Scientific Reports 8:
11911
13. Saito, T., and Fujita, Y. 2018. A new species of the stenopodidean shrimp genus Odontozona
Holthuis, 1946 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) from the Ryukyu Islands,
Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4450(4): 458-472．
14. Takagi, M., Fujimoto, R., Waseda, S., and Saito, T. 2018. Occurrence of ghost crabs (Ocypode,Ocypodinae, Ocypodidae, Brachyura) on the sandy beaches of Kochi Prefecture. Kuroshio
Science 11(2): 128-139 (In Japanese with English abstract).
15. Waseda, S., Saito, T., Yachimori, S., and Genkai-Kato, M. 2018. Effects of seawall
improvement on animals preying on loggerhead turtle eggs. Kuroshio Science 11(2): 140-145 (InJapanese with English abstract).
16. Fujimoto, R., Wada, M., Kobayashi, S., Kumazawa, Y., and Saito, T. 2018. Temporal changeof frenzy swimming in loggerhead turtle hatchlings. Kuroshio Science 11(2): 152-162 (InJapanese with English abstract).
517. Fukuda, T., Eitsuka, T., Donai, K., Kurita, M., Saito, T., Okamoto, H., Kinoshita, K., Katayama,M., Nitto, H., Uchida, T., Onuma, M., Sone, H., Inoue-Murayama, M., and Kiyono, T. 2018.
Expression of human mutant cyclin dependent kinase 4, Cyclin D and telomerase extends the life
span but does not immortalize fibroblasts derived from loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).
Scientific Reports 8: 9229.
18. Saito, T., Kurita, M., Okamoto, H., Kakizoe, Y., Parker, D., Briscoe, D., Rice, M., Polovina, J.,
and Balazs, G. 2018. Satellite tracking immature loggerhead turtles in temperate and subarctic
ocean habitats around the Sea of Japan. Micronesica 2018-03: 1-20.
19. Kobayashi, S., Wada, M., Fujimoto, R., Kumazawa, Y., Arai, K., Watanabe, G., and Saito, T.
2017. The effects of nest incubation temperature on embryos and hatchlings of the loggerhead
sea turtle: Implications of sex difference for survival rates during early life stages. Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 486: 274-281.
20. Wada, M., Fujimoto, R., Ooyama, J., Kobayashi, S., Kumazawa, Y., and Saito, T. 2017. Nesting
ecology of female loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) and sand particle size of the nesting sites
at Nii and Nino Beaches, Niyodo River mouth, Kochi Prefecture. Kuroshio Science 10(2): 136147 (In Japanese with English abstract).
21. Saito, T., Okuno, J., and Anker, A. 2017. Two new species of the stenopodidean shrimp genus
Odontozona Holthuis, 1946 (Decapoda: Stenopodidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Crustacean
Research 46: 25-55.
22. Watanabe, M., Yachimori, S., Saito, T., and Genkai-Kato, M. 2017. Predators of eggs ofloggerhead turtles at Ikumi Beach, Toyo Town, Kochi Prefecture. Bulletin of the Shikoku
Institute of Natural History10: 9-15 (In Japanese with English abstract).
23. Komai, T., De Grave, S., and Saito, T. 2016. Two new species of the stenopodidean shrimp
genus Spongiocaris Bruce & Baba, 1973 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Spongicolidae) from the IndoWest Pacific. Zootaxa 4111(4): 421-447.
24. Okada, T., Henmi, Y., Mino, A., Itani, G., Saito, T., and Machida, Y. 2016. Record of Clorida
japonica (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae) from Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.
NANKISEIBUTSU 58(2): 206-207 (In Japanese with English abstract).
25. Briscoe D, Parker D, Balazs G, Okamoto H, Kurita M, Saito, T., Rice M, Polovina J, andCrowder L. 2016. Active dispersal in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) during the 'lost
years'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20160690.
26. Briscoe, D., Parker, D., Bograd, S., Hazen, E., Scales, K., Balazs, G., Kurita, M., Saito, T.,Okamoto, H., Rice, M., Polovina, J., and Crowder, L. 2016. Multi-year tracking reveals
extensive pelagic phase of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles in the North Pacific. Movement
Ecology 4(23)627. Komaki，Y., Yachimori, S., Saito, T., and Genkai-Kato, M. 2016. Protection of loggerhead
turtle eggs from predation by foxes at Ikumi Beach in Toyo Town, Kochi Prefecture. Kuroshio
Science 9(2): 164-173 (In Japanese with English abstract).
28. Saito, T., Kurita, M., Okamoto, H., Uchida, I., Parker, D., and Balazs, G. 2015. Tracking maleloggerhead turtle migrations around southwestern Japan using satellite telemetry. Chelonian
Conservation and Biology 14(1): 82-87.
29. Saito, T., and Anker, A. 2014. Two new species and new records of Microprosthema Stimpson,
1860 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa
3857 (2): 183–206.
30. Kusuda, S., Yasukawa, Y., Shibata, H., Saito, T., Doi, O., Ohya, Y. and Yoshizaki, N. 2013.
Diversity in the matrix structure of eggshells in the Testudines (Reptilia). Zoological Science,30(5): 366-374.
31. Saito, T. 2013. Shrimps inhabiting in the deep-sea sponge hosts. Cancer 22: 51-55 (InJapanese).
32. Kakizoe, Y., Sakaoka, K., Akune, Y., Kanou, Y., Saito, T. and Uchida, I. 2013. Change ofplasma chemistry values in captive breeding loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). ISRN Zoology,
Article ID 514576, 7 pages.
33. Saito, N., Saito, T., and Okamoto, H. 2013. A record of cirolanid isopods, Cirolana harfordi
japonica (Crustacea), found in a stranded green turtle, Chelonia mydas, on Omaezaki Beach,
Japan. UMIGAME NEWSLETTER OF JAPAN 94: 8-12.
34. Saito, T., and Anker, A. 2012. A new species of the genus Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860
(Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) from the Society Islands, French Polynesia. Pp. 163-173. In
Crustaceana Monographs 17, Studies on Eumalacostraca: a Homage to Masatsune Takeda (ed.
Komatsu, H., Okuno, J., & Fukuoka, K.), Brill, Leiden.
35. Konishi, K. and Saito, T. 2012. Remarkable zoeas of two species of deep-sea spider crabs(Brachyura, Majoidea, Epialtidae, Pisinae). Pp. 285-301. In Crustaceana Monographs 17, Studies
on Eumalacostraca: a Homage to Masatsune Takeda (ed. Komatsu, H., Okuno, J., & Fukuoka,K.), Brill, Leiden.
36. Fukuda, T., Kurita, J., Saito, T., Yuasa, K., Kurita, M., Donai, K., Nitto, H., Soichi, M.,
Nishimori, K., Uchida, T., Isogai, E., Onuma, M., Sone, H., Ohseko, N., and Inoue-Murayama,
M. 2012. Efficient establishment of primary fibroblast cultures from the hawksbill sea turtle(Eretmochelys imbricata). In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Animal, 48: 660-665.

737. Saito, T., and Okuno, J. 2011. Two new species of the genus Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860
(Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) from the Ryukyu Islands. Bulletin of the National Museum of
Nature and Science, Series A (Zoology), Supplement 5: 83–99.
38. Saito, T., Balazs, G., Rice, M., Lee, T. A., and Soichi, M. 2011. Saving the Singapore
Hawksbill. Asian Diver No. 113, Issue 2, The Big Blue Book: 88-89.
39. Saito, N., and Saito, T. 2011. New record of Aegiochus spongiophila (Semper) (Isopoda:
Aegidae), inhabiting the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella oweni Herklots & Marshall from off
Makurazaki, southern Kyushu, Japan. Crustacean Research, 40: 33-40.
40. Kakizoe, Y., Fujiwara, M., Akune, Y., Kanou, Y., Saito, T., and Uchida, I. 2010. Cyclicalchanges of plasma sex steroids in captive breeding loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Journalof Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 41(4): 643-648.
41. Saito, T., and Fujita, Y. 2009. A new species of the genus Odontozona (Decapoda:
Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) associated with a comatulid crinoid from the Ryukyu Islands.
Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A (Zoology), Supplement 3: 123135.
42. Saito, T., Okuno, J., and Chan, T.-Y. 2009. A new species of Stenopus from the Indo-west
Pacific, with a redefinition of the genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidae). Ruffles Bulletinof Zoology, Supplement 20: 107-118.
43. Hatase, H., Sudo, R., Watanabe, K., Kasugai, T., Saito, T., Okamoto, H., Uchida, I., andTsukamoto, K. 2009. Shorter telomere length with age in the loggerhead turtle: a new hope forlive sea turtle age estimation. Genes & Genetic Systems 83(5): 423-426.
44. Saito, T., and Komatsu, H. 2009． Two new species of Richardina A. Milne Edwards, 1881
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae), representing the first occurrences of thegenus from the Pacific. Zootaxa 2154: 30–46.
45. Saito, T. 2008. An overview of taxonomy of the family Spongicolidae (Crustacea: Decapoda:
Stenopodidea). TAXA, Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 24: 33-46 (InJapanese with English abstract).
46. Saito, T., and Komai, T. 2008. A review of species of the genera Spongicola de Haan, 1844 andParaspongicola de Saint Laurent & Cleva, 1981 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Stenopodidea,
Spongicolidae). Zoosystema 30(1): 87-147.
47. Komai, T., and Saito, T. 2006. A new genus and two new species of Spongicolidae (Crustacea:
Decapoda: Stenopodidea) from the south-west Pacific. Tropical Deep-sea Benthos 24. Mémoires
du Muséum national d’Hisotoire naturelle 193: 265-284.

848. Saito, T., Tsuchida, S., and Yamamoto, T. 2006. Spongicoloides iheyaensis, a new species ofdeep-sea sponge-associated shrimp from the Iheya Ridge, Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan(Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(2): 224-233.
49. Saito, T., and Takeda, M. 2003. Phylogeny of the family Spongicolidae (Crustacea:
Stenopodidea): evolutionary trend from shallow-water freeliving to deep-water spongeassociated habitat. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 83: 119131.
50. Sato, A., Saito, T., and Amemiya, S. 2003. Crown regeneration in two living sea lilies
Metacrinus interruptus and Saracrinus nobilis. Proceedings of the 11th International
Echinoderm Conference.
51. Okuno, J., Saito, T., Kawamoto, T., Hirayama, S., and Nomura, K. 2003. Record of a boxer
shrimp, Stenopus pyrsonotus Goy and Devaney, 1980 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidae)
from East Asian Waters, with notes on intraspecific variations. Journal of Natural History
Museum and Institute, Chiba 7(2): 79-84 (In Japanese with English abstract).
52. Saito, T., Uchida, I., and Takeda, M. 2002. Skeletal growth of the deep-sea hexactinellid
sponge Euplectella oweni, and host selection by the symbiotic shrimp Spongicola japonica(Crustacea: Decapoda: Spongicolidae). Journal of Zoology 258: 521-529.
53. Saito, T., and Konishi, K. 2002. Description of the first stage zoea of the symmetrical hermit
crab Pylocheles mortensenii (Boas, 1926) (Anomura, Paguridea, Pylochelidae). Crustaceana75(3/4): 621-628.
54. Saito, T. 2002. Development of external sexual characters in the deep-sea sponge-associatedshrimp Spongicola japonica Kubo (Crustacea: Decapoda: Spongicolidae). Journal of Natural
History 36(7): 819-829.
55. Saito, T., Uchida, I., and Takeda, M. 2001. Pair formation in Spongicola japonica (Crustacea:
Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae), a shrimp associated with deep-sea hexactinellid sponges. Journalof the Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom 81: 789-797.
56. Saito, T., and Koya, Y. 2001. Gonadal maturation and embryonic development in the deep-sea
sponge-associated shrimp, Spongicola japonica Kubo (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea).
Zoological Science 18(4): 567-576.
57. Konishi, K., and Saito, T. 2000. Larvae of the deep-sea squat lobsters, Agononida incerta(Henderson, 1888) and Munida striola Macpherson and Baba, 1993 with notes on larvalmorphology of the family (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheidae). Zoological Science 17(7): 10211029.

958. Kasugai, T., Matsuda, T., and Saito, T. 2000. Record of the carangid fish Trachinotus blochii(Lacepède) (Pisces: Carangidae) from the west coast of Chita Peninsula, Japan.
NANKISEIBUTSU 42(1): 65-66 (In Japanese).
59. Saito, T., and Konishi, K. 1999. Direct development in the sponge-associated deep-sea shrimp,
Spongicola japonica (Decapoda: Spongicolidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 19(1): 46-52.
60. Kasugai, T., and Saito, T. 1999. Two species of young snappers (Lutjanidae) collected from
Zostera bed at southern coast of Chita Peninsula, Japan. NANKISEIBUTSU 41(1): 65-66 (InJapanese).
61. Saito, T., Nakajima, K., and Konishi, K. 1998. First zoea of a rare deep-sea shrimp Vexillipar
repandum Chace, 1988 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea, Alpheidae), with special reference tolarval characters of the family. Publications of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 38(3/4): 147153.

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