Peer reviewed publications
Hayashi M & Nakano H (2024) Staging of post-settlement growth in the nudibranch Hypselodoris festiva. Scientific Reports 14: 16157 doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-66322-4
Nakano H, Nakano A, Maeno A, Thorndyke MC (2023) Induced spawning with gamete release from body ruptures during reproduction of Xenoturbella bocki. Communications Biology 6: 172 doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04549-z
Kushida Y, Imahara Y, Wee HB, Fernandez-Silva I, Fromont J, Gomez O, Wilson N, Kimura T, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Higashiji T, Nakano H, Kohtsuka H, Iguchi A, Reimer JD (2022) Exploring the trends of adaptation and evolution of sclerites with regards to habitat depth in sea pens. PeerJ 10: e13929 doi: 10.7717/peerj.13929
Asai M, Miyazawa H, Yanase R, Inaba K & Nakano H (2022) A New Species of Acoela Possessing a Middorsal Appendage with a Possible Sensory Function. Zoological Science 39(1) 147-156 doi: 10.2108/zs210058
Kawashima T, Yoshida MA, Miyazawa H, Nakano H, Nakano N, Sakamoto T & Hamada M (2022) Observing Phylum-Level Metazoan Diversity by Environmental DNA Analysis at the Ushimado Area in the Seto Inland Sea. Zoological Science 39(1) 157-165 doi: 10.2108/zs210073
Nakano H, Jimi N, Sasaki T & Kajihara H (2022) Sinking Down or Floating Up? Current State of Taxonomic Studies on Marine Invertebrates in Japan Inferred from the Number of New Species Published between the Years 2003 and 2020. Zoological Science 39(1) 7-15 (review) doi: 10.2108/zs210076
Nakano H, Isowa Y & Inaba K (2022) JAMBIO and its Coastal Organism Joint Surveys: Network of marine stations explores Japanese coastal biota. Zoological Science 39(1) 1-6 (review) doi: 10.2108/zs210069
Miyazawa H, Osigus H, Rolfes S, Kamm K, Schierwater B, Nakano H (2021) Mitochondrial Genome Evolution of Placozoans: Gene Rearrangements and Repeat Expansions. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(1): evaa213 doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa213
Hookabe N, Asai M, Nakano H, Kimura T & Kajihara H (2020) A new bathyal tubulanid nemertean, Tubulanus izuensis sp. nov. (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea), from Japanese waters. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 133(1): 122-133 doi: 10.2988/PBSW-D-20-00006
Maeno A, Kohtsuka H, Takatani K & Nakano H (2019) Microfocus X-ray CT (microCT) Imaging of Actinia equina (Cnidaria), Harmothoe sp. (Annelida), and Xenoturbella japonica (Xenacoelomorpha). J. Vis. Exp. 150: e59161 doi: 10.3791.59161
Philippe H, Poustka AJ, Chiodin M, Hoff KJ, Dessimoz C, Tomiczek B, Schiffer PH, Muller S, Domman D, Horn M, Kuhl H, Timmermann B, Satoh N, Hikosaka-Katayama T, Nakano H, Rowe ML, Elphick MR, Thomas-Chollier M, Hankeln T, Mertes F, Wallberg A, Rast JP, Copley RR, Martinez P & Telford MJ (2019) Mitigating anticipated effects of systematic errors supports sister-group relationship between Xenacoelomorpha and Ambulacraria. Current Biology 29: 1818-1826 doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.009
Nakano H & Miyazawa H (2019) A new species of Orthonectida that parasitizes Xenoturbella bocki: Implications for studies on Xenoturbella. The Biological Bulletin 236: 66-73
Kohtsuka H, Tsuchiya Y & Nakano H (2018) First report of live Balanometra balanoides (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with observations on its coloration, collected from the Sagami Sea. Biogeography 20: 41-44
Miyazawa H & Nakano H (2018) Multiple surveys employing a new sample-processing protocol reveal the genetic diversity of placozoans in Japan. Ecology and Evolution 8: 2407-2417 doi: 10.1002/ece3.3861
Nakano H, Miyazawa H, Maeno A, Shiroishi T, Kakui K, Koyanagi R, Kanda M, Satoh N, Omori A & Kohtsuka H (2017) A new species of Xenoturbella from the western Pacific Ocean and the evolution of Xenoturbella. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 245 doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1080-2
Kakui K, Suzuki A, Nakano H, Kohtsuka H (2017) Habitat of a tanaidacean Apseudes nipponicus Shiino, 1937. Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist., Ser. A 15: 1-3
Nakano H (2015) What is Xenoturbella? Zoological Letters 1: 22 doi: 10.1186/s40851-015-0018-z
Nakano H, Kakui K, Kajihara H, Shimomura M, Jimi N, Tomioka S, Tanaka H, Yamasaki H, Tanaka M, Izumi T, Okanishi M, Yamada Y, Shinagawa H, Sato T, Tsuchiya Y, Omori A, Sekifuji M & Kohtsuka H (2015) JAMBIO Coastal Organism Joint Surveys reveals undiscovered biodiversity around Sagami Bay. Regional Studies in Marine Science 2Supp.: 77-81 doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.05.003
Amemiya S, Hibino T, Nakano H, Yamaguchi M, Kuraishi R & Kiyomoto M (2015) Development of ciliary bands in larvae of the living isocrinid sea lily Metacrinus rotundus. Acta Zoologica 96: 37-44
Nakano H (2014) Survey of the Japanese Coast Reveals Abundant Placozoan Populations in the Northern Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports 4: 5356 doi: 10.1038/srep05356
Nakano H, Lundin K, Bourlat SJ, Telford MJ, Funch P, Nyengaard JR, Obst M & Thorndyke MC (2013) Xenoturbella bocki exhibits direct development with similarities to Acoelomorpha. Nature Communications 4: 1537 doi: 10.1038/ncomms2556
Philippe H, Brinkmann H, Copley RR, Moroz LL, Nakano H, Poustka AJ, Wallberg A, Peterson KJ & Telford MJ (2011) Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella. Nature 470: 255-258
Obst M, Nakano H, Bourlat SJ, Thorndyke MC, Telford MJ, Nyengaard JR & Funch P (2011) Spermatozoon ultrastructure of Xenoturbella bocki (Westblad 1949). Acta Zoologica 92: 109-115
Kjeldsen KU, Obst M, Nakano H, Funch P & Schramm A. (2010) Two Types of Endosymbiotic Bacteria in the Enigmatic Marine Worm Xenoturbella bocki. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 2657-2662
Squires LN, Rubakhin SS, Wadhams AA, Talbot KN, Nakano H, Moroz LL & Sweedler JV (2010) Serotonin and its metabolism in basal deuterostomes: insights from Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Xenoturbella bocki. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 2647-2654
Nakano H, Nakajima Y & Amemiya S. (2009) Nervous system development of two crinoid species, the sea lily Metacrinus rotundus and the feather star Oxycomanthus japonicus. Development, Genes, and Evolution 219: 565-576
Fritzsch G, Bohme MU, Thorndyke M, Nakano H, Israelsson O, Stach T, Schlegel M, Hankeln T & Stadler PF (2008) PCR Survey of Xenoturbella bocki Hox Genes. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B 310B, 278-284.
Bourlat SJ*, Nakano H*, Åkerman M, Telford MJ, Thorndyke MC, & Obst M. (2008) Feeding ecology of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum Xenoturbellida) revealed by genetic barcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources 8:18-22 *: Equal contribution
Dupont S, Wilson K, Obst M, Sköld H, Nakano H, & Thorndyke MC. (2007) Marine ecological genomics: when genomics meets marine ecology. Marine Ecology Progress Series 332: 257-273
Hara Y, Yamaguchi M, Akasaka K, Nakano H, Nonaka M, & Amemiya S. (2006) Expression patterns of Hox genes in larvae of the sea lily Metacrinus rotundus. Development, Genes, and Evolution 216: 797-809
Bourlat SJ, Juliusdottir, T, Lowe CJ, Freeman R, Aronowicz J, Kirschner M, Lander ES, Thorndyke M, Nakano H, Kohn AB, Heyland A, Moroz LL, Copley RR & Telford MJ (2006) Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida. Nature 444: (7115) 85-88
Nakano H, Murabe N, Amemiya S, & Nakajima Y. (2006) Nervous system development of the sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus. Developmental Biology 292: 205-212
Stach T, Dupont S, Israelsson O, Fauville G, Nakano H, Kånneby T, & Thorndyke M. (2005) Nerve cells of Xenoturbella bocki (phylum uncertain) and Harrimania kupfferi (Enteropneusta) are positively immunoreactive to antibodies raised against echinoderm neuropeptides. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 1519-1524
Kohtsuka H & Nakano H. (2005) Development and Growth of a Feather Star Decametra tigrina (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with emphasis on the morphological differences between adults and juveniles. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 1503-1510
Nakano H, Hibino T, Hara Y, Oji T, & Amemiya S. (2004) Regrowth of the Stalk of the Sea Lily, Metacrinus rotundus (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) Journal of Experimental Zoology, 301A: 464-471
Nakano H, Hibino T, Oji T, Hara Y, & Amemiya S. (2003) Larval stages of a living sea lily (stalked crinoid echinoderm) Nature 421: (6919) 158-160
Nakano H, Hibino T, Hara Y, Oji T, & Amemiya S. (2002) The behavior and the morphology of sea lilies with shortened stalks: Implications on the evolution of feather stars. Zoological Science 19: (8) 961-964
Nakano H, Amemiya S, Shiokawa K, & Taira M. (2000) RNA interference for the organizer-specific gene Xlim-1 in Xenopus embryos. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 274: (2) 434-439
Bulletin Papers（peer-reviewed）
Kimura T, Kimura S, Jimi N, Kuramochi T, Fujita T, Komai T, Yoshida R, Tanaka H, Okanishi M, Ogawa A, Kobayashi I, Kodama M, Saito M, Kiyono Y, Katahira H, Nakano H, Yoshikawa A, Uyeno D, Tanaka M, Oya Y, Maekawa Y, Nakamura T, Okumura J, Tanaka K (2019) Benthic deep-sea fauna in south of the Kii Strait and the Sea of Kumano, Japan. Bull. Grad. Sch. Bioresour. Mie Univ. 45: 11-50
Conference Proceedings（peer-reviewed）
Bam M & Nakano H. (2017) Lysozyme from Placozoa, an early diverging Metazoa, lyses both gram-positive and negative bacteria. Proceedings of the JSFS 85th Anniversary-Commemorative International Symposium "Fisheries Science for Future Generations", 06006
Nakano H, Hibino T, Hara Y, Oji T, & Amemiya S. (2004) Development of the sea lily Metacrinus rotundus: Comparisons with feather stars. Proceedings of the 11th International Echinoderm Conference, 41-44
Conference Proceedings without peer-review
Nakano H, Bourlat SJ, Obst M, Nakano A, Telford MJ & Thorndyke MC. (2008) Developmental Studies of Xenoturbella. Journal of Morphology (Abstracts from the 1st International Conference of Invertebrate Morphology) 269: 1477
Obst M, Nakano H, Bourlat SJ, Thorndyke MC, Telford MJ, Nyengaard JR & Funch P. (2008) The Spermatozoan Ultrastructure of Xenoturbella suggests a Close Relationship to Enteropneust Hemichordates. Journal of Morphology (Abstracts from the 1st International Conference of Invertebrate Morphology) 269: 1478
Dupont S, Kånneby T, Stach T, Nakano H & Thorndyke MC. (2005) SALMFamide immunoreactivity as a tool for animal taxonomy? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 141: S161
Reports and reviews in Japanese
Nakano H (2024) Elucidating the origins and early evolution of Bilateria through Xenacoelomorpha. Saibou The CELL 56(5): 369-372
Kohtsuka H, Ogiso S, Nakano H (2020) Sea urchins (Echinodermata; Echinoidea) collected in the JAMBIO Coastal Organism Joint Surveys conducted along the Noto coast, Japan. Rep. Noto Mar Cent 26: 1-11
Nakano H, Kohtsuka H (2020) Crinoid development: Past research and future challenges. Kaiyo to Seibutsu (Aquabiology) 42(4): 370-377
Kohtsuka H, Nakano H, Yoshida M (2019) Calasterias toyamensis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) and its parasitic Eulimidae gen. sp. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected from the Oki Islands, Sea of Japan. Bull. Hoshizaki Green Found. 22: 203-208
Nakano H (2015) Placozoans- Strange animals without nerves or muscles, found in various places around Japan. Umiushi-Tsushin 86: 2-4
Nakano H (2011) Evolution and phylogeny of the mysterious animal Xenoturbella. Biological Sciences Genetics 65: 74-79
Nakano H (2011) Phylogenetic position of Acoelomorpha and Xenoturbella. Umiushi-Tsushin 71: 2-4
Kohtsuka H, Sato A, & Nakano H (2004) Observations on the development and growth of the feather star Dorometra parvicirra. Umiushi-Tsushin 42: 5-6
Books
Nakano H (2025)
Placozoa pp.156-157
Xenacoelomorpha pp.172-175
「Aquatic Small Beautiful Organism -Small Benthos and Plankton Encyclopedia」
ed: Nakamura Y, Yamasaki H, Tanaka H. Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd. (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2024)
Xenacoelomorpha and Placozoa pp. 97
In Zukan NEO POCKET Plankton
ed: Yamasaki H, NakamuraY, Tanaka H. Shogakukan (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2022)
Dawn of Placozoan Phylogenetic Taxonomy pp.28-38
In Marine Invertebrate Diversity
ed: 100th Anniversary publication committee, Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University
Kyoto University Press (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2021)
Xenoturbellida. pp. 521-530
In Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach (Eds. Schierwater B & DeSalle Rob) CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Nakano H (2020)
Placozoa pp. 10-11
Xenoturbellida pp. 38-39
Origin of Bilataria pp. 64-66
In Dictionary of Animasl (ed. Takashi Suemitsu) Asakura Shoten Publishing (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2020)
Marine Animals. pp. 65-74
Animal Larvae and Evolution. pp. 163-171
In Japanese Marine Life: A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology (Eds. Inaba K & Hall-Spencer JM) Springer, Singapore.
Nakano H (2019)
Development of Xenoturbellida. pp. 251-258
In Evo-Devo: Non-model Species in Cell and Developmental Biology (Eds. Tworzydlo W & Bilinski SM) Springer, Cham.
Nakano H (2018)
Establishment of multicellular body plans. pp. 148-149
Xenacoelomorpha. pp. 86-87
Cnidaria Ctenophora Placozoa Porifera. pp. 58-59
In Encyclopedia of Zoology (ed. the Zoological Society of Japan) Maruzen Publishing (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2018) Heiban
In Kojien wo 3bai tanoshimu 2 (ed. Iwanami Shtoten) Iwanami Shoten Publishers pp. 90-91 (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2012) Xenoturbellida.
In Encyclopedia on Evolutionary Biology (ed. Japan Society for Evolutionary Biology)
Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd. pp. 301-303 (in Japanese)
Others
Nakano H (2020-2022) Zoological Science Guest Editor
Nakano H (2021) Guest teacher at Shimoda Elementry School 2021.6.3
Nakano H (2019) Den mystika paradoxmasken. Havsutsikt 2019(2) December 6th, 2019 (in Swedish)
Nakano H Gave a talk on Xenoturbella at the Izu-Peninsula Geopark Geo-cafe. 2019.11.30
Nakano H (2018) 'Xenoturbella japonica' a new species discovered in Japan. academist Journal. March 28th, 2018 (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2016) Marine invertebrate larvae. In May 22nd, 2016 Izu-shinbun newspaper (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2015) Placozoans. In September 20th, 2015 Izu-shinbun newspaper (in Japanese)
Nakano H, Tsuchiya Y, Sato T, Shinagawa H, Yamada Y, Omori A, Sekifuji M, Kohtsuka H (2015)
Investigating marine animals of Sagami Bay -JAMBIO Coastal Organism Joint Survey-
In JAMBIO News Letter Vol. 6 (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2015) Sea lilies and feather stars. In January 18th, 2015 Izu-shinbun newspaper (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2014) Collections of the strange placozoans around Japan. In JAMBIO News Letter Vol. 5 (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2014) Heiban. In Kagaku, Iwanami Shoten Vol.84 No.10 p1047(in Japanese)
Nakano H (2013) Elucidating the strange life of Xenoturbella. In JAMBIO News Letter vol. 2 (in Japanese)
Nakano H (2012) Trichoplax adhaerens. In JAMBIO News Letter Vol. 1 (in Japanese)