Keiichi Kakui Ph.D.

Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

Lecturer

WoRMS Taxonomic editor (Tanaidacea)

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Research Fields

1. Biology of Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida)

- taxonomy, phylogeny, reproductive biology, sexual system, silk production, morphology, evolution, etc.

2. Taxonomy and phylogeny of aquatic invertebrates

- mainly focusing on peracarid crustaceans

Taken on 18 September, 2023

Education and Career

2002Apr–2006Mar B.c., Hokkaido Univ., Japan (Advisors: Shunsuke F Mawatari & Hiroshi Kajihara)

2006Apr–2008Mar M.c., Hokkaido Univ., Japan (Advisors: Shunsuke F Mawatari & Hiroshi Kajihara)

2008Apr–2011Mar D.c., Hokkaido Univ., Japan (Advisors: Shunsuke F Mawatari, Haruo Katakura, & Hiroshi Kajihara)

2010Apr–2011Mar JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Hokkaido Univ., Japan (Advisors: Haruo Katakura & Hiroshi Kajihara)

2011Apr–2012Mar JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Hokkaido Univ., Japan (Advisor: Haruo Katakura)

2012Apr–2015Mar Researcher, Hokkaido Univ., Japan (Advisor: Matthew H Dick)

2015Apr– Lecturer, Hokkaido Univ., Japan


Papers (peer-reviewed) (AM, accepted manuscript; PreRef, pre-refereed author version; roPDF, read-only PDF)



Papers (not peer-reviewed; selected)


Data deposited in open access repository (selected)


Grants etc. (selected)

2010Apr–2012Mar Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid (no. 10J01119 or 22·1119)

2012Apr–2014Mar Research Institute of Marine Invertebrate Foundation, Japan: Research grant

2014Apr–2015Mar Japan Science Society: Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant

2015Apr–2016Mar Fujiwara Natural History Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Japan: Research grant

2016Apr–2019Mar Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (no. 16K18597)

2017Apr–2018Mar Akiyama life science foundation, Japan: Research grant

2018Sep–2020Aug Mikimoto Fund for Marine Ecology: Research grant

2019Apr–2024Mar Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (no. 19K06800)

2020Apr–2025Mar Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (no. 20H03313) [Co-Investigator]

2022Apr–2026Mar Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (no. 22H02681) [Co-Investigator]

Committee activities (selected)

2016Jan–2019Dec Councilor, Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, Japan

2018Jul–2022Sep Committee member, Sapporo-branch, Zoological Society of Japan, Japan

2023MayTaxonomic editor (Tanaidacea), World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)


Editorial activities

2016Jan–2019Dec Associate Editor, Species Diversity (Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, Japan)

2016May–2021Apr Associate Editor, Japanese Journal of Benthology (Japanese Association of Benthology, Japan)


Reviewing Experience

Biology Letters

Cancer

CBM-Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Crustaceana

Crustacean Research

Deep Sea Research Part II

Ecology

Fauna Ryukyuana

Hydrobiologia

Japanese Journal of Benthology

Journal of Helminthology

Journal of Natural History

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Marine Biodiversity

Marine Biology Research

PeerJ

Plankton and Benthos Research

Polish Polar Research

Progress in Oceanography

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Scientific Reports

Species Diversity

Systematics and Biodiversity

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Zoological Science

Zoologica Scripta

Zootaxa