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49) Hookabe N, Manzano GG, Jimi N, Kise H, Reimer JD, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y (2025) Ribbon worms living on deep-sea trees: Alvinonemertes daitoensis sp. nov. (Nemertea, Monostilifera) associated with Walteria sponge (Porifera, Hexactinellida). Systematics and Biodiversity (in press) .

48) Hookabe N, Yamamori L, Ogawa A, Jimi N, Kohtsuka H, Rouse GW (2025) An updated phylogeny of Iphitime (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) revealing multiple host switching, with description of I. nubila sp. nov.  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (in press). 

47) Jimi N, Hookabe N, Woo SP,  Kohtsuka H (2025) Two new genera and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) associated with sea urchins. Zoological Studies (in press). 

46) Abato JC, Hookabe N, Kajihara H (2025) Species Diversity of Tetranemertes (Nemertea: Monostilifera) in Japan. Species Diversity 30: 71–83. [LINK]

45) Kobayashi I, Ameda Y, Hookabe N, Ogawa A, Kohtsuka H (2025) First record of the family Korethrasteridae (Asteroidea: Velatida) from Japan and descriptions of two new species. Tropical Zoology 38: tz.2025.193. [LINK]

44) Jimi N, Hookabe N, Woo SP, Fujiwara Y (2025) Taxonomy and ecological insights into Melinnopsis shinkaiae sp. nov., a polychaete with a vertical tube from the Daiichi-Kashima seamount (Northwest Pacific). Plankton and Benthos Research 20: 29–35 [LINK]

43) Kakui K, Shiraki S, Hookabe N (2025) Fecampiid flatworms parasitic in a tanaidacean crustacean. Journal of Helminthology 99: e24. [LINK]

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42) Jimi N, Hookabe N, Shiraki S, Yokooka H, Woo SP, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y (2024) A new species of Flabelligena (Acrocirridae: Annelida) from the western Pacific. Species Diversity 29: 415–421. [LINK]

41) Hookabe N (2024) Anterior regeneration of the widespread marine heteronemertean Evelineus mcintoshii (Nemertea: Pilidiophora). Journal of Natural History 58: 45–58. [LINK]

40) Chen C, Hookabe N, Hashimoto R, Shimooka S, Shiraki S, Uyeno D, Kagwagucci S (2024) Faunal composition of the Sumisu Caldera hydrothermal vent field as a key baseline for conservation in light of deep-sea mining. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34: e70009. [LINK]

39)  Yamasaki H, Yoshida M, Jimi N, Hookabe N, Sako M, Kohtsuka H, Fujimoto S (2024) Kinorhynch fauna from Oki Islands, with the description of a new Echinoderes species and its phylogenetic relationships within the family Echinoderidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 313: 87–101. [LINK]

38) Hookabe N, Jimi N, Furushima Y, Fujiwara Y (2024) Discovery of deep-sea acoels from a chemosynthesis-based ecosystem. Biology Letters 20: 1–8. [LINK]

37) Hookabe N, Jimi N, Fujimoto S, Kajihara H (2024) Revisiting Stygocapitella (Annelida, Parergodrilidae) in Japan, with insights into their amphi-Pacific diversification. Royal Society Open Science 11: rsos-231782. [LINK]

36) Hookabe N, Jimi N, Ogawa A, Tsuchiya M, Sluys R (2024) The abyssal parasitic flatworm Fecampia cf. abyssicola: new records, anatomy, and molecular phylogeny, with a discussion on its systematic position. The Biological Bulletin 245: 77–87. [LINK]

35) Hookabe N, Ueshima R, Miura T (2024) Postembryonic development and lifestyle shift in the commensal ribbon worm. Frontiers in Zoology 21: 13. [LINK]

34) Chen C, Hookabe N, Komatsu H (2024) Faunal community of a new hot vent field on the Amami Rift.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 104: e39. [LINK]

33) Hookabe N, Fujino Y, Nagano H (2024) Osmotic responses and oceanic dispersal of upper brackish nemertean: Ecophysiology from field to in vitro observation. Ecology. [LINK] (online first)

32) Abato JC, Chernyshev AV, Hookabe N, Tsuyuki A, Kaushik G, Kajihara H (2024) Delimiting the polymorphic congeners of the genus Oerstedia Quatrefages, 1864 (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea), and descriptions of three new species from the Northwest Pacific. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12: 1356316. [LINK] 

31) Hasegawa N, Hookabe N, Fujiwara Y, Jimi N, Kajihara H (2024) Supplemental re-description of a deep-sea ascidian, Fimbrora calsubia (Ascidiacea, Enterogona), with an inference of its phylogenetic position. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100: 129–140. [LINK] 

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30) Jimi N, Hookabe N, Fujimoto S, Kise H, Ogawa A, Tsuchiya M (2023) Three species of Fauveliopsidae (Annelida) from the northwestern Pacific including a new species. Plankton and Benthos Research 18: 178–184. [LINK]

29) Hookabe N, Oya Y, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Ueshima R (2023) A sponge-dwelling ribbon worm, Tetrastemma carneum sp. nov. (Nemertea: Monostilifera) collected off Ofunato, Japan. Species Diversity 28: 199–204. [LINK]

28) Hookabe N, Fujino Y, Jimi N, Ueshima R (2023) At the edge of the sea: the supralittoral nemertean, Acteonemertes orientalis sp. nov. (Nemertea: Eumonostilifera: Plectonemertidae) from Japan. Invertebrate Systematics 37: 444–456. [LINK]

27) Jimi N, Shinji J, Hookabe N, Okanishi M, Sau Pinn W, Nakano T (2023) A new species of Branchellion (Hirudininea: Piscicolidae) parasitizing the gills of short-tail stingrays (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) from the West Pacific. Zoological Science 40: 308–313. [LINK]

26) Tsuyuki A, Oya Y, Jimi N, Hookabe N, Fujimoto S, Kajihara H (2023) Theama japonica sp. nov., an interstitial polyclad flatworm showing a wide distribution along Japanese coasts. Zoological Science 40: 262–272. [LINK]

25) Hookabe N, Kohtsuka H, Fujiwara Y, Tsuchida S, Ueshima R (2023) Three new species in Tetrastemma Ehrenburg, 1828 (Nemertea, Monostilifera) from sublittoral to upper bathyal zones of the northwestern Pacific. Zookeys 1146: 135–146. [LINK]

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24) Hookabe N, Moritaki T, Jimi N,  Ueshima R (2022) A new oerstediid discovered from wood falls in the Sea of Kumano, Japan: Description of Rhombonemertes rublinea gen. et sp. nov.(Nemertea: Eumonostilifera). Zoologischer Anzeiger 301: 154–162. [LINK]

23) Hookabe N, Koeda K, Fujiwara Y, Tsuchida S, Ueshima R. (2022) First eumonostiliferous nemertean from the Nishi-Shichito Ridge, Genrokunemertes obesa gen. et sp. nov. (Eumonostilifera, Nemertea). PeerJ 10: e13857. [LINK]

22) Hookabe N, Kajihara H, Chernyshev AV, Jimi N, Hasegawa N, Kohtsuka H, Okanishi M, Tani K, Fujiwara Y, Tsuchida S, Ueshima R. (2022) Molecular phylogeny of the genus Nipponnemertes (Nemertea: Monostilifera: Cratenemertidae) and descriptions of 10 new species, with notes on small body size in a newly discovered clade. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 906383.

21) Hookabe N, Motobayashi H, Jimi N, Kajihara H, Ueshima R. (2022) First record of the decapod-egg predator Ovicides paralithodis (Nemertea, Carcinonemertidae) from the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio (Decapoda, Brachyura). Parasitology International 89: 102567. [LINK]

20) Tsuyuki A, Kohtsuka H, Hookabe N, Kajihara H. (2022) First record of Bulaceros porcellanus Newman & Cannon, 1996 (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Cotylea) from Japanese waters, with a revision of the generic diagnosis based on morphology and molecular phylogeny. Plankton and Benthos Research 17: 147–155. [LINK]

19) Hookabe N, Jimi N, Yokooka H, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y. (2022) Lacydonia shohoensis  (Annelida, Lacydoniidae) sp. nov. —a new lacydonid species from deep-sea sunken wood discovered at the Nishi-Shichito Ridge, Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101: 927-933.  [LINK]

18) Hookabe N, Kajihara H. (2022) Description of Tubulanus misakiensis  sp. nov. (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Zoological Science (online first). [LINK]

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17) Kajihara, H, Grygier MJ, Andrade, S., Bartolomaeus, T...Hookabe N, ... Zattara EE (2021) Case 3849: Emplectonematidae Bürger, 1904 and Emplectonema Stimpson, 1857 (Nemertea, Monostilifera): proposed conservation of current usage by reversal of precedence of the family name with respect to Eunemertidae Joubin, 1894 and designation of a new type species for the genus. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 78. [LINK]

16) Hookabe N, Kohtsuka H, Kajihara H. (2021) A histology-free description of Tetrastemma cupido sp. nov. (Nemertea: Eumonostilfera) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Marine Biology Research (online first). [LINK]

15) Jimi N, Hookabe N, Tani K, Yoshida R, Imura S. The phylogenetic position of Branchamphinome (Annelida, Amphinomidae) with a description of new species from the North Pacific Ocean. Zoological Science 39 (online first) [LINK]

14)  Takahashi T, Tadakuma K, Watanabe M, Takane E, Hookabe N, Kajiahara H, Yamasaki T, Konyo M, Tadokoro S. (2021) Eversion Robotic Mechanism With Hydraulic Skeletonto Realize Steering Function. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6: 5413-5420. [LINK]

13) Jimi N, Hookabe N, Moritaki T, Kimura T, Imura S.  (2021) First evidence of male dwarfism in scale worms: A new species of Polynoidae (Annelida) from hermit crab and molluscan shells. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (online first). [LINK]

12) Hookabe N, Xu CM, Tsuyuki A, Jimi N, Sun SC, Kajihara H. (2021) A new nemertean with a branched proboscis, Gorgonorhynchus citrinus  sp. nov. (Nemertea: Pilidiophora), with molecular systematics of the genus. Invertebrate Systematics 35: 350-359. [LINK]

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11) 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. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 133: 122–133. [LINK]

10) Hookabe N, Kajihara H (2020c) Euborlasia (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Bocas del Toro: description of a new species, with comments on the systematics of the genus. Marine Biodiversity 50: 1-13. [LINK]

9) Hookabe N, Kajihara H (2020b) Taxonomic reappraisal of Lineus longifissus auct. (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Japan for the first time in 122 Years. Zoological Science 37: 1-9. [LINK]

8) Hookabe N, Watanabe K, Tsujimoto M, Kajihara H (2020) Molecular identity of the Antarctic heteronemertean Parborlasia corrugata     (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Lützow-Holm Bay. Polar Science: 100535 [LINK]. 

7) Hookabe N, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Kajihara H (2020) A new species of bathyal nemertean, Proamphiporus kaimeiae sp. nov., off Tohoku, Japan, and molecular systematics of the genus (Nemertea: Monostilifera). Species Diversity 25:  183-188. [LINK]

6) Hookabe N, Jimi N, Tsuchida S, Fujiwara Y, Kajihara H (2020) Lacydoniidae (Annelida) off the coast of north-eastern Japan: a description of Lacydonia japonica sp. nov. Zoological Studies 59: 28. [LINK]

5) Hookabe N, Kajihara H (2020a) New record of the monostiliferous hoplonemertean Gurjanovella littoralis Uschakov, 1926 from Japan (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera). Check List 16: 265-269. [LINK]

2019 (4)

4) Hookabe N, Schwartz ML, Kajihara H, Norenburg JL (2019) Molecular systematics of the heteronemertean genus Dushia (Nemertea, Pilidiophora), with descriptions of D. wijnhoffae sp. nov. and D. nigra species complex comb. nov. Zootaxa 4691: 333-358.

3) Ikenaga J, Hookabe N, Kohtsuka H, Yoshida M, Kajihara H (2019) A population without female: males of Baseodiscus delineatus (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) reproduce asexually by fragmentation. Zoological Science 36: 348-353.

2) Kajihara H, Hookabe N (2019) Anterior regeneration in Baseodiscus hemprichii (Nemertea: Heteronemertea). Tropical Natural History 19: 39-42.

1) Strand M, Norenburg JL, Alfaya JE, ... (14名省略）, Hookabe N, ... (14名省略) (2019) Nemertean taxonomy–implementing changes in the higher ranks, dismissing Anopla and Enopla. Zoologica Scripta 48: 118-119. 

4) 波々伯部夏美．(2024) 河辺のヒモムシの海を介した分散．公益財団法人水産無脊椎動物研修所 うみうし通信 No. 123: 2–5.

3) 波々伯部夏美．(2022) ヒモムシ学入門＜第19回日本動物分類学会 奨励賞受賞記念論文＞．タクサ：日本動物分類学会誌 53: 19–30.

2) 木村妙子・ 木村昭一・角井敬知・波々伯部夏美・倉持利明・藤田敏彦・小川晟人・小林格・自見直人・岡西政典・山口悠・広瀬雅人・吉川晟弘・福地順・下村通誉・柏尾翔・上野大輔・藤原恭司・成瀬貫・櫛田優花・喜瀬浩輝・前川陽一・中村亨・奥村順哉・田中香月．(2019) 紀伊水道南方海域および熊野灘の深海底生動物相 (第2報). 平成30年度三重大学フィールド研究・技術年報 17: 1–29. 

1) 木村妙子・木村昭一・自見直人・角井敬知・冨岡森理・大矢佑基・松本裕・田邉優航・長谷川尚弘・波々伯部夏美・本間理子・細田悠史・藤本心太・倉持利明・藤田敏彦・小川晟人・小林格・石田吉明・田中颯・大西はるか・締次美穂・吉川晟弘・田中正敦・櫛田優花・前川陽一・中村亨・奥村順哉・田中香月. (2018) 三重県熊野灘の深海底生生物相. 平成29年度三重大学フィールド研究・技術年報 16: 1–32． 

・日本学生支援機構第一種奨学金 特に優れた成績による返還免除（全額免除・東京大学）

・東京大学大学院理学系研究科 授業料免除 2020－2022年度（全額免除）

・日本学術振興会 特別研究員DC2  特別奨励費

・日本学生支援機構第一種奨学金 特に優れた成績による返還免除（全額免除・北海道大学）

・2020 年度日本科学協会笹川科学研究助成（75 万円）

・2020 年度公益財団法人水産無脊椎動物研究所 育成研究助成（2 年・200 万円）

・北海道大学大学院理学院優秀研究奨励賞「⽇本の暖海ならびにカリブ海産異紐⾍類（紐形動物⾨担帽類）の系統分類学的研究」

・厚岸湖・別寒辺牛湿原学術研究奨励補助金（15 万円）

・2019 年伊豆半島ジオパーク学術研究助成（29 万円）

・Lomonosov Moscow State University White Sea Biological Station Student scholarship (350 USD)

・Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Graduate student fellowship (850 USD)

・北海道大学理学部同窓会・海外研究発表奨学金（8 万円）

・日本動物分類学会 動物多様性セミナー 世話人 (オンライン開催) [LINK]

・小学館の図鑑NEO POCKET「プランクトン -クラゲ・ミジンコ・小さな水の生物-」【ヒモムシ・ウズムシのなかま】執筆・写真提供　2024年6月25日発刊