Academic Qualifications 学歴

2000 BSc, Chiba University, Japan 学士(理学), 千葉大学

2002 MSc, Chiba University, Japan 修士(理学), 千葉大学

2005 DSc, University of Tokyo, Japan 博士(理学), 東京大学

Academic Positions 研究に関する職歴

2005 - 2007 Postdoc Research Fellow, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan 東京大学海洋研究所 博士研究員

2007 - 2009 JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PD), JAMSTEC 海洋研究開発機構 学術振興会特別研究員 (PD)

2009 - 2014 Research Scientist, JAMSTEC 海洋研究開発機構 研究職

2013 - Adjunctive Associate Professor, Tokai University, Japan 東海大学客員准教授

2014 - 2019 Research Specialist, JAMSTEC 海洋研究開発機構 技術職

2019 - 2020 Visiting researcher, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, US ウッズホール海洋研究所外来研究員

2020 - Associate Research Scientist, JAMSTEC 海洋研究開発機構 准研究職

2022 - Adjunctive Associate Professor, Kitasato University, Japan 北里大学非常勤准教授

Peer-reviewed papers 学術論文（査読有）

1. Watanabe H, Kado R, Tsuchida S, Miyake H, Kyo M, Kojima S (2004) Larval development and intermoult period of the hydrothermal vent barnacle Neoverruca sp., Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84: 743-745.

2. Watanabe H, Tsuchida S, Fujikura K, Yamamoto H, Inagaki F, Kyo M, Kojima S (2005) Population history associated with hydrothermal vent activity inferred from the genetic structure of neoverrucid barnacles around Japan, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 288: 233-240.

3. Suzuki Y, Kojima S, Sasaki T, Suzuki M, Utsumi T, Watanabe H, Urakawa H, Tsuchida S, Nunoura T, Hirayama H, Takai K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K (2006) Host-symbiont relationships in hydrothermal vent gastropods of the genus Alviniconcha from the southwest Pacific. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72: 1388-1393.

4. Suzuki Y, Kojima S, Watanabe H, Suzuki M, Tsuchida S, Nunoura T, Hirayama H, Takai K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K (2006) Host and symbiont lineages of hydrothermal vent gastropod Ifremeria nautilei (Provannidae): biogeography and evolution, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 315: 167-175.

5. Kojima S, Watanabe H, Tsuchida S, Fujikura K, Rowden AA, Takai K, Miura T (2006) Phylogenetic relationships of a tube worm (Lamellibrachia juni) from three hydrothermal vent fields in the South Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 86: 1357-1361.

6. Watanabe H, Kado R, Kaida M, Tsuchida S, Kojima S (2006) Dispersal of vent-barnacle (genus Neoverruca) in the Western Pacific. Chaiers de Biologie Marine, 47: 353-357.

7. Inoue N, Watanabe H, Kojima S, Sekiguchi H (2007) Population structure of the Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus inferred by nucleotide sequence analysis of the mitochondrial COI gene. Fishery Science, 73: 550-556.

8. Pérez-Losada M, Harp M, Høeg JT, Achituv Y, Jones D, Watanabe H, Crandall KA (2008) The tempo and mode of barnacle evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46: 328-346.

9. Watanabe H, Høeg JT, Chan BKK, Kado R, Kojima S, Sari A (2008) First report of antennular attachment organs in a barnacle nauplius larva. Journal of Zoology, 274: 284-291.

10. Watanabe H, Fujikura K, Kinoshita G, Yamamoto H, Okutani T (2009) Egg capsule of Phymorhynchus buccinoides (Gastropoda: Turridae) in a deep-sea methane seep site in Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus, 67: 181-188.

11. Kyuno A, Shintaku M, Fujita Y, Matsumoto H, Utsumi M, Watanabe H, Fujiwara Y, Miyazaki J (2009) Dispersal and Differentiation of Deep-Sea Mussels of the Genus Bathymodiolus (Mytilidae, Bathymodiolinae). Journal of Marine Biology, Article ID 625672, 15 pages, doi:10.1155/2009/625672

12. Raynold KC*, Watanabe H*, Sasaki T, Strong E, Young CM, Kim S, Uematsu K, Miyake H, Kojima S, Suzuki Y, Fujikura K (2010) Internal brooding and a novel larval form in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gastropod. Biological Bulletin, 219: 7-11 (both authors are equally contributed).

13. Miyake H, Kitada M, Itoh T, Nemoto S, Okuyama Y, Watanabe H, Tsuchida S, Inoue K, Kado R, Ikeda S, Nakamura K, Omata T (2010) Larvae of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystem animals in captivity. Cah. Biologie de Marine, 51: 441-450.

14. Ohara Y, Reagan MK, Fujikura K, Watanabe H, Michibayashi K, Ishii T, Stern RJ, Pujana I, Martinez, F, Girard G, Ribeiro J, Brounce M, Komori N, Kino M (2012) A serpentinite-hosted ecosystem in the Southern Mariana Forearc. Proceedings of National Academy of Science, U. S., 109: 2831-2835.

15. Seike K, Jenkins RG, Watanabe H, Nomaki H, Sato K (2012) Burrow casting reveals new clues to deep-sea ecology. Biology Letters, 8: 648-651.

16. Nakamura K, Watanabe H, Miyazaki J, Takai K, Kawagucci S, Noguchi T, Nemoto S, Watsuji T, Matsuzaki T, Shibuya T, Okamura K, Mochizuki M, Orihashi Y, Ura T, Asada A, Marie D, Koonjul M, Singh M, Beedessee G, Bhikajee M, Tamaki K (2012) New hydrothermal activities portrayed by novel chemosynthetic faunas discovered by seafloor reconnaissance in the Central Indian Ridge 18˚-20˚S. PLoS One, 7: e32965. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032965

17. Kojima S, Murakami S, Nemoto S, Watanabe H, Miyake H, Tsuchida S (2012) Genetic diversity and population structure of a vestimentiferan tubeworm Lamellibrachia satsuma in the Japanese and northern Mariana waters. Plankton and Benthos Research, 7: 146-150.

18. Sato K, Nakashima R, Majima R, Watanabe H, Sasaki T (2013) Shell microstructures of five recent solemyids from Japan. Paleontological Research, 17: 69-90.

19. Hidaka H, Watanabe H, Kano Y, Kojima S (2013) Mitochondrial genome rearrangement in a hydrothermal vent-endemic lineage of provannid gastropods provides a new DNA marker for phylogeographic studies. Journal of Marine Biological Association of U.K., 93: 1053-1058. doi:10.1017/S0025315412001506.

20. Watanabe H, Seo E, Takahashi Y, Yoshida T, Kojima S, Fujikura K, Miyake H (2013) Spatial distribution of sister species of vesicomyid bivalves Calyptogena okutanii and Calyptogena soyoae along an environmental gradient, in chemosynthetic biological communities in Japan. Journal of Oceanography, 69:129-134.

21. Okutani T, Fujikura K, Watanabe H, Ohara Y (2013) Calyptogena (Abyssogena) mariana : A remarkable discovery of a new vesicomyid clam from the Mariana Trench. Venus, 71: 39-47.

22. Yorisue T, Kado R, Watanabe H, Høeg JT, Inoue K, Kojima K, Chan BKK (2013) Influence of water temperature on the larval development of Neoverruca sp. and Ashinkailepas seepiophila – implications for larval dispersal and settlement in the vent and seep environments. Deep Sea Research I, 71: 33-37.

23. Mino S, Makita H, Toki T, Miyazaki J, Kato S, Watanabe H, Imachi H, Nunoura T, Kojima S, Sawabe T, Takai K, Nakagawa S (2013) Biogeography of Persephonella in deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Western Pacific. Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00107.

24. Beedessee G, Watanabe H*, Ogura T, Nemoto S, Yahagi T, Nakagawa S, Nakamura K, Takai K, Koonjul M, Marie DEP (2013) High connectivity of animal populations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Central Indian Ridge relevant to its geological setting. PLoS One, 8: e81570. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0081570 (*corresponding author)

25. Collins PC, Kennedy B, Forde J, Patterson A, Copley J, Marsh L, Nye V, Boschen R, Fleming N, Ju S-J, Lindsay D, Watanabe H, Yamamoto H, Carlsson J, Thaler AD (2013) VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining ― A workshop report. Marine Policy, 42: 334 – 336

26. Seo M, Koyama S, Toyofuku T, Kojima S, Watanabe H (2013) Determination of extremely high pressure tolerance of brine shrimp larvae by using a new pressure chamber system. Zoological Science, 30 (11): 919 – 923.

27. Nakagawa S, Shimamura S, Takaki Y, Suzuki Y, Murakami S, Watanabe T, Fujiyoshi S, Mino S, Sawabe T, Maeda T, Makita H, Nemoto S, Nishimura S, Watanabe H, Watsuji T, Takai K (2014) Allying with armored snails: the complete genome of gammaproteobacterial endosymbiont. The ISME Journal, 8: 40 -51.

28. Sato K, Watanabe H, Sasaki T (2014) A new species of Solemya (Bivalvia: Protobranchia: Solemyidae) from a hydrothermal vent in the Iheya Ridge in the mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan. Nautilus, 127:93-100.

29. Setoguchi Y, Nomaki H, Kitahashi T, Watanabe H, Inoue K, Ogawa NO, Shimanaga M (2014) Nematode community composition in hydrothermal vent and adjacent non-vent fields around Myojin Knoll, a seamount on the Izu-Ogasawara Arc in the western North Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology, 161: 1775 – 1785.

30. Nakamura M, Watanabe H, Sasaki T, Ishibashi J, Fujikura K, Mitarai S (2014) Life history traits of Lepetodrilus nux in the Okinawa Trough, based upon gametogenesis, shell size, and genetic variability. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 565: 119-130.

31. Yahagi T, Watanabe H, Kojima S, Beedessee G, Komai T (2014) First record and a new species of Alvinocaris Williams & Chace, 1982 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3893: 101 – 113.

32. Nakajima Y, Shinzato C, Khalturina M, Watanabe H, Inagaki F, Satoh N, Mitarai S (2014) Cross-species, amplifiable microsatellite markers for neoverrucid barnacles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents developed using next-generation sequencing. International Journal of Molecular Science, 15: 14364-14371.

33. Nakajima R, Yamakita T, Watanabe H, Fujikura K, Tanaka K, Yamamoto H, Shirayama Y (2014) Species richness and community structure of benthic macrofauna and megafauna in the deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems around the Japanese archipelago: an attempt to identify priority areas for conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 20: 1160 – 1172. DOI: 10.111/ddi.12204.

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35. Herrera S, Watanabe H, Shank TM (2015) Evolutionary History and Biogeographical Patterns of Barnacles from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Molecular Ecology, 24: 673 - 689.

36. Yahagi T, Watanabe H, Ishibashi J, Kojima S (2015) Genetic population structure of four hydrothermal vent shrimps (Alvinocarididae) inhabiting the Okinawa Trough, the Northwest Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 529: 159 - 169.

37. Beaulieu SE, Sayre-McCord RT, Mills SW, Pradillon F, Watanabe H (2015) Swimming speeds of polychaete larvae collected near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Marine Ecology, 36: 133 – 143. doi: 10.111/maec.12207.

38. Mitarai S, Watanabe H, Nakajima Y, Shchepetkin A, McWilliams JC (2016) Quantifying Dispersal from Hydrothermal Vent Fields in the Western Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of National Academy of Science, U. S., 113: 2976–2981, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518395113.

39. Sasaki T, Ogura T, Watanabe HK, Fujikura K (2016) Four new species of Provanna (Gastropoda: Provannidae) from vents and a seep off Nansei-shoto area, southwestern Japan. Venus, 74: 1-17.

40. Yorisue T, Chan B, Kado R, Watanabe H, Inoue K, Kojima S, Høeg J (2016) On the morphology of antennular sensory and attachment organs in cypris larvae of the deep-sea vent/seep barnacles, Ashinkailepas and Neoverruca. Journal of Morphology, 277: 594-602.

41. Watanabe H, Yahagi T, Nagai Y, Seo M, Kojima S, Ishibashi J, Yamamoto H, Fujikura K, Mitarai S, Toyofuku T (2016) Different thermal preference for brooding and larval dispersal of two neighboring distributed shrimps in deep-sea hydrothermal vent field. Marine Ecology, 37: 1282 – 1289. doi: 10.1111/maec.12318.

42. Chen C, Ogura T, Hirayama H, Watanabe HK, Miyazaki J, Okutani T (2016) First seep-dwelling Desbruyeresia (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) species discovered from a serpentinite-hosted seep in the southeastern Mariana Forearc. Molluscan Research, 36: 277 – 284.

43. Watanabe HK, Senokuchi R, Shimanaga M, Yamamoto H (2016) Comparison of the efficiency of three methods of DNA extraction and amplification for deep-sea benthic copepods. JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 23: 52 – 59.

44. Okumura T, Ohara Y, Stern RJ, Yamanaka T, Onishi Y, Watanabe H, Chen C, Bloomer SH, Pujana I, Sakai S, Ishii T, Takai K (2016) Brucite chimney formation and carbonate alteration at the Shinkai Seep Field, a serpentinite-hosted vent system in the Southern Mariana Forearc. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17: 3775 – 3796. DOI 10.1002/2016GC006449.

45. Thornton B, Bodenmann A, Pizarro O, Williams SB, Friedman A, Nakajima R, Takai K, Motoki K, Watsuji T, Hirayama H, Matsui Y, Watanabe H, Ura T (2016) Biometric assessment of deep-sea vent megabenthic communities using multi-resolution 3D image reconstructions. Deep-Sea Research I, 116: 200 – 219.

46. Kawagucci S, Miyazaki J, Noguchi T, Okamura K, Shibuya T, Watsuji T, Nishizawa M, Watanabe H, Okino K, Takahata N, Sano Y, Nakamura K, Shuto A, Abe M, Takaki Y, Nunoura T, Koonjul M, Singh M, Beedessee G, Khishma M, Bhoyroo V, Bissessur D, Kumar LS, Marie D, Tamaki K, Takai K (2016) Fluid chemistry in the Solitaire and Dodo hydrothermal fields of the Central Indian Ridge. Geofluids, 16: 988 – 1005. doi: 10.1111/gfl.12201.

47. Yahagi T, Watanabe HK, Kojima S, Kano Y (2017) Do larvae from deep-sea hydrothermal vents disperse in surface waters? Ecology, 98: 1524 – 1534.

48. Mino S, Nakagawa S, Makita H, Toki T, Miyazaki J, Sievert SM, Polz MF, Inagaki F, Godfroy A, Kato S, Watanabe H, Nunoura T, Nakamura K, Imachi H, Watsuji T, Kojima S, Takai K, Sawabe T (2017) Endemicity of the cosmopolitan mesophilic chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The ISME Journal, Doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.178.

49. Xu T, Sun J, Lv J, Watanabe HK, Li T, Zou W, Rouse GW, Wang S, Qian P-Y, Bao Z, Qiu J-W (2017) Genome-wide discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in deep-sea mussels: Potential use in population genomics and cross-species application. Deep-Sea Research II, 137:318 – 326.

50. Chen C, Watanabe HK, Ohara Y (2018) A very deep Provanna (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) discovered from the Shinkai Seep Field, Southern Mariana Forearc. Journal of Marine Biological Association of U.K., Doi:10.1017/S0025315416001648.

51. Uejima Y, Nomaki H, Senokuchi R, Kitahashi T, Watanabe HK, Shimanaga M (2017) Meiofaunal communities in hydrothermal vent and proximate non-vent habitats around neighboring seamounts on the Izu-Ogasawara Arc, western North Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology, 164: 183.

52. Chen C, Watanabe HK, Miyazaki J, Kawagucci S (2017) Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced area in the Okinawa Trough. PeerJ 5: e4121; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4121.

53. Miyazaki J, Kawagucci S, Makabe A, Takahashi A, Kitada K, Torimoto J, Matsui Y, Tasumi E, Shibuya T, Nakamura K, Horai S, Sato S, Ishibashi J, Kanzaki H, Nakagawa S, Hirai M, Takaki Y, Okino K, Watanabe HK, Kumagai H, Chen C (2017) Deepest and hottest hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough: the Yokosuka site at Yaeyama Knoll. Royal Society Open Science, 4: 171570. doi.10.1098/rsos.171570.

54. Mullineaux LS, Metaxas A, Beaulieu SE, Bright M, Gollner S, Grupe BM, Herrera S, Kellner J, Levin LA, Mitarai S, Neubert MG, Thurnber AM, Tunnicliffe V, Watanabe HK, Won Y-J (2018) Exploring the ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents in a metacommunity framework. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5: Article 49. Doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00049.

55. Watanabe HK, Chen C, Marie DP, Takai K, Fujikura K, Chan BKK (2018) Phylogeography of hydrothermal vent stalked barnacles: a new species fills a gap in the Indian Ocean dispersal corridor hypothesis. Royal Society Open Science, 5: 172408. DOI 10.1098/rsos.172408.

56. Nakamura M, Nakajima Y, Watanabe HK, Sasaki T, Yamamoto H, Mitarai S (2018) Spatial variability in recruitment of benthos near drilling sites in the Iheya North hydrothermal field in the Okinawa Trough. Deep-Sea Research I, 135: 63 – 75. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.03.009.

57. Komai T, Chen C, Watanabe HK (2018) Two new species of the crangonid genus Metacrangon Zarenkov, 1965 (Crustaceana: Decapoda: Caridea) from the Okinawa Trough, Japan. Zootaxa, 4410: 97 – 112.

58. Uyeno D, Watanabe HK, Shimanaga M (2018) A new dirivultid copepod (Siphonostomatoida) from hydrothermal vent fields of the Izu-Bonin Arc in the North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 4415: 381 – 389.

59. Zhang Y, Sun J, Rouse GW, Wiklund H, Pleijel F, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Qian PY, Qiu JW. Phylogeny, evolution and mitochondrial gene order rearrangement in scale worms (Aphroditiformia, Annelida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press.

60. Chen C, Okutani T, Watanabe HK, Kojima S. The first cuspidariid bivalve associated with a hydrothermal vent discovered from the Southern Mariana Trough. Venus. 76: 39 – 44.

61. Yusa Y, Yasuda N, Yamamoto T, Watanabe HK, Higashiji T, Kaneko A, Nishida K, Høeg JT (2018) Direct growth measurements of two deep-sea scalpellid barnacles, Scalpellumstearnsii and Graviscalpellum pedunculatum. Zoological Studies, 57: e29. doi: 10.6620/ZS.2018.57-29

62. Maruyama T, Watsuji T, Takahashi T, Watanabe HK, Nagai Y, Fujiwara Y, Toyofuku T, Nemoto S, Koyano Y, Thornton B (2018) In situ vital staining of chasing the galatheid crab Shinkaia crosnieri on deep-sea floor. JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 27: 87 – 97. doi: 10.5918/jamstecr.27.87

63. Suzuki K, Yoshida K, Watanabe H, Yamamoto H (2018) Mapping the resilience of chemosynthetic communities in hydrothermal vent fields. Scientific Reports. 8: 9364. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27596-7.

64. Onishi Y, Yamanaka T, Okumura T, Kawagucci S, Watanabe HK, Ohara Y (2018) Evaluation of nutrient and energy sources of the deepest known serpentine-hosted ecosystem, using stable carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotopes. PLoS One, 13(6): e0199000. doi.10.1371/journal.pone.0199000

65. Ogura T, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Sasaki T, Kojima S, Ishibashi J, Fujikura K (2018) Population history of deep-sea vent and seep Provanna snails (Mollusca: Abyssochrysoidea) in the northwestern Pacific. PeerJ 6: e5673. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5673.

66. Xu T, Sun J, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Nakamura M, Ji R, Feng D, Lv J, Wang S, Bao Z, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W (2018) Population genetic structure of the deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus platifrons (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the Northwest Pacific. Evolutionary Applications, 11: 1915 – 1930. doi: 10.1111/eva.12696.

67. Watanabe HK, Shigeno S, Fujikura K, Matsui T, Kato S, Yamamoto H (2019) Faunal composition of deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields on the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, northwestern Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I, 149: 103050. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2019.5.010.

68. Nomaki H, Uejima Y, Ogawa NO, Yamane M, Watanabe HK, Senokuchi R, Bernhard JM, Kitahashi T, Miyairi Y, Yokoyama Y, Ohkouchi N, Shimanaga M (2019) Nutritional sources of meio-and macrofauna at hydrothermal vents and adjacent areas: natural-abundance radiocarbon and stable isotope analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 622: 49 – 65.

69. Zhang W, Watanabe HK, Ding W, Lan Yi, Tian R-M, Sun J, Chen C, Cai L, Li Y, Oguri K, Toyofuku T, Kitazato H, Drazen JC, Bartlett D, Qian P-Y (2019) Gut microbial divergence between two populations of the hadal amphipod Hirondellea gigas. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 85: e02032-18.

70. Chen C, Watanabe HK, Sasaki T (2019) Four new deep-sea provannid snails (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) discovered from hydrocarbon seep and hydrothermal vents in Japan. Royal Society Open Science, 6(7): 190393. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190393.

71. Chen C, Watanabe HK, Nagai Y, Toyofuku T, Xu T, Sun J, Qiu J-W, Sasaki T (2019) Complex factors shape phenotypic variation in deep-sea limpets. Biology Letters, 15 (10): 20190504.

72. Chapman ASA, Beaulieu SE, Colaço A, Gebruk AV, Hilario A, Kihara TC, Ramirez‐Llodra E, Sarrazin J, Tunnicliffe V, Amon DJ, Baker MC, Boschen‐Rose RE, Chen C, Cooper IJ, Copley JT, Corbari L, Cordes EE, Cuvelier D, Duperron S, Du Preez C, Gollner S, Horton T, Hourdez S, Krylova EM, Linse K, LokaBharathi PA, Marsh L, Matabos M, Mills SW, Mullineaux LS, Rapp HT, Reid WDK, Rybakova E, Thomas TRA, Southgate SJ, Stöhr S, Turner PJ, Watanabe HK, Yasuhara M, Bates AE (2019) sFDvent: A global trait database for deep‐sea hydrothermal‐vent fauna. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (11): 1538-1551.

73. Zhou Y, Chen C, Sun Y, Watanabe HK, Zhang R, Wang C (2019) Amphisamytha (Annelida: Ampharetidae) from Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents: Biogeographic implications. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 154, 103148.

74. Lin T-H, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Kawagucci S, Yamamoto H, Akamatsu T (2019) Using Soundscapes to Assess Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34 (12): 1066-1069.

75. Sato K, Watanabe HK, Jenkins RG, Chen C (2020) Phylogenetic constraint and phenotypic plasticity in the shell microstructure of vent and seep pectinodontid limpets. Marine Biology, 167: 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03692-z

76. Sun J, Chen C, Miyamoto N, Li R, Sigwart JD, Xu T, Sun Y, Wong WC, Ip JCH, Zhang W, Lan Y, Bissessur D, Watsuji T, Watanabe HK, Takaki Y, Ikeo K, Fujii N, Yoshitake K, Qiu J-W, Takai K, Qian P-Y (2020) The Scaly-foot snail genome and implications for the origins of biomineralised armour. Nature Communication, 11: 1-12.

77. Okanishi M, Kato M, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Fujita T (2020) Large populations of two new species of Ophiambix (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) discovered on Japanese hot vents and cold seeps. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 196-213.

78. Senokuchi R, Nomaki H, Uyeno D, Watanabe HK, Kitahashi T, Shimanaga M (2020) Sex ratio of Stygiopontius senokuchiae (Dirivultidae, Copepoda), an endemic copepod species at deep hydrothermal vent sites, is biased to males. Journal of Oceanography, 76: 341-350.

79. Watanabe HK, Chen C, Kojima S, Kato S, Yamamoto H (2020) Population connectivity of the crab Gandalfus yunohana (Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Bythograeidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the northwestern Pacific. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 40 (5): 556 – 562. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa045

80. Wang Z, Xu T, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Liu Z, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Qiu J-W (2020) Molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses of the ‘monospecific’ Hesiolyra (Annelida: Hesionidae) reveal two new species. Deep Sea Research Part I, 166: 103401. /doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103401

81. Chen C, Watanabe HK (2020) Substrate-dependent shell morphology in a deep-sea vetigastropod limpet. Marine Biodiversity, 50: 104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01135-y.

82. Uyeno D, Kakui K, Watanabe HK, Fujiwara Y (2020) Dirivultidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from hydrothermal vent fields in the Okinawa Trough, North Pacific Ocean, with description of one new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of UK, 100(8): 1283 – 1298. doi:10.1017/S0025315420001101

83. Howell KL, Hilário A, Allcock AL, Bailey DM, Baker M, Clark MR, Colaço A, Copley J, Cordes EE, Danovaro R, Dissanayake A, Escobar E, Esquete P, Gallagher AJ, Gates AR, Gaudron SM, German CR, Gjerde KM, Higgs ND, Le Bris N, Levin LA, Manea E, McClain C, Menot L, Mestre NC, Metaxas A, Milligan RJ, Muthumbi AWN, Narayanaswamy BE, Ramalho SP, Ramirez-Llodra E, Robson LM, Rogers AD, Sellanes J, Sigwart JD, Sink K, Snelgrove PVR, Stefanoudis PV, Sumida PY, Taylor ML, Thurber AR, Vieira RP, Watanabe HK, Woodall LC, Xavier JR (2020) A decade to study deep-sea life. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5.

84. Howell KL, Hilário A, Allcock AL, Bailey DM, Baker M, Clark MR, Colaço A, Copley J, Cordes EE, Danovaro R, Dissanayake A, Escobar E, Esquete P, Gallagher AJ, Gates AR, Gaudron SM, German CR, Gjerde KM, Higgs ND, Le Bris N, Levin LA, Manea E, McClain C, Menot L, Mestre NC, Metaxas A, Milligan RJ, Muthumbi AWN, Narayanaswamy BE, Ramalho SP, Ramirez-Llodra E, Robson LM, Rogers AD, Sellanes J, Sigwart JD, Sink K, Snelgrove PVR, Stefanoudis PV, Sumida PY, Taylor ML, Thurber AR, Vieira RP, Watanabe HK, Woodall LC, Xavier JR (2020) A blueprint for an inclusive, global deep-sea Ocean Decade field program. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 584861. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.584861.

85. Watanabe HK, Chen C, Chan BKK. (2021) A new deep-sea hot vent stalked barnacle from the Mariana Trough with a note on the feeding ecology of Vulcanolepas. Marine Biodiversity, 51: 9.

86. Tomikawa K., Watanabe HK, Tanaka K, Ohara Y (2021) A new species of Princaxelia from Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Pardaliscidae). ZooKeys, 1015: 115-127.

87. Watanabe HK, Chen C, Nishi E, Ohara Y (2021) Cryptic diversity of Phyllochaetopterus, the tube-dwelling polychaetes in the Mariana Trench, Shinkai Seep Field. Plankton & Benthos Research, 16(1): 73 – 77.

88. Watanabe HK, Senokuchi R, Nomaki H, Kitahashi T, Uyeno D, Shimanaga M (2021) Distribution and genetic divergence of deep-sea hydrothermal copepods (Dirivultidae: Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) in the northwestern Pacific. Zoological Science, 38 (3). doi.org/10.2108/zs200153.

89. Liu Z, Takahashi T, Lindsay D, Thevar T, Sangekar M, Watanabe HK, Burns N, Watson J, Thornton B. Digital in-line holography for large-volume analysis of vertical motion of microscale marine plankton and other particles. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 46 (4): 1248 – 1260.

90. Chen C, Lin TH, Watanabe HK, Akamatsu T, Kawagucci S (2021) Baseline soundscapes of deep‐sea habitats reveal heterogeneity among ecosystems and sensitivity to anthropogenic impacts. Limnology and Oceanography, 66 (10), 3714 – 3727.

91. Xu T, Wang Y, Sun J, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Chen J, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W (2021) Hidden historical habitat-linked population divergence and contemporary gene flow of a deep-sea Patellogastropod limpet. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msab278, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab278

92. Tada N, Nishikawa H, Ichihara H, Watanabe HK, Kuwatani T (2021) Drift of an ocean bottom electromagnetometer from the Bonin to Ryukyu Islands: estimation of the path and travel time by numerical tracking experiments. Earth, Planets and Space, 73 (1), 1 – 12.

93. Chen C, Zhou Y, Watanabe HK, Zhang R, Wang C (2022) Neolepetopsid true limpets (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) from Indian Ocean hot vents shed light on relationships among genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 194 (1): 276 – 296.

94. Nakasugi F, Shimanaga M, Nomaki H, Watanabe HK, Kitahashi T, Motomura Y, Iseda K (2022) Simple harpacticoid composition observed at deep hydrothermal vent sites on sea knoll calderas in the North-west Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315421000874.

95. Hirayama H, Takaki Y, Abe M, Imachi H, Ikuta T, Miyazaki J, Tasumi E, Uematsu K, Tame A, Tsuda M, Tanaka K, Matsui Y, Watanabe HK, Yamamoto H, Takai K (2022) Multispecies populations of methanotrophic Methyloprofundus and cultivation of a likely dominant species from the Iheya North deep-sea hydrothermal field. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, AEM. 00758-21.

96. Oda A, Watanabe HK, Ohtsuka S, Wada S, Kondo Y, Miyake H (2022) Does the Kuroshio Current transport planktonic larvae of the hydrothermal -vent crab Xenograpsus Takeda & Kurata, 1977 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsoidea)? Journal of Crustacean Biology 42 (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruac016

97. Kato N, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Yamamoto M, Shimomura M. The first bopyrid isopod from hydrothermal vents: Pleurocryptella shinkai sp. nov. (Isopoda: Epicaridea) parasitizing Shinkaia crosnieri (Decapoda: Anomura). Accepted by Zoological Science.

98. Methou P, Hikosaka M, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Miyamoto N, Makita H, Takahashi Y, Jenkins RG. Symbiont community composition in Rimicaris kairei shrimps from Indian Ocean vents with notes on mineralogy. Accepted by Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Book chapters (peer-reviewed) 本の一部

1. Watanabe H, Fujikura K, Kojima S, Miyazaki J, Fujiwara Y (2010) Japan: vent and seep in close proximity. Kiel S (ed) The Vent and Seep Biota Aspects from Microbes to Ecosystems. Topics in Geobiology, 33: 379-402.

2. Kumagai H, Watanabe H, Yahagi T, Kojima S, Nakai S (2015) Evaluating hydrothermal system evolution using geochronological dating and biological diversity analyses. Springer Open Access e-book: Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Global Hydrothermal Systems; TAIGA Concept, pp. 49-59. Springer Open Access e-book.

3. Watanabe H, Kojima S. (2015) Vent fauna in the Okinawa Trough. Springer Open Access e-book: Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Global Hydrothermal Systems; TAIGA Concept, pp. 449-459. Springer Open Access e-book.

4. Watanabe H, Beedessee G (2015) Vent fauna on the Central Indian Ridge. Springer Open Access e-book: Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Global Hydrothermal Systems; TAIGA Concept, pp. 205-212. Springer Open Access e-book.

5. Kojima S, Watanabe H (2015) Vent fauna in the Mariana Trough. Springer Open Access e-book: Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Global Hydrothermal Systems; TAIGA Concept, pp. 313-323. Springer Open Access e-book.

6. Hidaka H, Ogura T, Watanabe H, Kano Y, Kojima S (2015) Population history of a hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod Alviniconcha hessleri in the Mariana Trough. Springer Open Access e-book: Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Global Hydrothermal Systems; TAIGA Concept, pp. 325-333. Springer Open Access e-book.

7. Yamanaka T, Nagashio H, Nishio R, Kondo K, Noguchi T, Okamura K, Nunoura T, Makita H, Nakamura K, Watanabe H, Inoue K, Toki T, Iguchi K, Tsunogai U, Nakada R, Ohshima S, Toyoda S, Kawai J, Yoshida N, Ijiri A, Sunamura M (2015) Springer Open Access e-book: Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Global Hydrothermal Systems; TAIGA Concept, pp. 497-504.

8. Le Bris N, Arnaud-Haond S, Beauieu S, Cordes E, Hilario A, Rogers A, van de Gaever S, Watanabe H. Chapter 45. Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. First Global Integrates Marine Assessment, United Nations, 18 pp.

9. Colaço A, Brandt A, Hilario A, Lourenço N, Narayanaswamy BE, Priede IG, Tuhumwire JT, Vecchione M, Watanabe H (2021) Chapter 7O. Ridges, plateau and trenches. United Nations World Ocean Assessment II, 495 – 512.

10. Le Bris N, Calumpong H, Chiba S, Colaço A, Escobar E, Metaxas A, Nomikou P, Sigwart J, Tunnicliffe V, Watanabe H (2021) Chapter 7P. Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. United Nations World Ocean Assessment II, 513 – 530.

Non-peer-reviewed reports

1. Beaulieu SE, Mills S, Mullineaux L, Pradillon F, Watanabe H, Kojima S (2011) International study of larval dispersal and population connectivity at hydrothermal vents in the southern Mariana Trough. InterRidge News, 20:50-54.

2. Beaulieu SE, Mitarai S, Watanabe H (2012) MarVeL Workshop catalyzes new international collaborations for studies of connectivity between deep-sea vents. InterRidge News, 21: 57-58

3. Lindsay D, Yoshida H, Ishibashi S, Umetsu M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Nishikawa J, Reimer JD, Watanabe H, Fujikura K, Maruyama T (2013) The uROV PICASSO, the Visual Plankton Recorder, and other attempts to image plankton. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underwater Technology, 1-3.

4. Watanabe HK, Chen C, Jenkins RG, Nobuhara T (2017) Workshop report: Evolution of chemosynthesis-based ecosystems. Deep-Sea Life, 10: 25.

5. Watanabe HK, Lin T-H, Akamatsu T (2019) Report: International Marine Soundscape Workshop (May 22, Yokohama, Japan) Deep-Sea Life, 13, 21.

6. Cunha M, Génio L, Pradillon F, Henry MC, Beaulieu S, Birch J, Campuzano F, Carretón M, De Leo F, Gula J, Laming S, Lindsay D, Matos F, Metaxas A, Meyer-Kaiser K, Mills S, Queiroga H, Rodrigues C, Sarrazin J, Watanabe H, Young R, Young C (2020) Foresight Workshop on Advances in Ocean Biological Observations: a sustained system for deep-ocean meroplankton. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 6, e54284.

7. Watanabe HK, Chen C, Miyazaki J, Okubo T, Takai K, YK19-10 cruise participants (2020) The ‘GACHINKO Cruise’: Educating, Empowering, and Enthralling the Next Generation with Real Cruise Experience. Deep-Sea Life, 15: 7 – 8.