Takata K, Narita Y, Noguchi N, Nagai S, Kikuchi T, Suyama Y, Sinniger F, Harii S, Yasuda N. (Accepted) Illuminating Deep Reef Refugia: Horizontal and Vertical Genomic Connectivity of Seriatopora hystrix in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Molecular Ecology.
Yorisue T, Iguchi A, Nishijima M, Gibu K, Higa S, Yasuda N, Takata K, Hamamoto K, Fujita Y. (2026) Isolated island endemic crabs: Fine-scale genetic population structure of an endangered freshwater crab, Geothelphusa miyakoensis. Conservation Genetics. <link>
Luan B, Xia F, Takata K, Kikuchi T, Yasuda N, Liu Y, Liu X. (2026) Morphological and phylogenomic insights into hidden diversity in Coralliidae with Description of a new species Paraminabea xishaensis sp. nov. from the South China Sea. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. <link>
Takata K, Hayashibara T, Nonaka M, Lendvay B, Tu TH, Costantini F, Bolick H, Namikawa H, Ishikawa N, Suyama Y, Kikuchi T, Iguchi A, Yasuda N. (2026) Uncovering cryptic coral species in Japan’s precious coral fishery: Conservation and sustainable management implications. Global Ecology and Conservation e04125. <link>
Takata K, Nonaka M, Bolick H, Namikawa H, Xia F, Kikuchi T, Yasuda N. (2026) Expanded 28S rRNA Dataset for Environmental DNA Detection of Mesophotic and Deep-sea Octocorals in the Western Pacific. Ecological Research 41 (1), e70027. <link>
Takata K, Hayashibara T, Yasuda N, Nonaka M. (2025) Micro-CT observation of the final developmental stages of oocytes in white precious coral P. konojoi. Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies 27 (1), 154-157. <link>
Nonaka M, Takata K, Yasuda N. (2025) A New Species of the Genus Hemicorallium (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Coralliidae) Collected from Okinawa Island. Species Diversity 30, 193–206. <link>
Lendvay B, Cartier LE, Sato A, Krzemnicki MS, Nonaka M, Yasuda N, Takata K, Hayashibara T, Morf NV, Iwasaki N. (2025) Genetic testing of a high-end ‘angel skin’ precious coral necklace identifies a species unknown to science and its implications for the precious coral trade. Diversity 17(6), 395. <link>
Takata K, Nonaka M, Xia F, Kikuchi T, Gibu K, Yasuda N. (2025) The complete mitochondrial genome of P. inutile (Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Coralliidae) Molecular Biology Reports 52:531. <link>
Wishingrad V, Shizuru LEK, Takata K, Montgomery AD, Wagner D, Toonen RJ. (2025) Hawaiian black coral (Antipatharia) complete mitochondrial genomes have limited phylogenetic signal for taxonomic resolution of species. PeerJ 13:e18731. <link>
Takata K, Iwase F, Iguchi A, Yuasa H, Taninaka H, Iwasaki N, Uda K, Suzuki T, Nonaka M, Kikuchi T, Yasuda N. (2021) Genome-wide SNP data revealed notable spatial genetic structure in the deep-sea precious coral C. japonicum. Frontiers in Marine Sciencies 8, 667481. <link>
Takata K, Taninaka H, Nonaka M, Iwase F, Kikuchi T, Suyama Y, Nagai S, Yasuda N. (2019) Multiplexed ISSR genotyping by sequencing distinguishes two precious coral species (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Coralliidae) that share a mitochondrial haplotype. PeerJ 7:e7769. <link>