Recent publications
	Furuya, H., Hochberg, F. G., and Tsuneki, K. (2001) Developmental patterns and cell lineages of vermiform embryos in dicyemid mesozoans. Biological Bulletin 201: 405-416. Furuya, H., and Hochberg, F. G. (2002) New species of Dicyemennea (Phylum: Dicyemida) in deep-water Graneledone (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda) from the Antarctic. Journal of Parasitology 88(2): 330-336. Furuya, H., Hochberg, F. G., and Short, R. B. (2002) Dicyemennea canadensis n. sp. (Phylum Dicyemida) from Bathypolypus arcticus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda). Journal of Parasitology 88(1): 119-123. Furuya, H., Damian, R. T., and Hochberg, F. G. (2002) Dicyema shorti n. sp.(Phylum Dicyemida) from Octopus burryi (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda) in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology 88(2): 325-329. Furuya, H., Hochberg, F. G., and Tsuneki, K. (2003)　Reproductive traits of dicyemids. Marine Biology 142: 693-706. Furuya, H., Hochberg, F. G., and Tsuneki, K. (2003) Calotte morphology in the phylum Dicyemida: Niche separation and convergence. Journal of Zoology 259(4): 361-373. Furuya, H. and K. Tsuneki (2003) Biology of dicyemid mesozoan. Zoological Sciennce 20: 519-532. Furuya, H., Ota M., Kimura R., and Tsuneki, K. (2004) The renal organs of cephalopods: a habitat for dicyemids and chromidinids. Journal of Morphology　262: 629-643. Furuya, H., Hochberg, F. G., and Tsuneki, K. (2004) Cell number and cellular composition in infusoriform larvae of dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum Dicyemida). Zoological Science 21: 877-889. Furuya H and Tsuneki, K. (2005) A new species of dicyemid mesozoan (Phylum Dicyemida) from Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), with notes on Dicyema orientale. Species Diversity 10: 45-62. Takumiya, M., Kobayashi, M., Tsuneki, K., and Furuya, H. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships among major species of Japanese coleoid cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) using three mitochondrial DNA sequences. Zoological Science 22: 147-155. Furuya, H. (2005) Three new species of Dicyema (Dicyemida: Dicyemidae) from Amphioctopus kagoshimensis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Species Diversity 10: 231-247. Furuya, H. (2006) Three new species of dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum Dicyemida) from Amphioctopus fangsiao (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), with comments on the occurrence patterns of dicyemids. Zoological Science 23: 105-119. Yoshida, M., Tsuneki, K., and Furuya, H. (2006) Phylogeny of Selected Sepiidae (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) based on 12S, 16S, and COI sequences, with comments on the taxonomic reliability of several morphological characters. Zoological Science 23: 342-351. Furuya, H. (2006) Two new species of Dicyema (Dicyemida: Dicyemidae) from Amphioctopus areolatus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Species Diversity 11: 257-269. Furuya, H. (2006) A new species of Dicyemennea Whitman, 1883 (Phylum Dicyemida) from Sepia latimanus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Decapodidae) off Okinawa, Japan. Systematic Parasitology 65: 205-213. Furuya, H., Hochberg, F. G., and Tsuneki, K. (2007) Cell number and cellular composition in vermiform larvae of dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum Dicyemida). Journal of Zoology 272: 284-298. Ogino, K., Tsuneki, K., and Furuya, H. (2007) The expression of tubulin and tektin genes in dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum: Dicyemida). Journal of Parasitology 93: 608-618. Furuya, H. and Tsuneki, K. (2007) Developmental patterns of the hermaphroditic gonad in dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum Dicyemida). Invertebrate Biology 126: 295-306. Furuya, H. (2007) Redescription of two Dicyemennea (Phylum: Dicyemida) from Rossia pacifica (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Decapoda). Journal of Parasitology 93 Parasitology 93: 841-849. Ogino, K., Tsuneki, K., and Furuya H. (2007) Cloning of chitinase-like protein 1 cDNA from dicyemid mesozoans (Phylum Dicyemid) Journal of Parasitology 93: 1403-1415. Aruga, J., Odaka, Y., Kamiya, A., and Furuya, H. (2007) Dicyema Pax6 and Zic: tool-kit genes in a highly simplified bilaterian. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 201. Furuya, H. (2008) A new dicyemid from Sepiella japonica (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Decapoda). Journal of Parasitology 94: 223-229. Furuya, H. (2008) Redescription of Dicyemennea nouveli (Phylum: Dicyemida) from Enteroctopus dofleini (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda). Journal of Parasitology 94: 1064-1070. Furuya, H. (2008) Three new dicyemids from Octopus sasakii (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda). Journal of Parasitology 94: 1071-1081. Furuya, H. (2009) Two new dicyemids from Sepia longipes (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Decapoda). Journal of Parasitology 95(in press). Furuya, H. (2009) A new dicyemid from Opisthoteuthis depressa (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda). Journal of Parasitology 95(in press). Kobayashi, M., Furuya H., and Wada, H. (2009) Molecular markers comparing the extremely simple body plan of dicyemids to that of lophotrochozoans: insight from the expression patterns of Hox, Otx, and brachyury Evolution & Development (in press).
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