Yu Yokoya (18??-1967) was a Japanese marine biologist. He worked at least after 1917 on Japanese decapod crustaceans for the Fisheries Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial Univ.
Yu Yokoya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18?? Japan |
| Died | 1967 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Marine biology |
| Institutions | Imperial University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture) |
Works edit
- Some Rare and New Species of Decapod Crustaceans Found in the Vicinity of the Misaki Marine Biological Station[1]
- 1933 - On the distribution of decapod crustaceans inhabiting the continental shelf around Japan, chiefly based upon the materials collected by S.S. Soyo-Maru, during the year 1923–1930. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial University, 12 (1): 1–226.
Tributes edit
The cephalopod name Loligo yokoyai M. Ishikawa, 1925 may possibly be in his honour. The thalassinidean name Upogebia yokoyai Makarov, 1938? is also in his honour.[2]
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