last update 2024/1/10
Publications
Miura, O., Toyoda, A., Sakurai, T. 2023 Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the freshwater snail Semisulcospira habei from the Lake Biwa drainage system. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15: evad208.
Morita, K., Saito, T., Uechi, T., Sawada, N., Miura, O. 2023 Out of the ancient lake: multiple riverine colonizations and diversification of the freshwater snails in the genus Semisulcospira around Lake Biwa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 191: 107987.
Tsuzurahara, R., Takagi, K., Matsuda, Y., Kanaya, G., Miura, O. 2023 Diversity and conservation of the benthic invertebrate organisms in Uranouchi Bay, Kochi. Kuroshio Science, 16: 51-59
Nakai, S., Itoi, S., Kanaya, G., Itoh, H., Miura, O. 2023 Species identification of the mud snails Batillaria multiformis and B. attramentaria by PCR-RFLP method -the advantages of two restriction enzymes-. Plankton and Benthos Research, 18: 47-51.
Takagi, K., Ueno, K, Miura, O. 2022 Spatial structure of benthic communities along the environmental gradient in Urado Bay. Kuroshio Science, 15: 30-39.
Yamazaki, D., Ito, S., Miura, O., Sasaki, T., Chiba, S. 2022 High-throughput SNPs dataset reveal restricted population connectivity of marine gastropod within the narrow distribution range of peripheral oceanic islands. Scientific Reports, 12: 2119.
Sasaki, M., Miura, O., Nakao, M. 2022 Philophthalmus hechingeri n. sp.(Digenea: Philophthalmidae), a Human-Infecting Eye Fluke from the Asian Mud Snail, Batillaria attramentaria. The Journal of Parasitology, 108: 44-52.
Sano, I., Saito, T., Ito, S., Ye, B., Uechi, T., Seo, T., Kimura, K., Hirano, T., Yamazaki, D., Shirai, A., Kondo, T., Miura, O., Miyazaki, J.-I., Chiba, S. 2022 Resolving species-level diversity of Beringiana and Sinanodonta mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Japanese archipelago using genome-wide data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175: 107563.
Matsuda, Y., Miura, O. 2022 Sexual dimorphism in the East Asian freshwater snail Semisulcospira libertina. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 88: eyac028
Takahashi, K., Satoguchi, Y., Hayashi, R., Yamakawa, C., Ohtsuki, T., Miura, O., Tabata, R., Watanabe, K., Sato, K. 2021 The history of research correlated to the formation of Lake Biwa and its biota, and its literature resources. Journal of Fossil Research, S5: 1-58.
Yamazaki, D., Miura, O., Uchida, S., Ikeda, M., Chiba, S. 2021 Comparative seascape genetics of co-distributed Monodonta spp. intertidal snails in the Japanese and Ryukyu archipelagoes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 657: 135-146
Kumekawa, Y., Fujimoto-Kumekawa, H., Miura, O., Arakawa, R., Yokoyama, J., Fukuda, T. 2021 Morphological and molecular analyses of Zepedanulus ishikawai (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanidae) in the southern part of the Ryukyu Archipelago. Canadian Entomologist, 153: 800-827
Miura, O., Urabe, M., Mori, H., Chiba, S. Ancient drainage networks mediated a large‐scale genetic introgression in the East Asian freshwater snails. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 8186-8196.
Hiraoka, M., Tanaka, K., Yamasaki, T., Miura, O. Replacement of Ulva ohnoi in the type locality under rapid ocean warming in southwestern Japan. Journal of Applied Phycology, 32: 2489-2494.
Miura, O., Kanaya, G., Nakai, S., Itoh, H., Chiba, S. 2019 Prevalence and species richness of trematode parasites only partially recovers after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami. International Journal for Parasitology, 49: 1023-1028.
Hirano, T., Saito, T., Tsunamoto, Y., Koseki, J., Ye, B., Do, V.T., Miura, O., Suyama, Y., Chiba, S. 2019 Enigmatic incongruence between mtDNA and nDNA revealed by multi-locus phylogenomic analyses in freshwater snails. Scientific Reports, 9: 6223
Kumekawa, Y., Miura, O., Fujimoto, H., Ito, K., Arakawa, R., Yokoyama, J., Fukuda, T. 2019 Possible occurrence of reproductive isolation between two geographical clades of a laniatorid harvestman Pseudobiantes japonicus (Arachnida: Opiliones: Epedanidae) in Shikoku. Edaphologia, 104: 19-24.
Kanaya, G., Taru, M., Yuhara, T., Miura, O., Nakai, S., Itoh, H., Suzuki, T. 2019 Macrozoobenthos of the Samegawa River（Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture）and the Momiya River（Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture）tidalflats, Japan: Diversity shifts following the 2011 earthquake and effects of ongoing restoration works. Japanese Journal of Benthology, 73: 84-101.
Miura, O., Urabe, M., Nishimura, T., Nakai, K., Chiba, S. 2019 Recent lake expansion triggered the adaptive radiation of freshwater snails in the ancient Lake Biwa. Evolution Letters, 3: 43-54.
Matsuoka, K., Miura, O. 2019 Four new species of the genus Semisulcospira (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Semisulcospiridae) from the Plio-Pleistocene Kobiwako Group, Mie and Shiga Prefectures, central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 45: 87-94.
Yamazaki, D., Hirano, T., Uchida, S., Miura, O., Chiba, S. 2019 Relationship between contrasting morphotypes and the phylogeny of the marine gastropoda genus Tegula in East Asia. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 85: 24-34.
Matsuoka, K., Miura, O. 2018 Five new species of the genus Semisulcospira (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Semisulcospiridae) from the Pleistocene Katata Formation of the Kobiwako Group, Shiga Prefecture, central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 44: 59-67.
Makino, W., Miura, O., Kaiser, F., Geffray, M., Katsube, T., Urabe, J. 2018 Evidence of multiple introductions and genetic admixture of the Asian brush-clawed shore crab Hemigrapsus takanoi (Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) along the Northern European coast. Biological Invasions, 20: 825-842.
Yamazaki, D., Miura, O., Ikeda, M., Kijima, A., Tu, D.V., Sasaki, T., Chiba, S. 2017 Genetic diversification of intertidal gastropoda in an archipelago: The effects of islands, oceanic currents and ecology. Marine Biology, 164:184.
Keogh, C.L., Miura, O., Nishimura, T., Byers, J.E. 2017 The double edge to parasite escape: invasive host is less infected but more infectable. Ecology, 98: 2241-2247.
Kumekawa, Y., Fujimoto, H., Miura, O., Yokoyama, J., Ito, K., Tebayashi, S., Arakawa, R., Fukuda, T. 2017 Morphological and molecular analyses of Bandona boninensis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Assamiidae) in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands. Ogasawara Research, 43: 1-17.
Miura, O., Kanaya, G., Nakai, S., Itoh, H., Chiba, S., Makino, W., Nishimura, T., Kojima, S., Urabe, J. 2017 Ecological and genetic impact of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami on intertidal mud snails. Scientific Reports, 7: 44375.
Miura, T., Mori, K., Fukuda, T., Itani, G., Nakai, S., Miura, O. 2017 Species diversity of tidal flat biota in Shikoku Island. Kuroshio Science, 10： 148-154.
Miura, O., Kanaya, G. 2017 Impact of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami on marine and coastal organisms. Biology International, S36: 81-92.
Kanaya, G., Suzuki, T., Kinoshita, K., Matsumasa, M., Yamada, K., Seike, K., Okoshi, K., Miura, O., Nakai, S., Sato-Okoshi, W. 2017 Disaster-induced changes in coastal wetlands and soft-bottom habitats: an overview of the impacts of the 2011 tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake. Biology International, S36: 62-80.
Blakeslee, A.M., Kamakura, Y., Onufrey, J., Makino, W., Urabe, J., Park, S., Keogh, C.L., Miller, A.W., Minton, M.S., Carlton, J.T., Miura, O. 2017 Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology, 164: 47.
Gérard, C., Miura, O., Lorda, J., Cribb, T.H., Nolan, M.J., Hechinger, R.F. 2017 A native-range source for a persistent trematode parasite of the exotic New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in France. Hydrobiologia, 785: 115-126.
Kanaya, G., Taru, M., Miura, O., Yuhara, T., Unagami, T., Tanaka, M., Mori, K., Aoki, M., Nakai, S., Itoh, H., Inoue, T., Suzuki, T. 2016 Impacts of the 2011 tsunami on tidal flat ecosystems: future perspectives for conservation of macrozoobenthic biodiversity. IAIA16 Conference Proceedings p 1-5
Mori, K., Miura, T., Fukuda, T., Miura, O. 2016 Shell resource partitioning among three intertidal hermit crabs. Japanese Journal of Benthology, 71: 25-31.
Torchin, M.E., Miura, O., Hechinger, R.F. 2015 Parasite species richness and intensity of interspecific interactions increase with latitude in two wide-ranging hosts. Ecology, 96: 3033-3042.
Miura, O. & Nishimura, T. 2015 Development and characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for the American mud snails Cerithideopsis californica. Conservation Genetics Resources, 7: 879-880.
Kumekawa, Y., Ito, K., Miura, O., Yokoyama, J., Tebayashi, S., Arakawa, R., Fukuda, T. 2014 Molecular phylogeny of Kilungius insulanus (Arachnida: Opiliones: Epedanidae) in Amami-Oshima Island and Okinawa Island. Edaphologia, 96: 1-7.
Miura, O., Keawtawee, T., Sato, N., Onodera, K. 2014 Vertical zonation of endosymbiotic zooxanthellae within a population of the intertidal sea anemone, Anthopleura uchidai. Marine Biology, 161: 1745-1754.
Hechinger, R.F., Miura, O. 2014 Two 'new' renicolid trematodes (Trematoda: Digenea: Renicolidae) from the California horn snail, Cerithidea californica (Haldeman, 1840) (Gastropoda: Potamididae). Zootaxa, 3784: 559-574.
Miura, O., Makino, W., & Urabe J. 2014 Characterization and cross-species utility of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Asian mud snails Batillaria attramentaria and B. multiformis. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6: 461-463.
Miura, O. 2013 Trematodes: Manipulators of hosts and associated ecosystems. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 63: 287-297.
Miura, O., Köhler, F., Lee, T., Li, J. & O'foighil. 2013 Rare, divergent Korean Semisulcospira spp. mitochondrial haplotypes have Japanese sister lineages. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 79: 86-89.
Miura, O. 2012 Social organization and caste formation in three more parasitic flatworm species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 465: 119-127.
Miura, O., Sasaki, Y. & Chiba, S. 2012 Destruction of populations of Batillaria attramentaria (Caenogastropoda: Batillariidae) by tsunami waves of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 78: 377-380.
Miura, O., Torchin, M.E., Bermingham, E., Jacobs, D.K. & Hechinger, R.F. 2012 Flying shells: historical dispersal of marine snails across Central America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279: 1061-1067.
Miura, O., Frankle, V. & Torchin, M.E. 2011 Different developmental strategies in geminate mud snails, Cerithideopsis californica and C. pliculosa across the Isthmus of Panama. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77: 255-258.
Miura, O., Torchin, M.E. & Bermingham, E. 2010 Molecular phylogenetics reveals differential divergence of coastal snails separated by the Isthmus of Panama. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56: 40-48.
Miura, O., Mori, H., Nakai, S., Satake, K., Sasaki, T. & Chiba, S. 2008 Molecular evidence of the evolutionary origin of a Bonin Islands endemic, Stenomelania boninensis. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 74: 199-202.
Miura, O. 2007 Molecular genetic approaches to elucidate the ecological and evolutionary issues associated with biological invasions. Ecological Research, 22: 876-883.
Miura, O. 2007 The invasion pathway of the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria attramentaria. Biological Science (Tokyo), 58: 202-206.
Miura, O. & Chiba, S. 2007 Effects of trematode double infection on the shell size and distribution of snail hosts. Parasitology International, 56: 19-22.
Miura, O., Nishi, S. & Chiba, S. 2007 Temperature-related diversity of shell colour in the intertidal gastropod Batillaria. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73: 235-240.
Miura, O., Torchin, M.E., Kuris, A.M., Hechinger, R.F. & Chiba, S. 2006 Introduced cryptic species of parasites exhibit different invasion pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 103: 19818-19823. Editor’s choice in Science (2007) 315, 162.
Miura, O., Kuris, A.M., Torchin, M.E., Hechinger, R.F. & Chiba, S. 2006 Parasites alter host phenotype and may create a new ecological niche for snail hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273: 1323-1328.
Nakai, S., Miura, O., Maki, M. & Chiba, S. 2006 Morphological and habitat divergence in the intertidal limpet Patelloida pygmaea. Marine Biology, 149: 515-523.
Miura, O., Kuris, A.M., Torchin, M.E., Hechinger, R.F., Dunham, E.J. & Chiba, S. 2005 Molecular-genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria cumingi (Crosse). International Journal for Parasitology, 35: 793-801.
Books
Miura, O., Torchin, M.E. 2023. Parasite Release and Biological Invasions. Pages 24-41 in J. Bojko, A. M. Dunn, and A. M. H. Blakeslee, editors. Parasites and Biological Invasions. CABI GB.
Competitive award
"Young Scientist Award" Japanese Association of Benthology. 2016
"Hakuraku" Inamori Foundation. 2013.
"Outstanding Research Award for Young Scientists" Kochi University. 2013.
"Denzaburo Miyadi Award" Ecological Society of Japan. 2012.
