Research keywords (6)：
marine biology
, ecology
, taxonomy
, population diversity
, ecological diversity
, genetic diversity
Research theme for competitive and other funds (21)：
2020 - 2024 Marine environmental DNA metabarcoding: understanding oceanic islands and mainland s ites across anthropogenic gradients in two hemispheres
2021 - 2023 Diversity of zoantharians in southern Japan
2021 - 2023 An Eco-Evo-Devo analysis of pigmentation pattern: the white bars of anemone fishes
2020 - 2023 Japanese volcanic CO2 vents - natural laboratories to study the behavior and adaptation of marine organisms to acidifying oceans
2020 - 2022 Comparing Coral Symbiont Interactions Shared by Okinawa and the Hawaiian Islands: From Mythical Worlds to Future Coral Reefs
2016 - 2020 Biodiversity of artificially restored coral reefs utilizing DNA barcoding and coral rubble surveys
2017 - 2019 Examining zoantharian and Symbiodinium diversity and ecology in the South China S
2015 - 2019 Zoantharian surveys in St. Eustatius, Curacao, and Bonaire
2016 - 2018 Global evolution of Brachycnemina and their Symbiodinium
2013 - 2018 sland of coral reefs and mangroves: answering the threat of climate change
2014 - 2017 Studies on the origin and maintenance of marine biodiversity and systematic conservation planning
2012 - 2014 Examining diversity of zoantharians and their associated protozoan (Apicomplexa) organisms around Shimoda
2009 - 2013 Reassessing biodiversity of marine organisms: how and why? An example using understudied marine invertebrates.
2012 - 2012 Global distribution patterns of Zoantharia
2011 - 2012 Investigating effects of Kaichu Doro construction on current and past biodiversity of coral reef tidal flats
2010 - 2011 Investigating the distribution of Terpios (coral-killing sponge) and its ecology and physiology in the Ryukyu Islands
2009 - 2010 Understanding zoanthid diversity and distribution: utility as “indicator species” and sources of palytoxin
2009 - 2010 スナギンチャク目の多様性及び分布の理解へ
2008 - 2009 Studies on the conservation and use of marine resources in shallow subtropical island
2006 - 2007 Towards understanding zoanthid biodiversity and evolution using molecular techniques
2004 - 2006 Diversity and evolution in the Order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) and related symbioses
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Papers (263)：
Emmeline A. Jamodiong, Tracy D. Tabalanza, Meangeldil A. Azuma-Malsol, Geminne G. Manzano, Agus A. Hakim, Takashi Nakamura, James D. Reimer. Spawn release of a Sclerophytum soft coral species in Okinawa Island, Japan. Marine Biodiversity. 2024. 54. 2
Charlotte G. Clay, James D. Reimer, Brigitte Sommer, Katie M. Cook, Masaru Mizuyama, Masami Obuchi, Iori Kawamura, Hiroki Kise, Maria Beger. Variation in functional composition of reef fishes along a tropical-to-temperate gradient. Journal of Biogeography. 2023. 51. 3. 454-466
Chloé Julie Loïs Fourreau, Hiroki Kise, Mylena Daiana Santander, Stacy Pirro, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Angelo Poliseno, Maria E.A. Santos, James Davis Reimer. Genome sizes and repeatome evolution in zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia). PeerJ. 2023. 11. e16188-e16188
James Davis Reimer, Sylvain Agostini, Yimnang Golbuu, Ben P. Harvey, Michael Izumiyama, Emmeline A. Jamodiong, Erina Kawai, Hajime Kayanne, Haruko Kurihara, Timothy Ravasi, et al. High abundances of zooxanthellate zoantharians (Palythoa and Zoanthus) at multiple natural analogues: potential model anthozoans?. CORAL REEFS. 2023. 42. 3. 707-715
James Davis Reimer, Sylvain Agostini, Yimnang Golbuu, Ben P. Harvey, Michael Izumiyama, Emmeline A. Jamodiong, Erina Kawai, Hajime Kayanne, Haruko Kurihara, Timothy Ravasi, et al. High abundances of zooxanthellate zoantharians (Palythoa and Zoanthus) at multiple natural analogues: potential model anthozoans?. Coral Reefs. 2023. 42. 3. 707-715
Santos MEA, Reimer JD. Biology and ecology of zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia). Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 2020
柳研介, REIMER James Davis, 磯村尚子, 藤井琢磨, TITUS Benjamin, RODRIGUEZ Estefania. 見直しが進むクマノミ類の宿主イソギンチャク類の分類. 日本ベントス学会・日本プランクトン学会合同大会講演要旨集. 2019. 2019
JD Reimer. recent discoveries of “cryptic” zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) in Okinawa. OIST, Onna, Okinawa. 2010
Review of deep-sea Cnidaria and Ctenophora fauna in the NW Pacific Ocean. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Deep NW Pacific Fauna. Editors: H Saeedi, A Brandt
2020
Biology and ecology of zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia). Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
2020
The classification, diversity, and ecology of shallow water octocorals. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
2019
Investigating biodiversity of coral reefs and related ecosystems in Palau. PICRC Technical Report 18-03
2018
Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) diversity research in Japan: current state and future trends. In: Species diversity of animals in Japan. Editors: H Kajihara, M Motokawa
2017
recent discoveries of “cryptic” zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) in Okinawa
(OIST, Onna, Okinawa 2010)
Phylogeny of undescribed zoanthid species in the Pacific
(2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium 2010)
Stylophora pistillata associated with different Symbiodinium clades are deep-divergence lineages: acclimatization or cryptic species?
(2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium 2010)
Preliminary results of field surveys of Terpios outbreaks in the Nansei Islands, Japan
(2nd Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium 2010)
2013/04 - 現在 University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Marine Sciences Associate Professor
2009/01 - 2013/03 University of the Ryukyus, Transdisciplinary Research Organization for Subtropics and Island Studies, Associate Professor Rising Star Program Associate Professor
2007/04 - 2008/12 University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Sciences Assistant Professor
2006/09 - 2007/03 Biological Institute on Kuroshio Researcher
2004/08 - 2006/08 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology JSPS Post-doctoral Fellow
Awards (3)：
2021/06 - Zoological Society of Japan Narishige Prize
2015 - Okinawa Research Prize
2010/06 - 2nd Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium Best Student Poster
Association Membership(s) (5)：
International Coral Reef Society
, Asia Pacific Coral Reef Society
, Nihon Cnidarian Biologists
, Zoological Society of Japan
, Japan Coral Reef Society
