Yu Yokoya
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Yu Yokoya (1891–1969) was a Japanese marine biologist. He worked at least after 1917 on Japanese decapod crustaceans for the Fisheries Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Imperial University.
Born5 August 1891
Takahashi, Okayama, Japan
Died1969 (aged 77–78)
FieldsMarine biology
Institutions
- Tokyo Imperial University (Faculty of Agriculture)
- Nagasaki University
Yu Yokoya | |
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横屋猷 | |
| Born | 5 August 1891 Takahashi, Okayama, Japan |
| Died | 1969 (aged 77–78) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Marine biology |
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Works
- "Some Rare and New Species of Decapod Crustaceans Found in the Vicinity of the Misaki Marine Biological Station" (PDF). Japanese Journal of Zoology. 7 (1): 129–146. 1936.
- "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. 1933.
Tributes
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.[1]
