Madoka Sasaki Explained

was a Japanese zoologist, who is known for his work on the cephalopods of Japan, as well as other groups such as salamanders.^[1]

Academic career

Sasaki was Professor of Zoology in the Fishery Department of the College of Agriculture at Tohoku Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan.^[2]

Sasaki died in 1927 and his major work A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters was published posthumously in 1929.^[3] It was based largely on his studies of the cephalopod collections of the Zoology Department of the "Tokyo University Museum", many of which he collected himself.

Honors

The species Sebastodes sasakii, Octopus sasakii and Sepia sasakii are among the taxa that bear names that honour Sasaki.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: On a Japanese Salamander, in Lake Kuttarush, which Propagates like the Axolotl . 4 March 2018 . Madoka Sasaki . 1924 . Hokkaido University.
2. Ian G. Gleadall . 2003 . A Note on the ephalopoda Type Specimens in the Zoology Department of Tokyo University Museum . . 69 . 4 . 375–380 . 10.1093/mollus/69.4.375. free .
3. Book: Madoka Sasaki . 1929 . A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters . College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University .
4. Web site: Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. S. . 4 March 2018 . Hans G. Hansson.