Escape from the atomic bomb: miraculous rediscovery of zinc blocks of the Takamochi Mori s taxonomic monograph on planktonic copepods

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1 Bull. Plankton Soc. Japan 62 2 : , 日本プランクトン学会報 The Plankton Society of Japan * Escape from the atomic bomb: miraculous rediscovery of zinc blocks of the Takamochi Mori s taxonomic monograph on planktonic copepods Susumu Ohtsuka 1 *, Norio Shimizu 2, Taiki Sato 2 and Yasuhiko Sato 3 1 TakeharaMarine Science Station, Setouchi Field Center, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Minato-machi, Takehara, Hiroshima , Japan 2 Hiroshima University Museum, 1 1 1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima , Japan Kamiichi, miwa-cho, Miyoshi, Hiroshima , Japan * Corresponding author: ohtsuka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Abstract The year 2015 is a memorial one, corresponding to the 70th year after the dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima City, which killed a world-famous copepodologist Takamochi Mori. He published a big monograph entitled The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan in Although we thought that the materials of the book might have been burnt down on August 6, 1945 together with him, almost all of the original zinc plates of the monograph were re-discovered in January We briefly describe why these miraculously remain without being involved in the tragedy, and review his achievements. Hope this short paper could become a requiem for him. Key words: Atomic bomb, August 6, 1945, Copepoda, monograph, Takamochi Mori 30 Takamochi Mori Fig. 1 The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan 1937 Otohiko Tanaka The pelagic copepods from the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account I XIII Fig

124 62 2 2015 Fig. 1. Snapshot of Takamochi Mori 29 years old.

Newly re-discovered original zinc plates used for the monograph The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan by T. Mori 1937, donated to the Hiroshima University Museum. A.

2 Fig. 1. Snapshot of Takamochi Mori 29 years old. This is not an original photo, but was reproduced from the original one that might have been attached on a photo album that is not confirmed as yet. Fig. 2. Newly re-discovered original zinc plates used for the monograph The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan by T. Mori 1937, donated to the Hiroshima University Museum. A. Plate 43 Labidocera rotunda as L. bippinata, L. japonica ; B. Plate 62 Oithona similis, O. fallax ; C Plate 64 Macrosetella gracilis as Setella gracilis, Microsetella rosea, M. norvegica, Euterpina acutifrons as Euterpe acutifrons, D. Plate 66 Oncaea venusta, Triconia conifera as O. conifera, O. media. Scale in 200 mm Table 1 1 Mytilicola orientalis Mori 1935a 2 1 Vervoort Bibliography of Copepoda, up to and including Part II H R Table Table 2 Machida et al Tigriopus japonicus Acartia sinjiensis, Euchaeta plana, Labidocera rotunda, L. japonica, Pontellopsis yamadae junior synonym M. orientalis

3 125 Table 1. All publications by Takamochi Mori. Year Japanese title atuhor s English title Journal, vol., pages 1929 An annotated list of the pelagic Copepoda from SW. part , of the Japan-sea, with descriptions of two new species 1932 New copepods from the southern waters of Japan , Calanus , pp Centropages , Mytilicola orientalis Mytilicola orientalis, a new species of parasitic Copepoda , Labidocera 1 L. japonica A new species of Labidocera, L. japonica , Moina macrocopa Straus On the observation of the helioropism sic of Moina 2 2, Heliotropism macrocopa Straus 1937 The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Yokendo, Tokyo, 150pp., 80pls. Japan 1938 Tigriopus japonicus, a new species of neritic Copepoda 50 5, The effect of alchohols on the velocity of phototropic 51 12, locomotion of water-flea, Moina macrocopa 1940 Two new copepods from Japanese water 52 8, Takamochi Mori 1942 Systematic studies of the plankton organisms occurring in Iwayama Bay, Palao. IV. Copepoda from the bay and adjacent waters The Palao Tropical Biological Station Studies, 2 3, The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan second edition Saburo Shirai ed.. Soyo Company Inc., Tokyo, 150pp., 80pls. Table 2. Copepod species newly described by Takamochi Mori. Synonymy is based on World Register of Marine Species Species Synonym Labidocera rotunda Mori, 1929 Centropages longicornis Mori, 1932 Copilia longistylis Mori, 1932 Pachysoma dentatum Mori, 1932 Pachos dentatum Mori, 1932 Scaphocalanus pacificus Mori, 1932 Lophothrix latipes T. Scott, 1894 Centropages yamadai Mori, 1934 Centropages tenuiremis Thompson & Scott, 1903 Labidocera japonica Mori, 1935 Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935 Acartia hamata Mori, 1937 Acartia bispinosa Carl, 1907 Corycaeus japonicus Mori, 1937 Ditrichocorycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916 Corycaeus trukicus Mori, 1937 Ditrichocorycaeus andrewsi Farran, 1911 Ctenocalanus longicornis Mori, 1937 Eucalanus giesbrechti Mori, 1937 Eucalanus elongatus Dana, 1848 Euchaeta plana Mori, 1937 Eucheta daitoumarui Mori, 1937 Paraeuchaeta russeli Farran, 1936 Lubbockia marukawai Mori, 1937 Pontella spinicauda Mori, 1937 Pontellopsis yamadae Mori, 1937 Scolecithricella orientalis Mori, 1937 Scolecithricella spinipedata Mori, 1937 Scolecitrichopsis stenopus Giesbrecht, 1888 Tigriopus japonicus Mori, 1938 Acartia japonica Mori, 1940 Acartia sinjiensis Mori, 1940 Acartia tokiokai Mori, 1942 Acartia bispinosa Carl, 1907

4 a Stock 1993, Steel and Mulchy 2001, Torchin et al red worm Stock 1993, National Park Service 2015? Steel and Mulchy 2001 Alfred Wegener Institute Marieke Feis Ju-shey Ho Arthur Humes Mori 1935 M. orientalis 3 Marine planktonic copepods 2015 Cymbasoma morii Tokioka, 1949 Abraham Fleminger Kuni Hülsemann Pontellina morii Fleminger and Hulsemann, 1974 Jack Greenwood Stephos morii Greenwood, Damkaer Neocalanus plumchurus Marukawa, B-29

5 Damkaer 1995 Omori cm 11.8 cm 2.1 cm 1.5 mm 1937 Plate Plates 25, 27, 40, 80 4 Fig The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan W. Giesbrecht, G. O. Sars

6 Ju-shey Ho Mytilicola orientalis Marieke Feis Damkaer D Takamochi Mori 5 May August J Crustacean Biol 15: Machida RJ, Miya MU, Nishida M, Nishida S Complete micochondrial DNA sequence of Tigriopus japonicus Crustacea: Copepoda. Mar Biotechnol 4: Marine planktonic copepods : : a. Calanus : Centropages : a. 1 Mytilicola orientalis : b. Labidocera 1 L. japonica : c. Moina macrocopa Straus Heliotropism 2 2 : Mori T The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan. Yokendo, Tokyo, 150pp., 80pls. Mori T Tigriopus japonicus, a new species of neritic Copepoda : : Mori T Two new copepods from Japanese waters : Mori T Systematic studies of the plankton organisms occurring in Iwayama Bay, Palao. IV. Copepoda from the bay and adjacent waters. Palao Tropical Biol Stn Stud 2 3 : Mori T The pelagic Copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan. Saburo Shirai ed.. Soyo Company Inc., Tokyo, 150pp., 80pls. 1932b. 45pp. National Park Service Marine invasive species Omori M Marine planktology in Japan. Plankton Biol Ecol 49: p Steel S, Mulcahy MF Impact of the copepod Mytilicola orientalis on the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in Ireland. Sis Aquat Org 47: Stock JH Copepoda Crustacea associated with commercial and non-commercial Bivalvia in the Est Scheldt, The Netherlands. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 63, Tanaka O The pelagic copepods from the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account I. Families Calanidae and Eucalanidae. Publ Seto Mar Biol Lab 5: Tanaka O The pelagic copepods from the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account XIII. Parapontellidae, Acartiidae and Tortanidae. Publ Seto Mar Biol Lab 12: Torchin ME, Lafferty KD, Kuris AM Parasites and marine invasions. Parasitol 124: S137 S151. Vervoort W Bibliography of Copepoda, up to and including Part II H R. Crustaceana, Suppl 11: World Register of Marine Species : David M. Damkaer Damkaer 1995

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