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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · 7h

Happy World Algae Day!
October 12

Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · 1d

Please take a look at our new article on the reassessment of the taxonomic status of Dictyoteae algae from Japan. Congratulations to Dr. Christophe Vieira on this excellent work!

Christophe Vieira et al. 2025.
Journal of Phycology
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70084
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · 7d

The long summer break has come to an end, and the fall semester at Kagoshima University began last week. The Marine Botany Lab is offering the Phycology course (1b1212) on Monday mornings for undergraduate students in the Department of Fisheries. Welcome to the fascinating underwater world of algae!

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · 7d

A green alga, Acetabularia ryukyuensis, from Kayo Beach, Okinawa, Japan.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please take a look at our new article on the effects of desiccation and salinity gradients on the photochemical efficiency of a mesophotic green alga, Ryuguphycus kuaweuweu.
Terada et al. 2025
Phycological Resarch
doi.org/10.1111/pre....

Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jul 30

A brown alga, Saccharina japonica, found on Charatsunai Beach in Muroran City, Hokkaido.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jul 24

A red alga, Gloiopeltis furcata, found on Charatsunai Beach, Muroran city, Hokkaido, Japan.

Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jul 13

A brown alga, Myagropsis myagroides, found on Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jul 13

Kallymenia perforata from Noshima, Nagashima Islands, Kagoshima.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jul 5

A brown alga, Sporochnus keyari found on Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 29

A red alga, Dudresnaya kuroshioensis, found on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 21

A green alga, Umbraulva amamiensis, found on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Islands.

Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 18

Fucoid communities @ Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 12

During the oral session held on June 12 at the 13th International Phycological Congress, Dr Ryuta Terada, head of the Marine Botany Lab, presented his recent research on photosynthetic studies of the cultivated red alga Pyropia yezoensis (photo), using a newly developed photon detection device.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 11

Gala Dinner International Phycological Congress 2025 @ Hanann Aloba Beach Resort in Bohol, Philippines.

Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 11

The 13th International Phycological Congress (IPC2025) is currently being held at Alona Beach Resort in Bohol, Philippines.

Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 10

Alona Beach, Panglao, Bohool, Philippines

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 7

Avrainvillea obscura, a green alga found on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 7

Caulerpa filicoides, a green alga found on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 2

Chlorodesmis fastigiata, a green alga found on Okinoerabu-jima Island.

Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 1

Sargassum ilicifolium, a brown alga found on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · Jun 1

In collaboration with the Marine Botany Lab and Kagoshima City Aquarium this week, we conducted a marine algal survey on the remote island of Okinoerabu-jima in the Ryukyu Islands. Surveys were carried out at more than ten sites along the island’s entire coastline using SCUBA and skin diving.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · May 25

Distromium decumbens, a brown alga found offshore of Tanegashima Island, the northern Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · May 16

The Marine Botany Lab and Kagoshima City Aquarium participated in a research voyage aboard the T/S #Nansei-Maru of #KagoshimaUniversity, conducting a deep subtidal algal survey off the coast of Tanegashima Island in the northern Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryuta Terada @ryutaterada.bsky.social · May 9

Undaria pinnatifida, a brown alga found on Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

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