Madoka Sasaki

Madoka Sasaki (佐々木 望, Sasaki Madoka, 1883–1927) 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.[2]

Honors

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

References

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