Akiko Okusu* person
Ph.D. Harvard 2003; senior lecturer and curator of invertebrates, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Names for this agent
- Akiko Okusu
- Akiko Okusu (preferred)
- Okusu, A. (author)
- A. Okusu (second author)
- No media showing this agent
- student of Gonzalo Giribet
- Mala (69 records) in years 2000-2008
- IZ (7 records) in years 1998-2004
- All
Collecting Event Map
- Bivalvia: Anomiidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Arcidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Astartidae (3 records) in year 2008
- Bivalvia: Carditidae (3 records) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Corbulidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Crassatellidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Cultellidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Glossidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Hiatellidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Malleidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Montacutidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Nuculanidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Nuculidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Ostreidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Pectinidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Plicatulidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Psammobiidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Pteriidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Thyasiridae (2 records) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Veneridae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: Yoldiidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Bivalvia: [no family] (1 record) in year 2004
- Caudofoveata: Chaetodermatidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Craniata: Craniidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Enteropneusta: Ptychoderidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Aporrhaidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Buccinidae (6 records) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Cerithiidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Columbellidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Fissurellidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Haliotidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Littorinidae (4 records) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Muricidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Neritidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Patellidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Philinidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Raphitomidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Scaphandridae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Trochidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: Turbinidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Gastropoda: [no family] (1 record) in year 2004
- Phascolosomatidea: Phascolosomatidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Polyplacophora: Chaetopleuridae (3 records) in year 2000
- Polyplacophora: Chitonidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae (2 records) in year 2004
- Polyplacophora: [no family] (1 record) in year 2004
- Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae (1 record) in year 2004
- Sipunculidea: Phascolionidae (1 record) in year 1998
- Solenogastres: Epimeniidae (1 record) in year 2004
- : Loxosomatidae (1 record) none known to year
- : Priapulidae (1 record) none known to year
- Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase
- 5 identifications for 5 Malacology cataloged items
- 1 identifications for 1 Invertebrate Zoology cataloged items
- None
- Giribet, G., A. Okusu, A. R. Lindgren, and S. W. Huff. 2006. Evidence for a clade composed of molluscs with serially repeated structures: Monoplacophorans are related to chitons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 20:7723–7728. doi:10.1073. 1 citation
- Okusu, A. 2003. Evolution of "Early" Molluscs Integrating phylogenetic, developmental, and moprhological approaches. Harvard University. 158 pp.
- Okusu, A., E. Schwabe, D. J. Eernisse, and G. Giribet. 2003. Towards a phylogeny of chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) based on combined analysis of five molecular loci. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 3(4):281–302. doi: 10.1078/1439-6092-00085. 47 citations