Tomoyuki Komai

Tomoyuki Komai (born August 11, 1965 in Miyako, Iwate), Japanese carcinologist.

日本語: 駒井智幸

• Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan

Taxon names authored

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• 84 taxon names authored by Tomoyuki Komai

Publications

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1999

• Komai, T. 1999. Hermit crabs of the families Diogenidae and Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) collected during the Shinn’yo-maru cruise to the Ogasawara Islands and Torishima Island, oceanic islands in Japan. Journal of the Natural History Museum and Institute Chiba special issue 6: 1–66. Reference page. 

2002

• Komai, T. & Lemaitre, R. 2002. A new species of Bathypaguropsis Mclaughlin, 1994 from Japan, and redescription of B. kuroshioensis (Miyake, 1978) (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae). Crustaceana 75(3–4): 423–441. DOI: 10.1163/156854002760095499 Reference page. 

2004

• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2004. Redescription Of Pagurus moluccensis Haig & Ball, 1988, With Description Of A New Species Of Pagurus From Indonesia, And Taxonomic Notes On The Pagurus anachoretus Group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 183–200. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4618844 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Takeda, M. 2004. A new species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Lebbeus White, 1847 from Sagami-nada Sea, central Japan, and further records of two little-known species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (A) 30(2): 77–86. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Takeda, M. 2004. Two New Deepwater Species of Hermit Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (A) 30(3): 113–127. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2004. Redescription Of Pagurus moluccensis Haig & Ball, 1988, With Description Of A New Species Of Pagurus From Indonesia, And Taxonomic Notes On The Pagurus anachoretus Group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 183–200. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4618844 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2005

• Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2005. A new species of Trichopagurus de Saint Laurent (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu and Yap Islands, and redescription of T. trichophthalmus (Forest). Zootaxa 801: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Takeda, M. 2005. First report of Cestopagurus Bouvier (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Pacific Ocean, and the description of a new species. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (A) 31(3): 93–104. PDF. Reference page. 

2006

• Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2006. A review of the Pagurixus boninensis species group, with descriptions of six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae). Zootaxa 1214: 1–107. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2007

• Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2007. A new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurixus Melin (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Indo-West Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 97–105. PDF. Reference page. 

2009

• Komai, T. 2009. A new species of the hermit crab genus Catapaguroides (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from shallow water in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Species Diversity 14(3): 197–205. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Okuno, J. 2009. Two new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurixus (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the western Pacific. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (A) Supplement, 3: 137–156. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2009. A new hermit crab species of the genus Catapagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Zootaxa 2211: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt reference page 
• Ng, N.K. Komai, T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2009. Otognathon uru, a new species of crabs (Brachyura, Varunidae) from coral reefs in Okinawa Island, The Ryukyus, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A (Zoology) 3: 205-214. PDF Reference page. 

2011

• Komai, T. 2011. Squat lobsters of the genus Munida (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from the Ogasawara Islands, with descriptions of four new species. Memoirs of the National Museum of Nature and Science 47: 339–365. [not seen] Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2011. A new species of the squat lobster genus Munida (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the North Pacific off Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (A) supplement (5): 101–108. PDF Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2011. A new genus for Psopheticus megalops Takeda, 1989 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Goneplacidae). Zootaxa 2934: 61–67. Preview Reference page. 

2012

• Komai, T. 2012. Squat lobsters of the genus Munida Leach, 1820 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from the Sagami Sea and Izu Islands, Central Japan, with descriptions of 10 new species. Natural history research 12(1): 1–69. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Anker, A. 2012. A distinctive new species of the alpheid genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the northwestern Pacific. Zootaxa 3344: 60–68. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3344.1.4 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Motoh, H. 2012. The identity of Pilumnus dofleini Balss, 1933 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnidae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific. Zootaxa 3305(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3305.1.1 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2012. A new genus and new species of leucosiid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from coral reefs in the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 3352: 40–50. Preview PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Ng, P.K.L., & Yamada, Y. 2012. A new genus and new species of chasmocarcinid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea) from shallow waters in Japan. In: Komatsu, H., Okuno, J., Fukuoka, K. (eds.) Studies on Eumalacostraca: a homage to Masatsune Takeda. Crustaceana Monographs 17: 137-154. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden. ISBN 9789004202894. DOI: 10.1163/9789004202894_012 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Osawa, M. 2012. A new genus and new species of pagurid hermit crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from a submarine cave in Kume Island, Ryukyu Islands. Zootaxa 3367: 145–154. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3367.1.14 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Poupin, J. 2012. Two new species of shallow-water hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from Mayotte, Comoro Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3277: 56–68. Preview Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Reshmi, R. & Kumar, A.N.B. 2012. A new species of the hermit crab genus Ciliopagurus Forest (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southern India. Zootaxa 3266: 53–61. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3266.1.4 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Tsuchida, S. 2012. Rediscovery and redescription of a sponge-associated axiid shrimp, Eiconaxius acutifrons Bate, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea). Zootaxa 3393: 27–40. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3393.1.2 Reference page. 
• Malay, M.C.(M.)D., Komai, T. & Chan, T.-Y. 2012. A new cryptic species in the “Calcinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998” species complex (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae): evidence from colouration and molecular genetics. Zootaxa 3367: 165–175. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3367.1.16 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2013

• Komai, T. 2013. A New Species of the Hippolytid Shrimp Genus Lebbeus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Lower Bathyal Zone in the Izu Islands,Central Japan. Natural history research 12(2): 81–89. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2013. Records of Four Species of the Pylochelid Hermit Crab Genus Trizocheles Forest, 1987 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Sagami Sea and Izu Islands, Central Japan, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Natural history research 12(2): 91–112. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2013. Additional records of the pagurid hermit crab genus Trichopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1968 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with description of a new species from the Philippines. Zootaxa 3670(2): 274–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.2.10 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2013. A new species of sesarmid crab of the genus Chiromantes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 3681(5): 539–551. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.5.3 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2013. A new species of the pagurid hermit crab genus Lophopagurus McLaughlin, 1981 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from French Polynesia, and additional record of L. indonesiensis McLaughlin, 1997 from the Philippines. Zootaxa 3691(2): 240–252. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.2.4 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2013. Records of the hermit crab genus Pagurixus Melin, 1939 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from shallow coral reefs in the Panglao Islands, the Philippines, with description of a new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(1): 133–141. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2013. The hermit crab genus Catapaguroides A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Bohol Sea, Philippines, with descriptions of eight new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(1): 143–188. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2013. Two new species of Pylopaguropsis Alcock (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 621–631. PDF. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2013. Six new species of the hermit crab genus Decaphyllus de Saint Laurent, 1968 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines, and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 589–620. PDF. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Rahayu, D.L. & Komai, T. 2013. Two new species of Pseudopagurodes McLaughlin, 1997 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from the Philippines. In: Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T–Y., Corbari, B., & Ng, P.K.L. (eds.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos. Volume 27. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 204: 423–435. Paris. ISBN 978-2-85653-692-6. Reference page. 

2014

• Komai, T. 2014. A new bathyal species of the squat lobster genus Munida Leach, 1820 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from Japan. Natural history research 13(1): 11–18. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2014. A New Species of the Hermit Crab Genus Catapaguroides A.Milne-Edwards and Bouvier,1892 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from Sagami Bay, Japan. Natural history research 13(1): 1–9. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Maenosono, T. & Fujita, Y. 2014. Two new species of ghost shrimp assigned to the genus Cheramus Spence Bate, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 3895(4): 503–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.3 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Minemizu, R. 2014. A new species of the pontoniine shrimp genus Eupontonia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 3784(2): 171–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.2.6 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2014.New records and new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 620–646. PDF. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Tsuchida, S. & Clark, M.R. 2014. First record of the hermit crab genus Cestopagurus Bouvier, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the South Pacific Ocean and description of a new species. Zootaxa 3860(6): 580–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.6 Reference page. 
• Yahagi, T., Watanabe, H., Kojima, S., Beedessee, G. & Komai, T. 2014. First record and a new species of Alvinocaris Williams & Chace, 1982 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3893(1): 101–113. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.4 Reference page. 

2015

• Hibino, M., Matsuzaki, K. & Komai, T. 2015. The occurrence of Pandalopsis spinosior Hanamura, Kohno & Sakaji, 2000 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Pandalidae) in Hokkaido, northern Japan, and reassessment of its diagnostic characters. Zootaxa 4040(2): 204–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Anker, A. 2015. Additional records of the laomediid mud-shrimp genus Naushonia Kingsley, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gebiidea), with a revised identification key. Zootaxa 3974(3): 341–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.3 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Yamada, Y. 2015. A new species of the palaemonid shrimp genus Palaemonella Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 3964(3): 352–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.3.4 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Reshmi, R. & Biju Kumar, A. 2015. A new species of the hermit crab genus Paguristes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southwestern India. Zootaxa 3937(3): 517–532. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2015. A new species of the snapping shrimp genus Alpheus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from Japan, associated with the innkeeper worm Ikedosoma elegans (Annelida: Echiura: Echiuridae). Zootaxa 4058(1): 101–111. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2015. A new genus and new species of Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from shallow subtidal waters in Okinawa Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 3918(2): 250–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.2.6 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2015. Reinstatement and redescription of Lebbeus armatus (Owen, 1839), long synonymized with L. groenlandicus (Fabricius, 1775), and description of one new species from the southwestern Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Thoridae). Zootaxa 3905(4): 451–473. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.4.1 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Okuno, J. & Minemizu, R. 2015. New records of two species of the coral reef shrimp genus Thor Kingsley, 1878 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thoridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 4013(3): 399–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.3.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Saito, Y. & Myorin, E. 2015. A new species of the hermit crab genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from shallow coastal waters in Japan, with a checklist of the East Asian species of the genus. Zootaxa 3918(2): 224–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.2.4 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Yamada, Y. & Yunokawa, K. 2015. A new cave-dwelling species of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Zootaxa 4028(3): 413–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Anker, A., Komai, T. & Marin, I.N. 2015. A new echiuran-associated snapping shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 3914(4): 441–455. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.4.4 Reference page. 

2016

• Anker, A., Marin, I.N., Pachelle, P.P.G. & Komai, T. 2016. Redescription of Alpheus vladivostokiensis (Vinogradov, 1950), a large and conspicuous snapping shrimp from the northern Sea of Japan (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae). Zootaxa 4127(1): 171–184. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.10. Reference page. 
• Han, Y-Y., Komai, T. & Sha, Z-L. 2016. A new species of the hermit crab genus Alainopaguroides McLaughlin, 1997 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa 4173(6): 569–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.6.4. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2016. Reappraisal of the two axiid genera Manaxius Kensley, 2003 and Calaxidium Sakai, 2014, and description of a new species of Calaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 from French Polynesia, Southwest Pacific (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea). Zootaxa 4098(3): 498–510. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.4.Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Chan, T-Y. 2016. “Symmetrical” hermit crabs of the family Pylochelidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) collected by the “BIOPAPUA” and “PAPUA NIUGINI” expeditions in the Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4088(3): 301–328. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.1.Reference page. 
• Komai, T., De Grave, S. & Saito, T. 2016. Two new species of the stenopodidean shrimp genus Spongiocaris Bruce & Baba, 1973 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Spongicolidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4111(4): 421–447. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.4.5. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Higashiji, T. 2016. New records of the squat lobster genus Munida Leach, 1820 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from deep-water off Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4109(5): 542–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.5.3. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Matsuzaki, K. 2016. Two deep-sea decapod crustaceans collected off eastern Hokkaido, Japan: Sclerocrangon rex n. sp. (Caridea: Crangonidae) and Munidopsis verrilli Benedict, 1902 (Anomura: Munidopsidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 92–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.4. Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Matsuzaki, K. & Hibino, M. 2016. Rediscovery and redescription of a deep-sea shrimp Lebbeus longidactylus (Kobjakova, 1936) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Thoridae) based on material from the Nemuro Strait, southwestern Sea of Okhotsk. Zootaxa 4175(4): 390–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.4.8. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2016. Resurrection of Rhynchoplax Stimpson, 1858, with the description of two new species from Japan and Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 515–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.3.Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Menot, L. & Segonzac, M. 2016. New records of caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda) from hydrothermally influenced fields off Futuna Island, Southwest Pacific, with description of a new species assigned to the genus Alvinocaridinides Komai & Chan, 2010 (Alvinocarididae). Zootaxa 4098(2): 298–310. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.5.Reference page. 
• Poore, G.C.B., Guinot, D., Komai, T. & Naruse, T. 2016. Reappraisal of species attributed to Halicarcinus White, 1846 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) with diagnosis of four new genera and one new species from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4093(4): 480–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.2.Reference page. 
• Wang, T-W., Komai, T., Chen, C-L. & Chan, T-Y. 2016. Globospongicola jiaolongi Jiang, Kou & Li, 2015, a junior subjective synonym of G. spinulatus Komai & Saito, 2006 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae). Zootaxa 4072(5): 579–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.5. Reference page. 

2017

• Chan, T-Y. & Komai, T. 2017. A new shrimp species of the genus Lebbeus White, 1847 (Crustacea: Deacpoda: Caridea: Thoridae) from a deep-sea cold seep site off southwestern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4238(3): 426–432. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.9. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2017. Gebiacantha sagamiensis, a new species of upogebiid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gebiidea) from Sagami Bay, central Japan. Zootaxa 4263(3): 578–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.9. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2017. Enneophyllus ecarina, a new species of scaphopod shell dwelling hermit crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from deep-sea off the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Zootaxa 4269(4): 593–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.12 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2017. Redescription of the pagurid hermit crab Catapaguroides fragilis (Melin, 1939) and descriptions of two new species from deep-sea off the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Zootaxa 4273(2): 235–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.5. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2017. Gilvossius chichijimaensis Sakai, 2015 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae), a junior subjective synonym of Paratrypaea bouvieri (Nobili, 1904). Zootaxa 4291(2): 391–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.2.11. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Chan, T-Y. 2017. Redescriptions of two poorly known deep-sea shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Pasiphaeidae and Glyphocrangonidae) from the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4303(1): 73–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.4. Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Kohtsuka, H. 2017. A new deep-sea species of the caridean genus Bresilia Calman, 1896 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Bresiliidae) from Sagami Bay, central Japan. Zootaxa 4299(3): 405–414. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.6. Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Marin, I. & Kakui, K. 2017. Rediscovery and redescription of the abyssal squat lobster Munidopsis petalorhyncha Baba, 2005 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae) from the Northwest Pacific. Zootaxa 4226(1): 93–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.1.4. Reference page. 
• Ng, P.K.L., Komai, T. & Sato, T. 2017. On the trail of a Japanese “ghost species”—the identity of Goniopugettia tanakae Sakai, 1986, and the establishment of a new genus for Pugettia sagamiensis Gordon, 1930 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Epialtidae). Crustacean Research 46(0): 133–152. PDF. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2018

• Komai, T. 2018. A new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Thuylamea Nguyên, 2001 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Yatsushiro Sea, Kyushu, Japan. Zootaxa 4378(3): 387–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.7 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Chen, C. & Watanabe, H.K. 2018. Two new species of the crangonid genus Metacrangon Zarenkov, 1965 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the Okinawa Trough, Japan. Zootaxa 4410(1): 97–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Fujita, Y. 2018. A new genus and new species of alpheid shrimp from a marine cave in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with additional record of Salmoneus antricola Komai, Yamada & Yunokawa, 2015 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Zootaxa 4369(4): 575–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.7 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Fujita, Y. 2018. A new genus and new species assigned to Macrophthalmidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Thoracotremata) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 4531(1): 109–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.1.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Ohtomi, J. 2018. A new deep-sea species of the snapping shrimp genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from Kagoshima Bay, Japan. Zootaxa 4434(1): 99–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.1.6 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Ohtsuka, S., Yamaguchi, S. & Nakaguchi, K. 2018. New records of six deep-sea caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Ryukyu Islands and its adjacent waters, southwestern Japan. Zootaxa 4457(1): 114–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. 2018. A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southern India. Zootaxa 4504(2): 243–252. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.5 Reference page. 
• Lemaitre, R., Rahayu, D.L. & Komai, T. 2018. A revision of “blanket-hermit crabs” of the genus Paguropsis Henderson, 1888, with the description of a new genus and five new species (Crustacea, Anomura, Diogenidae). ZooKeys 752: 17–97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.752.23712 ResearchGate . PDF Reference page. 
• Landschoff, J., Komai, T., du Plessis, A., Gouws,G., Griffiths, C.L. 2018. MicroCT imaging applied to description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae), with selection of three-dimensional type data. PLoS ONE. 13(9): e0203107. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203107 Reference page. 
• Sepahvand, V., Komai, T., Momtazi, F. & Shahabi, S. 2018. A new species of the ghost shrimp genus Neocallichirus Sakai, 1988 from Iran, and new record of N. manningi Kazmi & Kazmi, 1992 (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae). Zootaxa 4527(2): 239–254. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.2.5 Reference page. 

2019

• Katogi, Y., Chiba, S., Yokoyama, K. , Hatakeyama, M., Shirai, S.M. & Komai, T. 2019. A new freshwater shrimp species of the genus Palaemon Weber, 1795 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from northeastern Japan. Zootaxa 4576(2): 239–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.2.2 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Chakraborty, R.D., Paramasivam, P. & Gidda, M. 2019. A new species of the deep-sea squat lobster genus Eumunida Smith, 1883 (Decapoda: Anomura: Eumunididae) from the Arabian Sea off southwestern India. Zootaxa 4590(4): 440–456. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.4.2 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Chan, T-Y. & De Grave, S. 2019. Establishment of a new shrimp family Chlorotocellidae for four genera previously assigned to Pandalidae (Decapoda, Caridea, Pandaloidea). Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(2): 391–402. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.35999 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Fujita, Y. 2019. A new species of the mud shrimp genus Axianassa Schmitt, 1924 (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Laomediidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Zootaxa 4658(3): 452–460. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.2 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Hibino, M. 2019. Three new species of the pandalid shrimp genus Pandalopsis Spence Bate, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the southwestern Sea of Okhotsk, with supplemental note on P. glabra Kobjakova, 1936. Zootaxa 4545(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.1 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Shimetsugu, M. & Ng, P.K.L. 2019. Redescription and new records of a poorly known leucosiid crab, Pseudophilyra punctulata Chen & Ng, 2003, and description of a new species of Pseudophilyra from Japan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa 4550(2): 251–267. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.2.6 pdf Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Reshmi, R., Rahayu, D.L. & Biju Kumar, A. 2019. Redescription of the little known hermit crab, Clibanarius clibanarius (Herbst, 1791) (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae), based on material from southern India and type material. Zootaxa 4555(3): 372–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.6 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Yokooka, H., Henmi, Y. & Itani, G. 2019. A new genus for “Neocallichirus” grandis Karasawa & Goda, 1996, a ghost shrimp species (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) heretofore known only by fossil materials. Zootaxa 4604(3): 461–481. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.4 Reference page. 

2020

• Komai, T. 2020. Turleania rubriguttatus, a new species of pagurid hermit crab (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from shallow water in Japan, with notes on T. senticosa (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996). Zootaxa 4834(1): 96–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.1.6 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2020. A new species of pagurid hermit crab assigned to the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from the Kaikata Seamount, Izu-Ogasawara Arc, Japan. Zootaxa 4858(2): 241–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.2.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2020. First record of Bouvieraxius keiensis Sakai, 1992 and Manaxius aurantiaca n. sp. (Decapoda: Axiidea) from the waters around the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 4869(3): 369–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.4 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. 2020. Redescription of a poorly known upogebiid mud shrimp Gebiacantha acanthochela (Sakai, 1967) and description of a new species of the genus from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Decapoda: Gebiidea). Zootaxa 4881(2): 307–322. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.2.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Anker, A. 2020. A new species of the axiid shrimp genus Manaxius Kensley, 2003 (Decapoda: Axiidea) from shallow coral reefs of the western Pacific. Zootaxa 4858(4): 507–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.4.2 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Hirabayashi, I. 2020. A new species of the laomediid mud shrimp genus Naushonia Kingsley, 1897 (Decapoda: Gebiidea) from Japan. Zootaxa 4816(1): 92–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Kawai, K. & Ng, P.K.L. 2020. On the identity of the poorly known pea crab, Pinnothera obesa Dana, 1852, and description of a new species of Arcotheres Manning, 1993 from the Southwest Pacific (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae). Zootaxa 4822(2): 221–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Poore, G.C.B. & Fujita, Y. 2020. Redescription of the poorly known ghost shrimp species, Scallasis amboinae Bate, 1888, review of the genus, and description of a new species from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae). Zootaxa 4766(3): 401–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.3.1 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Tanego, T. & Hanano, K. 2020. A new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Automate de Man, 1888 (Decapoda: Caridea) from Japan. Zootaxa 4820(2): 305–322. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.5 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Yoshida, R. 2020. A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from shallow coastal waters in Japan. Zootaxa 4722(6): 571–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.4 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Ravinesh, R., Riyas, A. & Kumar, A.B. 2020. New records of two sponge-associated species of Upogebia Leach, 1814 from southern India (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Upogebiidae): U. hexaceras (Ortmann, 1894) and U. nithyanandan (Sakai, Türkay & Al Aidaroos, 2015) resurrected from the synonymy of U. balmaorum Ngoc-Ho, 1990. Zootaxa 4747(3): 477–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.3.3 Reference page. 

2021

• Komai, T. 2021. A new species of the squat lobster genus Uroptychodes Baba, 2004 (Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from Japan. Zootaxa 4966(3): 349–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.6 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Maenosono, T. & Naruse, T. 2021. A new species of alpheid shrimp tentatively assigned to Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 (Decapoda: Caridea) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 4920(2): 287–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.2.9 Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Maenosono, T., Saeki, T. & Naruse, T. 2021. Redescription of the brackish water crab Ptychognathus glaber Stimpson, 1858 based on the topotypic material from the Ogasawara Islands and new record of P. lipkei N.K. Ng, 2010 from Japan (Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae). Zootaxa 5048(1): 58–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.1.3 Reference page. 
• Komai, T. & Rahayu, D.L. 2021. Three new species of the pagurid hermit crab genus Catapagurus A.Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69: 156–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• Komai, T., Rahayu, D.L. & Fujita, Y. 2021. Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean Territory of Australia, with descriptions of three new species and reappraisal of the genus Kumepagurus Komai & Osawa, 2012. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69: 378–402. PDF. ResearchGate Reference page.