Michio Masuda (born 1943), phycologist.

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Taxon names authored

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• 61 taxon names authored by Michio Masuda

Publications

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• Masuda, M. 1973. Neodilsea crispata, a new species of red algae (Cryptonemiales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Japanese Botany 48: 35–48.
• Masuda, M. 1976. On a new red algal genus Pseudorhododiscus. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 27: 123–132. Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. 1976. Taxonomic notes on Rhodophysemopsis gen nov. (Rhodophyta). Journal of Japanese Botany 51: 175–187, 19 figs. Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. 1978. Two species of Rhodophysema (Rhodophyta) from the Aleutian Islands. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 29: 149–156.
• Masuda, M. 1981. Taxonomic notes on Odonthalia lyallii (Harvey) J. Agardh and related species (Rhodophyta). Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series V (Botany) 12: 147–158. PDF download Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. & Ohta, M. 1981. Taxonomy and life history of Rhodophysema odonthaliae sp. nov. (Rhodophyta). Japanese Journal of Phycology 29: 15–21.
• Masuda, M. 1982. A systematic study of the tribe Rhodomeleae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series V (Botany) 12: 209–400, pls 1–28. PDF download Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D., West, J.A., Kim, D.-H. & Masuda, M. 1984. Reinstatement of the genus Mastocarpus Kützing (Rhodophyta). Taxon 33: 53–63. DOI: 10.2307/1222029 Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. 1993. Ahnfeltiopsis (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) in the western Pacific. Japanese Journal of Phycology 41: 1–6, 6 figs. Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. & Guiry, M.D. 1995 '1994'. The reproductive morphology of Platoma cyclocolpum (Nemastomataceae, Gigartinales) from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Cryptogamie, Algologie 15: 191–212. Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. & Guiry, M.D. 1995. Reproductive morphology of Itonoa marginifera (J. Agardh) gen. et comb. nov. (Nemastomataceae, Rhodophyta). European Journal of Phycology 30: 57–67, 22 figs, 1 table. DOI: 10.1080/09670269500650801 Reference page. 
• Masuda, M., Kawaguchi, S., Takahashi, Y., Matsuo, Y. & Suzuki, M. 1997. A taxonomic study of the genus Laurencia (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from Vietnam. I. Laurencia caduciramulosa Masuda et Kawaguchi sp. nov.. Cryptogamie, Algologie 18: 1–10, 11 figs. Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. & Kogame, K. 1998. Neorhodomela enomotoi sp. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from Japan. Phycological Research 46: 29–37, 20 figs, 1 table. Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. & Kogame, K. 1998. Ahnfeltiopsis triquetrifolia sp. nov. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from Japan. European Journal of Phycology 33: 139–147. DOI: 10.1080/09670269810001736633 . Reference page. 
• Masuda, M. & Miller, K.A. 1999. A new species of Odonthalia, O. uniseriata (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta), from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Phycologia 38: 253–260, 16 figs. Reference page. 
• Uwai, S. & Masuda, M. 1999. Transfer of Pterosiphonia pumila Yendo to the genus Symphyocladia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 47: 125–133, 30 figs. Reference page. 
• Shimada, S., Horiguchi, T. & Masuda, M. 2000. Confirmation of the status of three Pterocladia species (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) described by K. Okamura. Phycologia 39: 10–18, 17 figs, 1 table. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-39-1-10.1
• Wang, H.W., Kawaguchi, S., Horiguchi, T. & Masuda, M. 2001. A morphological and molecular assessment of the genus Prionitis J. Agardh (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 49: 251–262. DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1835.2001.00245.x Reference page. 
• Kawaguchi, S., Wang, H.-W., Horiguchi, T., Lewis, J.A. & Masuda, M. 2002. Rejection of Sinkoraena and transfer of some species of Carpopeltis and Sinkoraena to Polyopes (Rhodophyta, Halymeniaceae). Phycologia 41: 619–635. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-41-6-619.1 Reference page. 
• Kawaguchi, S., Shimada, S., Wang, H.W., Faye, E.J., & Masuda, M. 2003. Polyopes tosaenis Kawaguchi & Masuda, sp. nov. (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Japan. European Journal of Phycology 38: 315–324. Reference page. 
• Faye, E.J., Shimada, S., Kogame, K. & Masuda, M. 2004. A new red algal species Meristotheca dakarensis (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales) from Senegal, western Africa, with comments on the relegation of Meristiella Cheney to synonymy with Meristotheca J.Agardh. Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 241–259. Reference page. 
• Kawaguchi, S., Shimada, S., Wang, H.W. & Masuda, M. 2004. The new genus Yonagunia Kawaguchi & Masuda (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta), based on Y. tenuifolia Kawaguchi & Masuda sp. nov. from southern Japan and including Y. formosana (Okamura) Kawaguchi & Masuda comb. nov. from southheast Asia. Journal of Phycology 40: 180–192. DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.03077.x Reference page. 
• Kurihara, A., Arai, S., Shimada, S. & Masuda, M. 2005. The conspecificity of Galaxaura apiculata and G. hystrix (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) inferred from comparative morphology and rbcL, and ITS1 sequences. European Journal of Phycology 40: 39–52. DOI: 10.1080/09670260400005542 Reference page. 
• Faye, E.J., Kogame, K., Shimada, S., Kawaguchi, S. & Masuda, M. 2008. New red alga Meristotheca imbricata (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales) from Japan. Phycological Research 56(2): 115–126. Reference page.