Hironori Komatsu, Ph.D. (2002), National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, is Curator of Crustacea. Specialty: taxonomy of crabs.Junji Okuno, M.Sc., Coastal Branch of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, is Senior Curator of Crustacea. Specialty: taxonomy of shrimps and hermit crabs.Kouki Fukuoka, Ph.D., Research Center for Subtropical Fisheries, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, is Researcher of Marine Ecosystem. Specialty: taxonomy of mysids.

• PrefaceProfessor Masatsune TakedaAHYONG, SHANE T., TOMOYUKI KOMAI & TETSUYA WATANABE, First Viridotheres Manning, 1996, from Japan, with a key to the species (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pinnotheridae)AHYONG, SHANE T., T. RICHARD WEBBER & TIN-YAM CHAN, Thymops takedai, a new species of deepwater lobster from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean with additional records of ‘thymopine’ lobsters (Decapoda, Nephropidae)AOKI, MASAKAZU N. & ATSUSHI ITO, Caprella takedai, a new species of caprellid amphipod from off Ito, the east coast of Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka, JapanARIYAMA, HIROYUKI, A new species of Bollegidia (Amphipoda, Bogidiellidae sensu lato) from Kushimoto coast, central JapanBAKEL, BARRY W. M. VAN, DANIÈLE GUINOT, JOHN W. M. JAGT & RENÉ H. B. FRAAIJE, Mithracites takedai, a new homoloid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of ColombiaCASTRO, PETER, Goneplacid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae) of the Mainbaza and Miriki Expeditions to the Mozambique Channel, with the description of a new species of Pycnoplax Castro, 2007DAVIE, PETER J. F., A new species of Pedroplax (Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae) from the Coral Sea, and a new record of Pedroplax megalops from north-western AustraliaFUJITA, YOSHIHISA, First zoea of Porcellanopagurus truncatifrons Takeda, 1981 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) described from laboratory-hatched materialHANAMURA, YUKIO & ISAO TSUTSUI, A new species of Anisomysis Hansen, 1910 (Mysida, Mysidae) from inshore waters of a small island in the Andaman SeaKOMAI, TOMOYUKI, PETER K. L. NG & YUSUKE YAMADA, A new genus and new species of chasmocarcinid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea) from shallow waters in JapanKOMATSU, HIRONORI, MARIVENE R. MANUEL-SANTOS & PETER K. L. NG, Ebalia takedai, a new species of leucosiid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura) from Panglao, PhilippinesKONISHI, KOOICHI & TOMOMI SAITO, Remarkable zoeas of two species of deep-sea spider crabs (Brachyura, Majoidea, Epialtidae, Pisinae)LIU, WENLIANG & RUIYU LIU (J. Y. LIU), Michelea takeda sp. nov. (Decapoda, Axiidea, Micheleidae) from the South China SeaMCLAY, COLIN L. & ANDREW HOSIE, Another shell-carrying dromiid crab, Desmodromia tranterae McLay, 2001, from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia and observations of shell-acquisition behaviour of Conchoecetes artificiosus (Fabricius, 1798) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Dromiidae)MENDOZA, JOSE C. E. & PETER K. L. NG, A new genus and species of deep-water xanthid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) from the PhilippinesMITSUHASHI, MASAKO, XINZHENG LI & TIN-YAM CHAN, Additional deep-sea pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from Taiwan, with description of one new species .. xxxNARUSE, TOHRU & TADAFUMI MAENOSONO, A new genus and species of Aphanodactylidae Ahyong & Ng, 2009 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pinnotheroidea) from the Ryukyu Islands, JapanOKUNO, JUNJI, A new species of cnidarian-associated shrimp of the genus Cuapetes Clark, 1919 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from Suruga Bay, JapanOSAWA, MASAYUKI & YOSHIHISA FUJITA, New records of Albuneidae (Decapoda, Anomura) from Japan, with description of a new species of ParalbuneaRAHAYU, DWI LISTYO, A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae) from Lombok, IndonesiaRICHER DE FORGES, BERTRAND & PETER K. L. NG, Griffinia takedai, a new species of deep sea majoid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Epialtidae) from the PhilippinesSAITO, TOMOMI & ARTHUR ANKER, A new species of the genus Microprosthema Stimpson, 1860 (Stenopodidea, Spongicolidae) from the Society Islands, French PolynesiaSHIMOMURA, MICHITAKA & KEIICHI KAKUI, A new species of Stegidotea Poore, 1985 (Isopoda, Chaetiliidae) from Japan … xxxTOMIKAWA, KO & HIRONORI KOMATSU, A new species of the genus Dulichiella (Amphipoda, Melitidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan