Sternes, P.C. & Jambura, P.L. & Türtscher, J. & Kriwet, J. & Siversson, M. & Feichtinger, I. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Summers, A.P. & Maisey, J.G. & Tomita, T. & Moyer, J.K. & Higham, T.E. & da Silva, J.P.C.B. & Bornatowski, H. & Long, D.J. & Perez, V.J. & Collareta, A. & Underwood, C. & Ward, D.J. & Vullo, R. & González-Barba, G. & Maisch, H.M. & Griffiths, M.L. & Becker, M.A. & Wood, J.J. & Shimada, K. (2024)
White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae). Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(1), Article a4
DOI: 10.26879/1345
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Kaneko, A. & Murakumo, K. & Miyamoto, K. & Sato, K. (2023)
Successful delivery of viviparous lantern shark from an artificial uterus and the self-production of lantern shark luciferin. Plos One, 18(9), Article e0291224
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291224
Tomita, T. & Yabumoto, Y. & Kuga, N. (2023)
A New Snaggletooth Shark Species, Hemipristis tanakai Sp. Nov., from the Ashiya Group (Oligocene), Northern Kyushu, Japan. Paleontological Research, 28(3), 273–278
DOI: 10.2517/PR220021
Tomita, T. & Nakamura, M. & Nozu, R. & Ogawa, N. & Toda, M. & Sato, K. (2022)
Mode of uterine milk secretion in the white shark. The Anatomical Record, 305(7), 1724–1731
DOI: 10.1002/ar.24860
Türtscher, J. & Jambura, P.L. & López-Romero, F.A. & Kindlimann, R. & Sato, K. & Tomita, T. & Kriwet, J. (2022)
Heterodonty and ontogenetic shift dynamics in the dentition of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier (Chondrichthyes, Galeocerdidae). Journal of Anatomy, 241(2), 372–392
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13668
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Murakumo, K. & Kaneko, A. & Yano, N. & Nakamura, M. & Sato, K. (2022)
Five-Month Incubation of Viviparous Deep-Water Shark Embryos in Artificial Uterine Fluid. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article 825354
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.825354
Tomita, T. & Nakamura, M. & Miyamoto, K. & Nozu, R. & Toda, M. & Murakumo, K. & Sato, K. (2021)
Clasper pocket: adaptation of a novel morphological feature by lamnoid sharks, which aids with tuna-like swimming. Zoomorphology, 140, 365–371
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-021-00532-6
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Murakumo, K. & Miyamoto, K. & Matsumoto, R. & Ueda, K. & Sato, K. (2021)
Volume of the whale shark and their mechanism of vertical feeding. Zoology, 147, Article 125932
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2021.125932
Murakumo, K. & Matsumoto, R. & Tomita, T. & Matsumoto, Y. & Ueda, K. (2020)
The power of ultrasound: observation of nearly the entire gestation and embryonic developmental process of captive reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi). Fishery Bulletin, 118(1), 1–7
DOI: 10.7755/FB.118.1.1
Tomita, T. & Murakumo, K. & Komoto, S. & Dove, A. & Kino, M. & Miyamoto, K. & Toda, M. (2020)
Armored eyes of the whale shark. PLoS ONE, 15(6), Article e0235342
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235342
Tomita, T. & Nakamura, M. & Kobayashi, Y. & Yoshinaka, A. & Murakumo, K. (2020)
Viviparous stingrays avoid contamination of the embryonic environment through faecal accumulation mechanisms. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 7378
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64271-2
Duchatelet, L. & Moris, V.C. & Tomita, T. & Mahillon, J. & Sato, K. & Behets, C. & Mallefet, J. (2020)
The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is not a luminous species. PLoS ONE, 15(11), Article e0242196
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242196
Tomita, T. & Murakumo, K. & Ueda, K. & Ashida, H. & Furuyama, R. (2019)
Locomotion is not a privilege after birth: Ultrasound images of viviparous shark embryos swimming from one uterus to the other. Ethology, 125(2), 122–126
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12828
Duchatelet, L. & Pinte, N. & Tomita, T. & Sato, K. & Mallefet, J. (2019)
Etmopteridae bioluminescence: dorsal pattern specificity and aposematic use. Zoological Letters, 5, Article 9
DOI: 10.1186/s40851-019-0126-2
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Miyamoto, K. & Oka, S.-I. & Ueda, K. & Sato, K. (2018)
Development of the Lunate-Shaped Caudal Fin in White Shark Embryos. The Anatomical Record, 301(6), 1068–1073
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23776
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Miyamoto, K. & Ueda, K. & Nakaya, K. (2018)
Morphology of a hidden tube: Resin injection and CT scanning reveal the three-dimensional structure of the spiracle in the Japanese bullhead shark Heterodontus japonicus (Chondrichthyes; Heterodontiformes; Heterodontidae). The Anatomical Record, 301(8), 1336–1341
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23836
Tomita, T. & Touma, H. & Murakumo, K. & Yanagisawa, M. & Yano, N. & Oka, S.-I. & Miyamoto, K. & Hanahara, N. & Sato, K. (2018)
Captive Birth of Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Reveals a Shift in Respiratory Mode during Parturition. Copeia, 106(2), 292–296
DOI: 10.1643/CI-17-683
Hirasaki, Y. & Tomita, T. & Yanagisawa, M. & Ueda, K. & Sato, K. & Okabe, M. (2018)
Heart Anatomy of Rhincodon typus: Three-Dimensional X-Ray Computed Tomography of Plastinated Specimens. The Anatomical Record, 301(11), 1801–1808
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23902
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Murakumo, K. (2018)
Stealth breathing of the angelshark. Zoology, 130, 1–5
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.07.003
Tomita, T. & Miyamoto, K. & Kawaguchi, A. & Toda, M. & Oka, S.-I. & Nozu, R. & Sato, K. (2017)
Dental ontogeny of a white shark embryo. Journal of Morphology, 278(2), 215–227
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20630
Tomita, T. & Nozu, R. & Nakamura, M. & Matsuzaki, S. & Miyamoto, K. & Sato, K. (2017)
Live-bearing without placenta: Physical estimation indicates the high oxygen-supplying ability of white shark uterus to the embryo. Scientific Report, 7(1): 11744
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11973-9
Tomita, T. & Cotton, C.F. & Toda, M. (2016)
Ultrasound and physical models shed light on the respiratory system of embryonic dogfishes. Zoology, 119(1), 36–41
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2015.09.002
Tomita, T. & Murakumo, K. & Miyamoto, K. & Sato, K. & Oka, S.I. & Kamisako, H. & Toda, M. (2016)
Eye retraction in the giant guitarfish, Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea): a novel mechanism for eye protection in batoid fishes. Zoology, 119(1), 30–35
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2015.09.004
Sato, K. & Nakamura, M. & Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Miyamoto, K. & Nozu, R. (2016)
How great white sharks nourish their embryos to a large size: evidence of lipid histotrophy in lamnoid shark reproduction. Biology Open, 5, 1211–1215
DOI: 10.1242/bio.017939
Nakaya, K. & Tomita, T. & Suda, K. & Sato, K. & Ogimoto, K. & Chappell, A. & Sato, T. & Takano, K. & Yuki, Y. (2016)
Slingshot feeding of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Pisces: Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae). Scientific Reports, 6, Article 27786
DOI: 10.1038/srep27786
Tomita, T. & Yokoyama, K. (2015)
The First Cenozoic Record of a Fossil Megamouth Shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from Asia. Paleontological Research, 19(3), 204–207
DOI: 10.2517/2015PR004
Tomita, T. (2015)
Pectoral Fin of the Paleozoic Shark, Cladoselache: New Reconstruction Based on a Near-Complete Specimen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35(5), Article e973029
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.973029
Tomita, T. & Kawai, T. & Matsubara, H. & Kobayashi, M. & Katakura, S. (2014)
Northernmost record of a whale shark Rhincodon typus from the Sea of Okhotsk. Journal of Fish Biology, 84(1), 243–246
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12273
Tomita, T. & Tanaka, Sho & Sato, K. & Nakaya, K. (2014)
Pectoral Fin of the Megamouth Shark: Skeletal and Muscular Systems, Skin Histology, and Functional Morphology. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e8620
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086205
Tomita, T. & Nakamura, M. & Sato, K. & Takaoka, H. & Toda, M. & Kawauchi, J. & Nakaya, K. (2014)
Onset of Buccal Pumping in Catshark Embryos: How Breathing Develops in the Egg Capsule. PLoS ONE, 9(10), Article e109504
Tomita, T. (2013)
Intermittent swimming lifestyle in hybodontid sharks, reconstructed on the basis of gill arch and caudal fin morphologies [Abstract]. In SCHWARZ, C. & KRIWET, J.(editors): 6th International Meeting on Mesozoic Fishes – Diversification and Diversity Patterns, Vienna, Austria August 4th–10th, 2013: 66
Tomita, T. & Kawai, T. & Matsubara, H. & Nagata, R. (2013)
Occurrence of the Chilean devil ray Mobula tarapacana (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea: Myliobatiformes) in the Sea of Okhotsk: first record from cold temperate waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 83(3), 695–698
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12205
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Yamamoto, Y. & Sato, K. & Uchida, S. & Nakaya, K. (2013)
A novel pharyngeal expansion mechanism in the yellow-spotted fanray, Platyrhina tangi (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea), with special reference to the function of the fifth ceratobranchial cartilage in batoids. Zoomorphology, 132(3), 317–324
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-012-0185-9
Tanaka, K. & Shiina, T. & Tomita, T. & Suzuki, S. & Hosomichi, K. & Sano, K. & Doi, H. & Kono, A. & Komiyama, T. & Inoko, H. & Kulski, J.K. & Tanaka, Sho (2013)
Evolutionary Relations of Hexanchiformes Deep-Sea Sharks Elucidated by Whole Mitochondrial Genome Sequences. BioMed Research International, 2013, Article ID 147064
DOI: 10.1155/2013/147064
Tomita, T. & Toda, M. & Ueda, K. & Uchida, S. & Nakaya, K. (2012)
Live-bearing manta ray, how the embryo acquires oxygen without placenta and umbilical cord. Biology Letters, 8(5), 721–724
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0288
Tomita, T. & Sato, K. & Suda, K. & Kawauchi, J. & Nakaya, K. (2012)
Feeding of the megamouth shark (Pisces: Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) predicted by its hyoid arch: A biomechanical approach [Abstract]. - Poster World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada, August 8 – 14, 2012, Book of Abstracts, 725–726
Tomita, T. & Kurihara, K. (2011)
First Record of a Large Lamniform Shark Cretodus semiplicatus in the Pacific Region, from the Mikasa Formation (Lower Cenomanian), Hokkaido, Japan. Paleontological Research, 15(3), 181–184
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-15.3.181
Tomita, T. & Sato, K. & Suda, K. & Kawauchi, J. & Nakaya, K. (2011)
Feeding of the megamouth shark (Pisces: Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) predicted by its hyoid arch: A biomechanical approach. Journal of Morphology, 272(5), 513–524
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10905
Tomita, T. (2011)
Mouth-Size Estimation of a Primitive Lamniform Shark, Protolamna: Low Trophic Position in Lamniform Shark Origin. Paleontological Research, 15(2), 68–76
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-15.2.068
Tanaka, K. & Shiina, T. & Tomita, T. & Kinjo, S. & Hosomichi, K. & Sano, K. & Doi, H. & Kono, A. & Komiyama, T. & Inoko, H. & Kulski, J.K. & Tanaka, Sho (2011)
Phylogeny of whole mitochondrial genomes from Hexanchiform sharks [Abstract]. (Poster) In Programme Booklet of The 15th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association, Berlin, 29.10.–30.10.2011
Tomita, T. & Oji, T. (2010)
Habitat Reconstruction of Oligocene Elasmobranchs from Yamaga Formation, Ashiya Group, Western Japan. Paleontological Research, 14(1), 69–80
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-14.1.069
Tomita, T. (2009)
Reconstruction of fossil shark ventilation systems based on gill arch morphology and evolutionary implications [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(Supplement to Number 3), 191A