Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan

29 April 1901 - 7 January 1989

Emperor Hirohito, circa 1940

It seems quite odd that humble hydroids might catch the attention of a being regarded as divine (well, at least until the end of World War II). Hirohito published a series of works on hydrozoan taxonomy (also on other marine animals). Especially his book of 1988 is used and cited rather frequently.

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1967. A review of the hydroids of the family Clathrozonidae with description of a new genus and species from Japan. pp. i-iv, 1-14. Publs biol. Lab. Imp. Household, Tokyo.

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1969. Some hydroids from the Amakusa Islands. Biological Laboratory of the Imperial Household, Tokyo, 1-32 pp.

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1971. Additional notes on Clathrozoon wilsoni Spencer. 9): 1-5, frontispiece, pls. 1-4, tab. 1. Publs biol. Lab., Imp. Household, Tokyo.

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1974. Some hydrozoans of the Bonin Islands. 11): i-iii, 1-55, frontispiece, figs. 1-20, map. Publs biol. Lab., Imp. Household, Tokyo

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1977. Five hydroid species from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Biological Laboratory Imperial Household, Tokyo, pp 26, pls 1-3

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1983. Hydroids from Izu Oshima and Nijima. Biological Laboratory of the Imperial Household, Tokyo, 1-83 pp.

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1984. A new hydroid Hydractinia bayeri n. sp. (family Hydractiniidae) from the Bay of Panama. Biological Laboratory Imperial Household, Tokyo.

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1988. The hydroids of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Biological Laboratory of the Imperial Household, Tokyo, 1-179, plates 1-4 pp.

Hirohito Emperor of Japan 1995. The hydroids of Sagami Bay II. Thecata. Biological Laboratory of the Imperial Household, Tokyo, 354, 13 pls pp.