• Sexual dimorphism in the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus metropolitanus transcriptome.
  K Sugiura*, Y Yoshida*, K Hayashi, K Arakawa, T Kunieda, M Matsumoto.
  * The authors equally contributed.
  bioRxiv, 2024. [Preprint]
   

• MARC-3, a membrane-associated ubiquitin ligase, is required for fast polyspermy block in Caenorhabditis elegans.
  I Kawasaki*, K Sugiura*,  T Sasaki, N Matsuda, M Sato*, K Sato.
  * The authors equally contributed.
  Nature Communications, 2024, 15: 792. [Research article]
  
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• A New Species of Bisexual Milnesium (Eutardigrada: Apochela) Having Aberrant Claws from Innhovde, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
  AC Suzuki, K Sugiura,  M Tsujimoto, R Nakai, S McInnes, H Kagoshima, S Imura.
  Zoological Science, 2023, 40 (3): 246–261. [Research article]
   

• Description of a model tardigrade Paramacrobiotus metropolitanus sp. nov. (Eutardigrada) from Japan
  with a summary of its life history, reproduction and genomics.
  K Sugiura,  M Matsumoto, T Kunieda.
  Zootaxa, 2022, 5134 (1): 92-112. [Research article]
   

• ​Morphological Differences In Tardigrade Spermatozoa Induce Variation In Gamete Motility.
  K Sugiura, K Shiba, K Inaba, M Matsumoto.
  BMC Zoology, 2022, 7: 8. [Research article]
  
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• Sexual reproductive behaviours of tardigrades: a review.

  K Sugiura,  M Matsumoto.

  Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 2021, 64 (4): 279-287. [Review article]
   

• Reproduction of Mesobiotus: Comparison of Morphology and Behavior in the Family Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).

  K Sugiura,  M Matsumoto.

  Zoological Science, 2021, 38 (5): 444-450. [Research article]
   

• 有性生殖クマムシの進化的背景解明に向けた生殖行動と配偶子形態観察
  Observation of reproductive behaviors and gametes morphologies on dioecious tardigrades for elucidation of evolutionary history.
  杉浦健太.
  2021. [博士論文 (Doctoral thesis)]
   

• Spermatozoa morphology changes during reproduction and first observation of acrosomal contact in two dioecious species of Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).

  K Sugiura,  M Matsumoto.

  Zygote, 2021, 29 (1): 42-48. [Research article]
   

• Milnesium (Tardigrada: Apochela) in Japan: the First Confirmed Record of Milnesium tardigradum s.s. and Description of Milnesium pacificum sp. nov​.

  K Sugiura, H Minato, M Matsumoto, AC Suzuki.

  Zoological Science, 2020, 37 (5): 476-495. [Research article]
   

• Distribution of Macrobiotus shonaicus Stec, Arakawa & Michalczyk, 2018 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela) in Japan.

  K Sugiura, K Arakawa, M Matsumoto.

  Zootaxa,  2020, 4767 (1): 56-70. [Research article]

  Erratum: Zootaxa, 2020, 4778 (3): 600. 
   

• Comparison of the transcriptomes of two tardigrades with different hatching coordination.

  Y Yoshida, K Sugiura (co-first), M Tomita, M Matsumoto, K Arakawa.

  BMC Developmental Biology. 2019, 19 (1): 1-9. [Research article]
   

• Comparison of Sexual Reproductive Behaviors in Two Species of Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).

  K Sugiura, H Minato, AC Suzuki, K Arakawa, T Kunieda, M Matsumoto.

  Zoological Science​. 2019, 36 (2): 120-127. [Research article]
   

• 御蔵島の陸生緩歩動物(第一報).

  AC Suzuki, L Heard, K Sugiura.

  Mikurensis, 2018, vol.7, pp3-8. [Research article]