was a Japanese zoologist, who is known for his work on the

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head ...

s of Japan, as well as other groups such as salamanders. Sasaki was Professor of Zoology in the Fishery Department of the College of Agriculture at

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Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

, Japan. Sasaki died in 1927 and his major work ''A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters'' was published posthumously in 1929, and was based largely on his studies of the cephalopod collections of the Zoology Department of the "Tokyo University Museum", many of which he collected himself. The species ''

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'', ''

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'' are among the taxa that bear names that honour Sasaki.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sasaki, Madoka Teuthologists Japanese malacologists Japanese taxonomists 20th-century Japanese zoologists 1927 deaths 1883 births