( prefectura de Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japón, 11 de julio de 1905-Japón, 30 de noviembre de 2001) fue un malacólogo y profesor japonés. Fue investigador líder sobre babosas y caracoles marinos, moluscos gastrópodos opistobránquios de Japón.
Biografía 1932-1941 Universidad de Kyūshū 1948-1949 Universidad de Osaka 1976 - Receptor de la Orden del Sol Naciente
Kikutaro Baba se casó con Sonoko Baba. Falleció de neumonía en un hospital de Japón el 30 de noviembre de 2001.
Especies descriptas por Kikutaro Baba Eubranchus horii Baba, 1960 Eubranchus inabai Baba, 1964 Eubranchus misakiensis Baba, 1960 Euphurus ornatus Baba, 1937 Facelina quadrilineata (Baba, 1930) Favorinus japonicus Baba, 1949 Favorinus mirabilis Baba, 1955 Favorinus perfoliatus Baba, 1949 Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 19 Glossodoris misakinosibogae Baba, 1988 Goniodoris felis Baba, 1949 Gymnodoris amakusana (Baba, 1996) Gymnodoris nigricolor Baba, 1960 Gymnodoris okinawae Baba, 1936 Gymnodoris subflava Baba, 1949 Halgerda rubicunda Baba, 1949 Hermaea zosterae (Baba, 1959) Hermaeina nigra Baba, 1949 Herviella albida Baba, 1966 Herviella yatsui (Baba, 1930) Hopkinsia hiroi (Baba, 1938) Hopkinsia plana (Baba, 1960) Hypselodoris kaname Baba, 1994 Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949) Hypselodoris placida (Baba, 1949) Hypselodoris sagamiensis (Baba, 1949) Hypselodoris shimodaensis Baba, 1994 Janolus mirabilis Baba & Abe, 1970 Janolus toyamensis Baba & Abe, 1970 Jorunna parva (Baba, 1938) Kaloplocamus acutus Baba, 1949 Madrella gloriosa Baba, 1949 Madrella granlaris Baba, 1949 Metaruncina setoensis (Baba, 1954) Mexichromis multituberculata (Baba, 1953) Noumea nivalis Baba, 1937 Aglaja orientalis Baba, 1949 Aldisa cooperi Robilliard & Baba, 1972 Antonietta janthina Baba & Hamatani, 1977 Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937 Aplysia sagamiana Baba, 1949 Aplysiopsis minor (Baba, 1959) Aplysiopsis nigra (Baba, 1949) Aplysiopsis orientalis Baba, 1949 Armina magna Baba, 1955 Bornella japonica Baba, 1949 Cadlina japonica Baba, 1937 Cadlina sagamiensis Baba, 1937 Carminodoris bifurcata Baba, 1993 Ceratosoma bicolor Baba, 1949 Cerberilla asamusiensis Baba, 1940 Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938 Celidonura inornata Baba, 1949 Chelidonura tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1959 Cratena affinis (Baba, 1949) Crimora lutea Baba, 1949 Cuthona annulata (Baba, 1949) Cuthona diversicolor (Baba, 1975) Cuthona ornata Baba, 1937 Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961) Dendrodoris elongata Baba, 1936 Dermatobranchus albopunctulatus Baba, 1976 Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus Baba, 1949 Dermatobranchus otome Baba, 1992 Dermatobranchus primus Baba, 1976 Dermatobranchus semistriatus Baba, 1949 Dermatobranchus striatellus Baba, 1949 Elysia abei Baba, 1955 Elysia amakusana Baba, 1955 Elysia kushimotoensis Baba,1938 Elysia obtusa Baba,1938 Elysia trisinuata Baba,1949 Ercolania boodleae (Baba, 1938) Ercolania subviridis (Baba, 1959) Eubranchopsis virginalis Baba, 1949 Noumea purpurea Baba, 1949 Noumea subnivalis Baba, 1987 Okenia barnardi Baba, 1937 Okenia distincta Baba, 1940 Okenia echinata Baba, 1949 Okenia japonica Baba, 1949 Okenia plana Baba, 1960 Petalifera ramosa Baba, 1959 Phidiana anulifera (Baba, 1949) Phyllidia zebrina Baba, 1976 Phyllodesmium iriomotense Baba, 1991 Phyllodesmium kabiranum Baba, 1991 Phyllodesmium serratum (Baba, 1949) Pleurobranchus hirasei Baba, 1971 Polycera fujitai Baba, 1937 Polycera japonica Baba, 1949 Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955 Roboastra luteolineata (Baba, 1936) Rostanga risbeci Baba, 1991 Sagaminopteron ornatum Tokioka & Baba,1964 Sakuraeolis enosimensis (Baba, 1930) Sakuraeolis sp. Baba, 1965 In: Baba & Hamatani, 1965 Siphopteron flavum (Tokioka &) Baba, 1964) Siphopteron fuscum (Baba & Tokioka, 1965) Stiliger smaragdinus Baba, 1949 Stiliger subviridis Baba, 1949 Tambja amakusana Baba, 1987 Tambja kushimotoensis Baba, 1987 Tambja sagamiana (Baba, 1955) Thecacera picta Baba, 1972 Thordisa parva Baba, 1938 Thordisa sanguinea Baba, 1955 Thorunna florens (Baba, 1949) Thuridilla livida (Baba, 1955) Thurdilla splendens (Baba, 1949) Trapania japonica (Baba, 1935) [Drepania] Tritonia insulae (Baba, 1955) Tritoniopsilla alba Baba, 1949
Honores Taxas nombrados en su honor Géneros Babaina Odhner, 1968 Babakina Roller, 1973 Babiella Risso-Dominguez, 1964
Especies Linguella babai Tchang-Si, 1934 Marionopsis babai Odhner, 1936 Elysia babai Pruvot-Fol, 1945 Okenia babai Hamatani, 1961 Tamanovalva babai Burn, 1965 Flabellina babai Schmekel, 1970 Cyerce kikutarobabai Hamatani, 1976 Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988 Phyllidia babai Brunckhorst 1993 Hypselodoris babai Gosliner & Behrens 2000
Bibliografía Abe, T.; Baba, K. 1952. Notes on the opisthobranch fauna of Toyama bay, western coast of middle Japan. Collecting & Breeding 14(9):260-266. [en japonés] Baba, K. 1930. Studies on Japanese nudibranchs (1). Polyceridae. Venus 2(1):4-9 (en japonés). Baba, K. 1930a. Studies on Japanese nudibranchs (2). A. Polyceridae. B. Okadaia, n.g. (preliminary report). Venus 2(2):43-50, pl. 2. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1930b. Studies on Japanese nudibranchs (3). A. Phyllidiidae. B. Aeolididae. Venus 2(3):117-125, pl. 4. Baba, K. 1931. A noteworthy gill-less holohepatic nudibranch Okadaia elegans Baba, with reference to its internal anatomy. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 13:63-89, pls. 5-7. Baba, K. 1931a. Morphological study on circulatory and excretory systems in Okadaia elegans Baba. Zoological Magazine, Japan [Dobutsugaku Zasshi] 43(507):1-6. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1931b. Morphological significance of gill-less nudibranchs. Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku Gakugei [Tokyo Arts & Sciences University] 4:250-258. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1932. Pseudobornella orientalis, nov. gen. et sp. from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 13(4):369-376 Baba, K. 1933. A pelagic nudibranch Cephalopyge orientalis, nov. sp. from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 14(1):157- 163, pl. 7 Baba, K. 1933a. Preliminary note on the Nudibranchia collected in the vicinity of the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 14(1):165-179 Baba, K. 1933b. Supplementary note on the Nudibranchia collected in the vicinity of the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 14(2):273-283. Baba, K. 1935. A general sketch of the molluscs inhabiting the coral reefs of Okinawa Islands. Venus 5(2,3):99-102, pls. 7-9. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1935a. Report on the biological survey of Mutsu Bay (27) Nudibranchia of Mutsu Bay. Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, series 4, Biology 10(2):331-360, pls. 5-7 Baba, K. 1935b. Notes on a nudibranch, Madrella sanguinea (Angas), with reference to its papillary glands. Venus 5(4):181-187, pl. 10. Baba, K. 1935c. The fauna of Akkeshi Bay. I. Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, series 6, Zoology 4(3):115-125, pls. 7-8. Baba, K. 1936. Opisthobranchia of the Ryukyu (Okinawa) Islands. Journal Department Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 5(1):1- 50, pl. 1-3 Baba, K. 1937. Contribution to the knowledge of a nudibranch, Okadaia elegans Baba. Japanese Journal of Zoology 7(2):147-190. Baba, K. 1937a. Record of a nudibranch, Gymnodoris striata (Eliot) from Amakusa, Japan. Zoological Magazine, Japan [Dobutsugaku Zasshi] 49(6):216-218. Baba, K. 1937b. Opisthobranchia of Japan (I). Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 5(4):195-236, pl. 4. Baba, K. 1937c. Opisthobranchia of Japan (II). Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 5(7):289-344, pls. 1-2. Baba, K. 1937d. Two new species of the nudibranchiate genus Cadlina from Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus 7(2):75-80. Baba, K. 1937e. Duvaucelia septemtrionalis nov. sp., a nudibranchiate mollusc from the Sea of Okhotsk. Zoological Magazine, Japan [Dobutsugaku Zasshi] 49(11):391-392. Baba, K. 1937f. Note on the colour variation of a dorid, Rostanga arbutus (Angas, 1864). Venus 7(1):1-4. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1937g. A new species of the nudibranchiate genus Marionia from Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus 7(3):116-120 Baba, K. 1937h. Record of a nudibranch, Scyllaea pelagica Linne from Sagami Bay, Japan. Zoological Magazine, Japan [Dobutsugaku Zasshi] 49(7): 247-249 Baba, K. 1937i. Two new species of the nudibranchiate genus Notobryon from Sagami Bay, Japan. Venus 7(4):165-170. Baba, K. 1938. Opisthobranchia of Kii, middle Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 6(1):1- 19. Baba, K. 1938a. Three new nudibranchs from Izu, Middle Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 17(2):130-133. Baba, K. 1940. Some additions to the nudibranch fauna of the northern part of Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 10(6):103-111. Baba, K. 1940a. Miamira flavicostata n. sp., a nudibranchiate mollusc from Amakusa, Japan. Zoological Magazine, Japan [Dobutsugaku Zasshi] 52(6):239-240. Baba, K. 1947. Mollusca, pp. 1012-1270. In: Illustrated encyclopedia of the fauna of Japan (exclusive of insects). Ed. revisada. Hokuryukan Co. Ltd., Tokio Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokio Baba, K. 1951. Some notes on the behavior of a nudibranch Melibe vexillifera Bergh. Collecting & Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku] 13(2):64-65. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1952. [Record of a rare sacoglossan mollusk, Lobiger (Lobiger) sagamiensis n. sp. from Sagami Bay, Japan. Zool Mag., Zool Soc Japan, 61(11): 337-338. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1953. Three new species and two new records of the genus Glossodoris from Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 3(2):205-211 Baba, K. 1955. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay supplement, 59 pp., 20 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokio. Baba, K. 1955a. Opisthobranch fauna in the vicinity of the Sado Marine Biological station, Sado Island, Japan Sea side. Collecting & Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku]17(6):165-168. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1956. Ecological notes on the Opisthobranchia of Japan. I. The spawning habits (3). Collecting & Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku] 18(10):312-316. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1957. A revised list of the species of Opisthobranchia from the northern part of Japan, with some additional descriptions. J. Fac. Sci., Hokkaido Univ.,ser. 6, Zool. 13(1-4):8-14 Baba, K. 1957. The species of the genus Elysia from Japan. Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. 6(1): 69-74, pls 3-4 Baba, K. 1957a. Ecological notes on the Opisthobranchia of Japan. I. The spawning habits (4). Collecting & Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku] 19(3):81-83. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1957b. Ecological notes on the Opisthobranchia of Japan. II. Abnormality. Collecting & Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku] 19(7):219. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1958. [Seashore life of Japan.] 148 pp., 5 pls. Hokuryukan Co. Ltd., Tokyo. [en jap.] Baba, K. 1959. A new record of an interesting species, Embletonia gracile Risbec, from Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidacea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 7(3):335-336, pl. 29. Baba, K. 1959. The family Stiligeridae from Japan (Opisthobranchia-Sacoglossa). Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. 7(3): 327-334, pls 27-28. Baba, K. 1959. The genus Petalifera and a new species, P. ramosa, from Japan. Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. 7(3): 337-338. Baba, K. 1960. The genera Polycera, Palio, Greilada and Thecacera from Japan (Nudibranchia - Polyceridae). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 8(1):75-78, pl. 6. Baba, K. 1960a. In: Encyclopaedia Zoologica illustrated in colours. 3. Introduction, pp. 1-33, Mollusca, pp. 38-200, pls. 19- 91. Hokuryukan Co. Ltd., Tokio Baba, K. 1960b. The genera Okenia, Goniodoridella and Goniodoris from Japan (Nudibranchia - Goniodorididae). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 8(1):79-83, pls. 7-8.