Elena Sayenko


Laboratory of Hydrobiology
Senior Researcher
Candidate of biological sciences(Ph.D.)

Elibrary Author ID: 89155

Research interests: freshwater bivalves, reproductivity, glochidia, life-history

Selected publications

2026 - NEW DATA ON ANODONTINES (BIVALVIA, UNIONIDAE) IN THE KIEVKA RIVER, SOUTH-EASTERN PRIMORYE

KOLPAKOV E.V., SAYENKO E.M., SOKOLENKO D.A., NUZHDENKO S.A.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2026; (29): 5-18

DOI: 10.24866/1560-8425/2026-29/5-18

IN RUSSIAN

2025 - ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BITTERLINGS OF THE GENUS RHODEUS AGASSIZ, 1832 (CYPRINIDAE) AND UNIONID BIVALVE MOLLUSKS IN THE RAZDOLNAYA RIVER BASIN (PRIMORSKY KRAI)

SAYENKO E.M.

Biota and environment of natural areas     2025; 13(4): 17-29

DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2025_4_3

IN RUSSIAN

2025 - Detailed description of the glochidium of Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835) (Bivalvia: Unionidae), Depressed River Mussel, from distant regions of its geographic range

Sayenko E.M., Nagel K.-O., Palatov D.M.

Archiv für Molluskenkunde     2025; 154(2): 317-327

DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/154/317-327

2025 - Freshwater mussel larvae in natural history collections: a still underutilised resource

Nagel K.O., Sayenko E.M.

Natural History Collections and Museomics     2025; (2): 1–14

DOI: 10.3897/nhcm.2.157419

2025 - ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Lutaenko K.A., Prozorova L.A., Saenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2025; (28): 317-322

DOI: 10.24866/1560-8425/2025-28-2/317-322

IN RUSSIAN

2025 - FIRST DATA ON THE DUCK MUSSEL ANODONTA ANATINA (LINNAEUS, 1758) (BIVALVIA, UNIONIDAE) IN THE IRKUT RIVER, EASTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA

Sayenko E.M., Shirokaya A.A.

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology     2025; 18(2): 174–189

IN RUSSIAN

2024 - FIRST RECORD OF FRESHWATER BIVALVES UNIONIDAE IN CHAGAN LAKE BASIN (JILIN PROVINCE, NORTHEAST CHINA)

Sayenko E.M., Nakonechnaya O.V.

Biota and environment of natural areas     2024; 12(4): 40–45

DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2024_4_3

IN RUSSIAN

2024 - New data on Buldowskia Moskvicheva, 1973 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from southern Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East

Sayenko E.M., Seliverstov N.A., Semenchenko A.A.

Archiv für Molluskenkunde     2024; 153(2): 113–124

DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/153/113-124

2024 - FIRST FINDS OF THE FRESHWATER BIVALVE ANODONTA ANATINA (LINNAEUS, 1758) (UNIONIDAE) FROM THE SINYAYA RIVER, SAKHA REPUBLIC (YAKUTIA)

Sayenko E.M., Rasshchepkina A.V.

Bulletin of the North-East scientific center     2024; (2): 89–94

DOI: 10.34078/1814-0998-2024-2-89-94

IN RUSSIAN

2023 - MOLLUSKS FROM THE BOHAI SITE MARYANOVSKOYE (PRIMORYE)

Nikitin YU.G., Lutaenko K.A., Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2023; (27): 41-55

DOI: 10.24866/1560-8425/2023-27/41-55

IN RUSSIAN

2023 - Morphological description of the glochidia of Buldowskia suifunica (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

Sayenko E.M., Nikischenko V.E., Dyachuk V.A.

Scientific Reports     2023; (13): 19777

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46894-3

2023 - Molluscan remains in the Bohai archaeological sites (698–926 AD) in Primorye (south of the Russian Far East) as an indicator of regional climate and environmental changes

Lutaenko K.A., Sayenko E.M.

Proceedings of the China - Russia Workshop "Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem in a Changing Ocean: toward Sustainable Development Goals", Qingdao, China     2023: 30-32

2023 - A comparison of the sensory and nervous systems in the larvae of the marine and freshwater bivalves

Sayenko E.M., Nikishchenko V.E., Dyachuk V.A., Rodionov I.A.

Proceedings of the China - Russia Workshop "Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem in a Changing Ocean: toward Sustainable Development Goals", Qingdao, China     2023: 14-15

2023 - TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF DIAMESA TSUTSUII TOKUNAGA (DIPTERA, CHIRONOMIDAE, DIAMESINAE)

Sayenko E.M., Makarchenko E.A.

V.Ya.Levanidov memorial lectures     2023; (10): 218-225

DOI: 10.25221/levanidov.10.18

IN RUSSIAN

2023 - NEW DATA ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FISHES (CYPRINIDAE) AND MOLLUSKS (BIVALVIA, MARGARITIFERIDAE, UNIONIDAE) IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Sayenko E.M., Palatov D.M.

V.Ya.Levanidov memorial lectures     2023; (10): 226-234

DOI: 10.25221/levanidov.10.19

IN RUSSIAN

2023 - THE FIRST DATA ON MORPHOLOGY OF GLOCHIDIA OF BERINGIANA BERINGIANA (BIVALVIA, UNIONIDAE) FROM THE DALNEYE LAKE, KAMCHATKA

Sayenko E.M., Vetsler N.M.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     2023; 33(1): 9-17

DOI: 10.35885/ruthenica.2023.33(1).2

IN RUSSIAN

2022 - MOLLUSKS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE NIKOLAEVSKOE II, WITH ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE MOLLUSCAN FAUNA OF NIKOLAEVSKOE I (PRIMORYE)

Lutaenko K.A., Nikitin YU.G., Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2022; (26): 153-190

DOI: 10.24866/1560-8425/2022-26/153-190

IN RUSSIAN

2022 - First immunodetection of sensory and nervous systems of parasitic larvae (glochidia) of freshwater bivalve Nodularia douglasiae

Nikischenko V.E., Sayenko E.M., Dyachuk V.A.

Frontiers in Physiology     2022; 13: 879540

DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.879540

2022 - Методика подготовки раковин глохидиев (Bivalvia, Unionidae) для работы на сканирующем электронном микроскопе

Саенко Е.М., Казарин В.М.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     2022; 32(1): 7-20

DOI: 10.35885/ruthenica.2022.32(1).2

2021 - NEW DATA ON GLOCHIDIA OF ANODONTINS BERINGIANA AND KUNASHIRIA (UNIONIDAE, BIVALVIA)

Sayenko E.M.

V.Ya.Levanidov memorial lectures     2021; (9): 151-158

DOI: 10.25221/levanidov.09.16

IN RUSSIAN

2021 - SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ANODONTINS OF THE GENUS SINANODONTA STORED IN THE ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

Sayenko E.M.

V.Ya.Levanidov memorial lectures     2021; (9): 140-150

DOI: 10.25221/levanidov.09.15

IN RUSSIAN

2021 - Taxonomic status of genera Nodularia, Middendorffinaia and Inversiunio (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from South-East Asia: morphometric, genetic and GenBank data

Sayenko E.M., Soroka M., Akiyama Y.B., Uechi T., Ito K., Kondo M.

Systematics and Biodiversity     2021; (1): 54-73

DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1844817

2020 - Comparative morphology of glochidial shells of Inversiunio (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Japan

Sayenko E.M., Akiyama Y.B.

Archiv für Molluskenkunde     2020; 149(2): 151-162

DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/149/151-162

2020 - Новые данные о морфологии перловицы Unio abyssinicus из Эфиопии

Саенко Е.М.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     2020; 30(4): 207-215

DOI: 10.35885/ruthenica.2021.30(4).4

2020 - Superspecific taxonomy of the Far Eastern unionids (Bivalvia, Unionidae): review and analysis

Chernyshev A.V., Sayenko E.M., Bogatov V.V.

Biology Bulletin     2020; 47(3): 267–275

DOI: 10.1134/S1062359020010045

2020 - Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the rising sun (Far East Asia): phylogeny, systematics, and distribution

Lopes-Lima M., Hattori A., Kondo T., Lee J.H., Kim S.K., Shirai A., Hayashi H., Usui T., Sakuma K., Toriya T., Sunamura Y., Ishikawa H., Hoshino N., Kusano Y., Kumaki H., Utsugi Y., Yabe S., Yoshinari Y., Hiruma H., Tanaka A., Sao K., Ueda T., Sano I., Miyazaki J.-I., Gonçalves D., Klishko O.K., Konopleva E.S., Vikhrev I.V., Kondakov A.V., Gofarov M.Yu., Bolotov I.N., Sayenko E.M., Soroka M., Zieritz A., Bogan A.E., Froufe E.

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution     2020; 146(106755): 1-27

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106755

2019 - Freshwater mussels house a diverse leech assemblage

Bolotov I.N., Klass A.L., Kondakov A.V., Vikhrev I.V., Bespalaya Y.V., Gofarov M.Y., Filippov B.Y., Bogan A.E., Lopes-Lima M., Zau Lunn, Nyein Chan, Aksenova O.V., Dvoryankin G.A., Chapurina Y.E., Kim S.K., Kolosova Y.S., Konopleva E.S., Lee J.H., Makhrov A.A., Palatov D.M., Sayenko E.M., Spitsyn V.M., Sokolova S.E., Tomilova A.A., Than Win, Zubrii N.A., Vinarski M.V.

Scientific Reports     2019; 9(16449): 1-12

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52688-3

2019 - MOLLUSKS FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE KONSTANTINOVKA-1 IN PRIMORYE (RUSSIAN FAR EAST)

Boldin V.I., Nikitin Yu.G., Lutaenko K.A., Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2019; (23): 127-147

IN RUSSIAN

2019 - ADDITIONAL DATA ON MOLLUSKS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE CHERNYATINO-2 (PRIMORYE)

Sayenko E.M., Lutaenko K.A., Sharyi-ool M.O., Nikitin Yu.G., Piskareva Y.E.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2019; (23): 148-163

IN RUSSIAN

2019 - DATA ON GLOCHIDIA MORPHOLOGY OF COLLETOPTERUM BOURGUIGNAT, 1880 (BIVALVIA, UNIONIDAE)

Sayenko E.M.

V.Ya.Levanidov memorial lectures     2019; (8): 139–146

DOI: 10.25221/levanidov.08.14

IN RUSSIAN

2018 - SOME DATA ON HISTOLOGY OF NODULARIA VLADIVOSTOKENSIS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) FROM RAZDOLNAYA RIVER (PRIMORYE, RUSSIA)

Sayenko E.M., Rasshchepkina A.V.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2018; (22): 35-54

IN RUSSIAN

2018 - Glochidia morphology of some Asian molluscs (Bivalvia, Unionidae)

Sayenko E.М.

4th International Symposium of the Benthological Society of Asia: Abstract book     2018: 71

2018 - Analysis of taxonomy of Far Eastern Unioninae and Anodontinae (Unionidae, Bivalvia)

Sayenko E.M., Soroka M.

4th International Symposium of the Benthological Society of Asia: Abstract book     2018: 26

2018 - Bivalves composition and ecological aspects of the Ba Lai River, an estuary of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Ngo X.Q., Sayenko E.M., Lutaenko K.A.

Korean Journal of Malacology     2018; 34(3): 169–178

DOI: 10.9710/kjm.2018.34.3.169

2018 - A molecular and conchological comparison of Sinanodonta amurensis Moskvicheva, 1973 and Sinanodonta primorjensis Bogatov and Zatravkin, 1988 (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

Soroka M., Sayenko E.M., Kholin S.K.

3rd Central European Symposium for Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Research (8–13 July 2018, Łódź, Poland): Book of Abstracts     2018: 147

2017 - Bivalves of the Ba Lai River – one of estuary of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Sayenko E.M., Ngo X.Q., Lutaenko K.A.

Life-Supporting Asia-Pacific Marine Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Their Functioning     2017: 178–184

2017 - Some new data on Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) from estuaries of Vietnam

Raschepkina A.V., Sayenko E.M.

Life-Supporting Asia-Pacific Marine Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Their Functioning     2017: 139–143

2017 - FRESHWATER PEARL MUSSELS (BIVALVIA: MARGARITIFERIDAE) OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Sayenko E.M., Kholin S.K.

Биота и среда заповедников Дальнего Востока     2017; (2): 70-85

IN RUSSIAN

2017 - Comparison of the Species Sinanodonta amurensis Moskvicheva, 1973 and Sinanodonta primorjensis Bogatov et Zatrawkin, 1988 (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Anodontinae) in View of Variabilityof the Mitochondrial DNA cox1 Gene and Conchological Features]

Sayenko E.M., Kholin S.K., Soroka M.

Biology Bulletin     2017; 44(3): 266-276

DOI: 10.1134/S1062359017030086

2016 - Ultra-sculprure of glochidia of Cristaria tuberculata (Russian Far East) and Cristaria plicata (China)

Sayenko E.M

3<sup>rd</sup> International Symposium of the Benthological Society of Asia: Abstract Book     2016: 107

2016 - Morphology of glochidia of Uniandra contradens Lea, 1838 from Vietnam

Sayenko E.M.

3<sup>rd</sup> International Symposium of the Benthological Society of Asia: Abstract Book     2016: 106

2016 - Data on ultra-sculpture of glochidia of Cristaria tuberculata (Unionidae: Anodontinae) from the Khanka Lake (Russian Far East)

Sayenko E.M.

Бюллетень Дальневосточного малакологического общества     2016; (20): 81-88

2016 - Glochidia morphology of Uniandra contradens Lea, 1838 from Vietnam

Sayenko E.M., Ngo X.Q.

Бюллетень Дальневосточного малакологического общества     2016; (20): 47-54

2016 - The microsculpture of glochidia of some anodontine bivalves (Unionidae)

Саенко Е.М.

Biology Bulletin     2016; 43(2): 127-135

DOI: 10.1134/S1062359016020072

2015 - MORPHOLOGY OF GLOCHIDIA OF THE FRESHWATER MUSSELS NODULARIA AMURENSIS AND MIDDENDORFfiNAIA SUJFUNENSIS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE: NODULARIINAE) FROM THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2015; (19): 37-45

IN RUSSIAN

2015 - A COMPARISON OF MICRO-SCULPTURE OF THE GLOCHIDIA OF BERINGIANA AND KUNASHIRIA (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE: ANODONTINAE)

Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2015; (19): 17-24

IN RUSSIAN

2015 - Моллюски из средневекового городища Николаевское I (Приморье): палеоэкологическое и археозоологическое значение

Саенко Е.М., Прокопец С.Д., Лутаенко К.А.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     2015; 25(2): 51-67

2014 - Glochidia of Nodularia vladivostokensis (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Nodulariinae) from Razdolnaya River basin, Southern Primorye

Sayenko E.M.

Mollusks of the Eastern Asia and Adjacent Seas: Abstracts of the Conference, October 6-8, 2014     2014: 85-86

2014 - MORPHOLOGY OF GLOCHIDIA OF THE ANODONTINE BIVALVES OF THE GENUS COLLETOPTERUM (UNIONIDAE) INHABITING WATER BASINS OF KHAKASIA REPUBLIC AND CHITINSKAYA TERRITORY

Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2014; 18: 79-88

IN RUSSIAN

2014 - Some data on reproductivity and morphology of glochidia of Asian freshwater bivalves from genus Sinanodonta (Unionidae: Anodontinae)

Sayenko E.M.

2<sup>nd</sup> International Symposium of the Benthological Society of Asia (BSA 2014, June 5-7): Abstract book     2014: 83

2013 - MORPHOLOGY OF GLOCHIDIA OF SINANODONTA WOODIANA (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) FROM POLAND

Sayenko E.M., Soroka M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2013; (17): 214-223

IN RUSSIAN

2012 - A comparison of conchological and anatomical characters between Corbicula japonica (Japan) and C. moreletiana (Vietnam)

Rasshepkina A., Sayenko E.

Marine environmental and resources in the XXI century: аbsrtacts of the 2nd Russia &ndash; China Symposium on Marine Science.     2012: 139-140

2012 - NEW DATA ON GLOCHIDIA MORPHOLOGY OF THE FRESHWATER MUSSEL PRONODULARIA JAPANENSIS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) FROM HONSHU ISLAND, JAPAN

Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2012; (15-16): 128-133

IN RUSSIAN

2010 - FIRST DATA ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WATER-MITES OF THE GENUS UNIONICOLA AND FRESHWATER BIVALVES (UNIONIDAE) FROM THE KHINGANSKY RESERVE AND THE ADJACENT TERRITORIES

Sayenko E.M., Balan I.V.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2010; (14): 61-66

IN RUSSIAN

2010 - First data on glochidial shell morphology of Amuranodonta kijaensis (Anodontinae) and Nodularia schrencki (Nodulariinae) from the Amur River basin, Russian Far East

Sayenko E.M.

17th World Congress of Malacolgy: abstract (Tropical Natural History, Suppl. 3)     2010: 248

2010 - Freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) of the Amur River basin, Russian Far East

Sayenko E.M., Bogatov V.V.

17th World Congress of Malacolgy: abstract (Tropical Natural History, Suppl. 3)     2010: 115

2009 - NEW DATA ON LARGE BIVALVES (MARGARITIFERIDAE, UNIONIDAE) OF THE KHINGANSKY RESERVE AND ADJACENT AREAS (AMURSKAYA TERRITORY)

Sayenko E.M., Balan I.V.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2009; (13): 63-69

IN RUSSIAN

2009 - Glochidial shell morphology of some anodontinae and pseudanodontinae (Unionidae) bivalves in Russia

Sayenko E.M.

X International Congress on Medical and Applied Malacology (August 26-29, 2009, Busan, Korea)     2009: 125

2009 - Some new data on reproductive interrelations between cyprinid fishes (Cyprinidae: Acheliognathinae, Gobioninae) and freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) in the Amur River, Russia

Sayenko E.M., Khlopova A.V.

X International Congress on Medical and Applied Malacology (August 26-29, 2009, Busan, Korea)     2009: 54

2008 - FIRST DATA ON MORPHOLOGY OF GLOCHIDIA OF THE FAR EASTERN PEARL MUSSEL LANCEOLARIA CHANKENSIS (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE: UNIONINAE)

Sayenko E.M.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society     2008; (12): 98-105

IN RUSSIAN

2005 - Glochidial morphology of selected species of the genera Cristaria Schumacher, 1817 and Sinanodonta Modell, 1945 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Far Eastern Russia

Sayenko E.M., Pearce T.A., Shea E.K.

American Malacological Bulletin     2005; 20: 11-21

2004 - Distribution peculiarities of the anodontin bivalves (Unionidae) from genus Beringiana

Sayenko E.M., Bogatov V.V.

Bridges of Science Between North America and the Russian Far East: Past, Present, and Future: Proceedings of an International Conference on the Arctic and North Pacific     2004: 95

2004 - New data on anodontin bivalves from upper Enisey River basin

Sayenko E.M., Bogatov V.V., Zasypkina M.O.

Mollusks of the Northeastern Asia and Northern Pacific: Biodiversity, Ecology, Biogeography and Faunal History: abstracts of the Conference, October 4-6, 2004, Vladivostok, Russia     2004: 139-141

2004 - New data on Kunashiria bivalves (Unionidae, Anodontinae) from Hokkaido, Japan

Sayenko E.M.

Mollusks of the Northeastern Asia and Northern Pacific: Biodiversity, Ecology, Biogeography and Faunal History: abstracts of the Conference, October 4-6, 2004, Vladivostok, Russia     2004: 137-138

2001 - The freshwater algalflora of the northern Kuril Islands

Nikulina T.V., Sayenko E.M.

International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity     2001: 12

2001 - New mollusk species described from the Kuril Islands by Russian IKIP-ers

Bogatov V.V., Prozorova L.A., Sayenko E.M.

International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity     2001: 29-30

2001 - Anodontin bivalves of the Kuril Archipelago and the adjacent area

Sayenko E.M.

International Symposium on Kuril Island Biodiversity     2001: 27

2001 - К биологии беззубок рода Cristaria (Bivalvia, Unionidae)

Прозорова Л.А., Саенко Е.М.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     2001; 11(1): 33-36

2001 - The minute shell structure of the glochidium of three species of Unionidae (Bivalvia) from the Kurile Islands

Sayenko E.M., Ohara M.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     2001; 11(1): 47-50

1999 - Occurrence of two species of crustaceans, Branchinecta paludosa (O.F. Müller, 1788) (Anostraca) and Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1793) (Notostraca), on the Kuril Archipelago

Sayenko E.M., Minakawa N.

Crustaceana     1999; 72(7): 710-712

1999 - Anodontine bivalves of the genus Kunashiria Starobogatov from the Southern Kuril Islands, with descriptions of two new species

Bogatov V.V., Sayenko E.M., Starobogatov Ya.I.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     1999; 9(1): 57-62

1996 - Морфология мягких тканей дальневосточных Anodontinae

Богатов В.В., Саенко Е.М.

Ruthenica: Russian Malacological Journal     1996; 6(1): 68

1994 - Functioning of river communities under the extreme environmental conditions of Russian Far Eastern

Bogatov V.V., Sayenko E.M.

Bridges of the science between North America and the Russian Far East: 45th Arctic Science Conference. Vol.1.     1994; 1: 316-317