OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Invertebrate Biology is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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Messages in the mucus: Selection of land snail resting sites based on the presence of mucus from conspecifics and other species	14
Dispersal movements of non‐native and native terrestrial slugs in an urban environment	11
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Persistent companionships: The parasitic copepod community of the dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus on the Ecuadorian coast	9
Pelagic larval polyclads that practice macrophagous carnivory	9
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Testing Turritopsis dohrnii's life cycle reversal in response to multiple stressors	8
Corrigendum: Colony growth responses of the Caribbean octocoral, Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae, to harvesting. 122, 299–307	8
Late maturity and evidence for female biennial spawning in the sea pen Pennatula aculeata (Anthozoa, Pennatulacea) in eastern Canada	7
Characterization of hemocytes from the marine amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis (Dana 1853): Setting the basis for immunotoxicological studies	6
Variability of cnidae within a small clonal sea anemone (Isactiniasp.)	6
Meiofauna is an important, yet often overlooked, component of biodiversity in the ecosystem formed by Posidonia oceanica	6
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Larval development in the apodid sea cucumber Chiridota gigas, with a focus on coelom development and the serotonergic nervous system during metamorphosis	5
Embryonic and larval developmental patterns of the sand dollar Mellita quinquiesperforata: insights into early life stages	5
The impact of hypoxia and heat stress on Corella inflata heart characteristics adds evidence to the functional role of heartbeat reversals	5
Oogenesis and embryogenesis in a cryptogenic species of calcareous sponge (Calcaronea, Heteropiidae) in the southwestern Atlantic	5
Feeding strategies and habits of the coral guard‐crab Trapezia bidentata	4
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Vibratile cells in the class Echinoidea: Comparative morphology, physiological function, and their occurrence in other echinoderms	4
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Life in the mud: Observations in aquariums and functional morphology of the hydrostatic skeleton of Chaetoderma nitidulum (Mollusca, Caudofoveata)	4
Friends or foes? Evaluation of the ability of encrusting sponges to attach, compete with and grow on living corals	4

Hiding in plain sight: Microhabitat selection by the trunk-dwelling spider Ypypuera crucifera (Araneae, Hersiliidae), with notes on its natural history	3
Ex situ spawning, larval development, and settlement in massive reef‐building corals (Porites) in Palau	3
Erratum: Systematic histology and evidence for the male reproductive activity of Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	3
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Northward expansion of the sand bubbler crab Scopimera globosa along the Japanese coast suggested by extremely low genetic diversity in northern populations	3
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dbVAST: A web server for single nucleotide polymorphism variations in penaeid shrimp	2
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Evo‐devo in the ophiuroid family Ophiocomidae	2
Bacteriological analysis of unionid hemolymph collected from freshwater mussel populations in the Pacific northwestern United States	2
DNA metabarcoding to assess the diet of a highly toxic ribbon worm Cephalothrix cf. simula (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea)	2
Water content in diet affects growth and timing of female first mating, but not coloration, in the admirable grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis)	2
Study on foraging mechanism of leeches with different feeding habits based on chemoreception and foraging behavior	2
Progenesis in dicyemids	2
Onset of morphological sexual maturity, sexual size dimorphism, relative growth, heterochely, and laterality of the endemic and potentially endangered freshwater crab Kingsleya attenboroughi (Decapoda	2
Sex chromosome evolution in the clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana	2
New horizons in meiobenthos research. By OlavGiere, MichaelaSchratzberger (Eds.), United Kingdom: Springer Nature. 2023. ISBN: 9783031216213	1
A beautifully preserved comma shrimp (Pancrustacea: Peracarida) from the Plio‐Pleistocene of Japan and the fossil record of crown Cumacea	1
Hemocyte activation and nodule formation in the giant keyhole limpet, Megathura crenulata	1
Microhabitat selection and niche overlap: Drivers of spider coexistence in a tropical limestone cave	1
Changes in the cell composition of the hemolymph in the snail Planorbarius corneus after infection with the trematode Plagiorchis sp.	1
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Scope for phenotypic plasticity in ciliated band length in the feeding larvae of echinoderms	1
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Molluscs, morphology, and metaphor in Pablo Neruda's STEAMiest poem	1
Shedding light on some dark branches: The under‐appreciated diversity of gymnosome pteropods and their coiled thecosome prey in the Neotropics	1
Tyrosine hydroxylase messenger RNA corroborates protein localization in the nervous system of the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis	1
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Size, but not sex, predicts pinch force and exoskeleton mechanical properties in crayfish of the genus Faxonius	1
Diversity and genetic connectivity of heteropod (Pterotracheoidea) gastropods in the Tropical Eastern Pacific	1
Reproductive biology of the bathyal asteroid Ctenodiscus crispatus in the northeastern Pacific	1
Impact of the acanthocephalan parasite Profilicollis altmani on the fecundity of its crustacean intermediate host, the Pacific mole crab, Emerita analoga	0
A new species of Kannaphallus (Polyopisthocotylea: Heteraxinidae) parasitic on the twobar seabream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Sparidae, Teleostei) in Saudi Arabia	0
Occurrence, infestation rate, and spatiotemporal distribution of the African pea crab (Afropinnotheres monodi) inhabiting Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) fro	0
Histological analysis of oogenesis and ovarian development of the pharaoh cuttlefish, Sepia pharaonis	0
Development and reproduction of sporocysts of Leucochloridium paradoxum (Trematoda)	0
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Comparative demography of two wild cladoceran species, Alona quadrangularis and Scapholeberis mucronata, collected in western Washington state and reared under labo	0
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Reproductive ecology of the sand crab (Ovalipes punctatus) population in the Yellow Sea of Korea	0
First report on the life history of the marine amphipod Ceradocus mizani and its implication for aquaculture	0
The use of an integrative approach to identify coelomocytes in three species of the genus Holothuria (Echinodermata)	0
Determinants of food selection by bivalve larvae	0
The organization of the muscle system of the causative agent of dicrocoeliosis, Dicrocoelium dendriticum	0
How to culture limnoterrestrial heterotardigrades	0
Using museum collections to explore predator–prey relationships in snail‐eating beetles (Carabidae: Cychrini)	0
Fine structure of the retrocerebral organ in the rotifer Trichocerca similis (Monogononta)	0
Fitness‐related traits are maximized in recently introduced, slow‐growing populations of a global invasive clam	0
A new species of deep‐sea torquaratorid enteropneust (Hemichordata): A sequential hermaphrodite with exceptionally wide lips	0

Frontiers in cryopreservation techniques for marine invertebrate larvae	0
Effects of ocean acidification on the early life history processes of the breadcrumb sponge Halichondria panicea	0
Epibiosis and parasitism of coquina clam Donax spp.: Location, location, location!	0
Evidence that flatheaded mayflies (Heptageniidae) serve as the likely paratenic host for Chordodes morgani (Nematomorpha) in Nebraska	0
Geoglomeris subterranea (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae), the first morphologically non‐specialized semiaquatic glomerid millipede?	0
Hemocytes from neonates of Biomphalaria glabrata are functionally less mature than those from adult snails	0
Differences in the expression of soluble proteins in freshwater and brackish‐water ecotypes of the snail Theodoxus fluviatilis	0
Assessing the ecological relationships of the orange-striped green sea anemone, Diadumene lineata, as a non-indigenous species in British Columbia, Canada	0
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An examination of the use of antibiotics as a method to experimentally perturb the microbiota of suspension‐feeding bivalves	0
Transcriptome analysis of the Mizuhopecten yessoensis gills under high temperature fluctuations	0
Morphological characterization of anterior axial bifurcation in Holothuria (Halodeima) grisea and other puzzling occurrences in Holothuroidea	0
Allochronic reproductive cycles among colonies of the Caribbean octocoral Antillogorgia americana	0
Effect of seasonal changes in temperature on capture efficiency in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, fed seston and microplastics	0
Excitation–contraction coupling reflects the metabolic profile of mantle muscle in young cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)	0
Annotated checklist and genetic data for parasitic helminths infecting New Zealand marine invertebrates	0
“Brittleworms”: Ultrastructure and arrangement of the calcified chaetae of Euphrosine (Amphinomida, Annelida)	0
Development and sexual dimorphism of branchiae in Streblospio benedicti	0
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Adverse effects of ocean acidification on embryonic survival of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum	0
First record of parthenogenesis in the invasive amphipod Talitroides topitotum	0
Chemosensory afference in the tentacle nerve of Lymnaea stagnalis	0
Reproductive strategies of the golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) during the initial invasion in the Brazilian Cerrado	0
Annual gametogenic development of the Asiatic hard clam, Meretrix meretrix, collected from the west coast of Moheshkhali Island, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	0
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The relationship between size and metabolic rate of juvenile crown of thorns starfish	0
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Evidence for spatial niche partitioning in the ectocommensal Symbion americanus (Cycliophora) on its lobster host, Homarus americanus (Arthropoda, Malacostraca)	0
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A tool for feeding and mating: The Swiss Army stylet of Gyratrix hermaphroditus	0
Spawn and development of the olivid gastropod Olivancillaria carcellesi from north Patagonia, Argentina	0
Foraging on sand particles: Coatings of soft radular teeth (Paludomidae, Gastropoda, Mollusca)	0
Hoplonemertean larvae are planktonic predators that capture and devour active animal prey	0
Invertebrates from naturally brackish areas are less impacted by road salt and alternative deicers	0
Sex‐specific gene expression in eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, gonad and mantle tissues	0
Cryptic species diversity and contrasting climate profiles in Aotearoa New Zealand, egg‐laying and live‐bearing velvet worms (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae: Ooperipatellus and Peripatoides	0
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Systematic histology and evidence for the male reproductive activity of Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	0
Effect of the invasion history of the giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica) on its realized climatic niche	0
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A trapdoor spider, Latouchia typica (Araneae: Halonoproctidae), uses vibrational cues as a trigger for predatory behavior	0
Investigating the developmental onset of regenerative potential in the annelid Capitella teleta	0
Reproductive cycles of the oviparous sponges Cinachyrella apion (Spirophorida) and Tethya maza (Tethyida) in a tropical intertidal environment	0
Spermatogenesis in cultured blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) from a cold‐ocean environment: Seasonal spatiotemporal expression of three gamete‐associated molecular markers	0
Distribution patterns and the molecular distinction between the non-native terrestrial snails Polygyra cereolus and Polygyra septemvolva (Gastropoda, Polygyridae) in Saudi Arabia	0
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Morphological coupling of the distal organ in the Peruvian walking stick (Oreophoetes peruana): Structural and functional aspects	0
Hydrodynamic role of substrate attachment in shaping the suspension‐feeding current created by the marine gastropod Crepidula fornicata	0
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Refining species boundaries among velvet worms (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae), with the description of two new species of Opisthopatus from South Africa	0
Endoreduplication during embryogenesis in Megacyclops gigas (Crustacea: Cyclopoida): A rare example of depolyploidization	0
Food sources and trophic niches of dominant benthic organisms especially ophiuroids in the Yellow Sea: An assessment using stable isotopes and fatty acid markers	0
The campylogomphosis: A new kind of joint in echinoderms	0
Friends or foes? Evaluation of the ability of encrusting sponges to attach, compete with and grow on living corals	0
Morphology and dynamic behavior of anal pores during defecation in the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus	0
Stepwise changes in morphology during the settlement process in a merobenthic octopus, Octopus sinensis, raised in the laboratory	0
Reproductive characteristics and gamete development of the soft coral Sclerophytum cf. heterospiculatum in Okinawa Island, Japan	0