Marine Biodiversity

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Species diversity of the genera Peronia, Wallaconchis, and Onchidella (Gastropoda: Onchidiidae) in intertidal coral reef environments of the Ryukyu Islands	15
Growth and survival of three hatchery-bred giant clams (Tridacna derasa, T. squamosa, and T. crocea) in an ocean nursery: a pilot of restocking study in China	14
Morphology and phylogeny of Itaspiella helgolandica, an interstitial marine flatworm with circumpolar distribution	13
Hidden in plain sight: new morpho-molecular data on the cryptic tropical sand goby, Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean	13
Appreciation to reviewers	12
A comprehensive record of fishes and crustaceans in a poorly known tropical estuary-Kavvayi from the west coast of India	12
Extremely rapid withdrawal behaviour of the sea pen Protoptilum cf. carpenteri in the deep Mediterranean	11
Mollusc shell detritus affects benthic subtidal community dynamics in the Northern Wadden Sea	10
Prey preferences, consumption rates and predation effects of Asian shore crabs (Hemigrapsus takanoi) in comparison to native shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) in northwestern Europe	9
Differential pigmentation pattern in paired fins of manyspotted flying fish, Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847), an epipelagic species of exocoetid from East and West coasts of India	9
Noteworthy observations and records of rare bathyal gastropods from unusual habitats in Sagami Bay, Japan	9
Mock samples resolve biases in diversity estimates and quantitative interpretation of zooplankton metabarcoding data	9
Correction to: Neotype designation and re-description of Forsskål’s reticulate whipray Himantura uarnak	9
Competition in the deep sea: phylogeny determines destructive impact of wood-boring xylophagaids (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	8
Systematic review of Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Errantia: Nereididae) from southern Africa, including a preliminary molecular phylogeny of the genus	8
Protocooperation in Tubastraea cf. micranthus to catch large planktonic prey	8
New evidence for a cosmopolitan holothurian species at deep-sea reducing environments	8
Shell-specific differentiation: how geometric morphometrics can add to knowledge of Macominae species (Tellinidae, Bivalvia)	8
Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopri	7
Maerl-associated macroalgae in the bay of Brest (Brittany, France)	7
Cryptic diversity of Eviota (Teleostei: Gobiidae) and their habitat use in the shallow waters of Okinawa Island	7
Description of a new species in the genus Sarcothelia Verrill, 1928 (Alcyonacea: Xeniidae) from reefs of Gulf of Mannar, South-eastern India	7
Morphological diversity and a ribosomal phylogeny of Rhabdopleura (Hemichordata: Graptolithina) from the Western Pacific (Singapore and New Zealand), with implications for a re-evaluation of rhabdople	7
Diet of the Cortez damselfish Stegastes rectifraenum (Gill, 1862) in the Gulf of California assessed by stomach content analysis	7
A new species of Congrid eel, Ariosoma melanospilos sp. nov., from Indian waters with taxonomic description of A. dolichopterum (Congridae: Bathymyrinae)	7

The dispersal capacity of Mollusca—a test on the South Azorean Seamount Chain	6
Insights into the trophic interactions of the endemic shark Cephalurus cephalus: diet composition and first infection records of Anisakis and other nematodes	6
Patterns of morphological development in Scyphozoa ephyrae (Cnidaria, Medusozoa)	6
When standard DNA barcodes do not work for species identification: intermixed mitochondrial haplotypes in the Jaera albifrons complex (Crustacea: Isopoda)	6
Light, shade and predation: who wins and who loses in sessile fouling communities?	6
The meso- and bathypelagic cephalopod fauna of the Gully submarine canyon	6
Brazilian Northeast coast Prosorhochmus belizeanus (Hoplonemertea: Nemertea) populations analyses reveal colonization by founder effect	6
Genetic polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships of the brushtooth lizardfish (Saurida undosquamis) (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) based on mitochondrial DNA markers	6
New depth record for oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, egg capsules in a mesophotic coral ecosystem natural habitat	6
Population genetic research on the Spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), reveals the presence of two significantly differentiated clades along the Indian coast	6
A novel feeding association between blackeye thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) and lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)	6
Multiple nets better explain the diversity of marine fish larvae in equatorial environments	6
Epipelagic cnidarian fauna in the Western Equatorial Atlantic Ocean off the Amazon River Delta	6
Introduced species in a tidal ecosystem of mud and sand: curse or blessing?	5
Contribution of integrative taxonomy of ichthyoplankton to knowledge on mesopelagic fish biodiversity in the Northeastern Mediterranean	5
A new species of Fissidentalium (Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae) in association with an actinostolid anemone from the abyssal Labrador Sea	5
Diversity and distribution of Kinorhyncha in abyssal polymetallic nodule areas of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone and the Peru Basin, East Pacific Ocean, with the description of three new species	5
DNA barcoding of the intertidal chitons of the genera Stenoplax Dall, 1879 and Callistochiton Carpenter in Dall, 1879 from the Mexican Tropical Pacific with the description of two new species	5
Spatial occurrence and abundance of marine zooplankton in Northeast Greenland	5
Temporal change in phytoplankton diversity and functional group composition	5
Habitat heterogeneity enhances megafaunal biodiversity at bathymetric elevations in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone	5
Another candidate to human-mediated transport: molecular evidence confirms that Alitta succinea (Nereididae: Annelida) is a widespread species	5
Cephalopod beaks from the stomachs of Indo-Pacific finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) and a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) stranded in the Gulf of Thailand	5
Opportunistic feeding behaviour of Trachurus mediterraneus	4
Field observations on the behavioural ecology of the stout bobtail squid Rossia macrosoma (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) from Scottish waters	4
Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from the Northeastern Brazilian coast: integrative taxonomy and support for the creation of a marine park	4
Coral growing on living conch shell: what is the fate of both?	4
What is for dessert? Crown-of-thorns starfish feeds on non-scleractinian anthozoans at Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratlys, South China Sea	4
Spreading of an invasive bryozoan in the Southern Atlantic	4
Diet composition of the hooknose (Agonus cataphractus, L.) in different habitats of coastal waters in the German Wadden Sea (southern North Sea)	4
Genetic structure and diversity of the mustard hill coral Porites astreoides along the Florida Keys reef tract	4
Mitochondrial genome of Amphiglena cf. mediterranea IV, a small and cryptic polychaete (Annelida: Sabellidae)	4
Genetic variation and phylogeographic patterns of Harpadon nehereus in China offshore inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b (Cyt b) sequences: with implications for its fishery management	4
Expanding coral reproductive knowledge using remotely operated vehicles (ROV): broadcast-spawning observations of mesophotic corals at the Flower Garden Banks	4
Morphological and molecular investigations of the rhizocephalan barnacle Peltogaster lineata Shiino, 1943 in the northern part of the species range (Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan)	4
Cheilostomatida (Bryozoa) from settlement panels deployed in the Azores (central North Atlantic)	4
Southernmost record of an epibiotic alga Pseudocladophora conchopheria (Sakai) Boedeker & Leliaert (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae) with insights into the geographical dispersal and host utilization	4
Fouling communities from the South African west coast are vulnerable to cooling and ocean acidification	4
Discovery of the dendrophylliid scleractinian Heteropsammia cochlea (Spengler, 1781) in Halimeda bioherms of the Northern Great Barrier Reef	4
Evaluating species richness using proteomic fingerprinting and DNA barcoding—a case study on meiobenthic copepods from the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone	4
Genetic diversity and population structure of the near threatened fish Harpadon nehereus in the Northwest Pacific: implications for conservation	4
A new cave-dwelling genus and species of Nerillidae (Annelida) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan	4
Biodiversity and distribution of corals in Chile	4
Review of the grunt genus Rhonciscus (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae) from the Western Atlantic, with the description of a new species from Brazil	4
Historical insights, current challenges: tracking marine biodiversity in an urban harbor ecosystem in the face of climate change	4
Bryozoan diversity on a whale bone: an uncommon substrate from the continental shelf off NW Spain	3
Geometric pattern of burrow openings produced by Acanthocepola limbata	3
Morphology and reproductive biology of a new hermaphroditic Rhynchospio (Annelida: Spionidae) species brooding larvae on the parent’s dorsum	3
Intense bioturbation by the irregular sea urchin Spatangus purpureus in a Mediterranean maërl bed	3
A new species of Anthopleura (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Mexican Pacific	3

Range-wide population genetics of the tapertail anchovy Coilia nasus based on exon-capture data	3
Future climate conditions alter biomass of salt marsh plants in the Wadden Sea	3
Trophic niche segregation between the sympatric tunas Thunnus alalunga and Katsuwonus pelamis in the Gulf of Cadiz (East Atlantic)	3
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields	3
Coral reef ecosystem–associated echinoderms (Echinodermata) at the Southern Mexican Pacific: species richness, distribution, and composition	3
Multivariate analysis of the spatial species diversity of demersal fish assemblages in relation to habitat characteristics in a subtropical national park, Taiwan	3
Sponges and their prokaryotic communities sampled from a remote karst ecosystem	3
Stable isotope evidence for movements of hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini, connecting two natural protected areas in the Colombian Pacific	3
A comprehensive record of the fishery resources of a tropical Ramsar wetland: Ashtamudi Estuary, India	3
Benthos meets plankton: isopods sampled in the Japan Trench by means of plankton nets fixed to large bottom trawls	3
Food components of the thornback guitarfish Platyrhinoidis triseriata on the western coast of Baja California Peninsula	3
Discovery of a new species of Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from eastern tropical Pacific mesophotic reefs	3
Evidence of extensive genetic connectivity and recent demographic expansion of the queen mackerel Scomberomorus plurilineatus in Tanzanian coastal waters	3
Multispecies genetic approach reveals divergent connectivity patterns in marine fish from Western Atlantic	3
The vertical distribution of Alveopora japonica provides insight into the characteristics and factors controlling population expansion at Jeju Island off the south coast of Korea	3
Southernmost record of Rhachotropis aculeata (Lepechin, 1780) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) in the Pacific Ocean with notes on the geographical genetic divergence	3
Variation in epibiont communities among restocked giant clam species (Cardiidae: Tridacninae) and across different habitat types	3
Endemism or synonymy in genus Belone (Belonidae)? An integrative analysis on North-Eastern Mediterranean populations	3
Physiological color change in guineafowl puffers (Arothron meleagris)	2
Marine heatwaves lead to bleaching and mass mortality in a key zoantharian	2
Resurrection of the parasitic isopod genus Cryptione Hansen, 1897 (Epicaridea: Bopyridae) and description of a new species of parasitic isopod (Epicaridea: Bopyridae) from the deep-sea shrimp Notostom	2
Seagrass loss decreases abundance, diversity and changes composition of macrobenthic infauna in a Caribbean Bay	2
New findings and two new species of the genus Colossendeis Jarzynsky, 1870 (Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae), with a morphometric analysis for species from the Southern Ocean	2
The effect of substrate and depth on hydroid assemblages: a comparison between two islands of the Tuscan Archipelago (Tyrrhenian Sea)	2
Gelatinous zooplankton of the Marshall Islands, Central Tropical Pacific: an inventory	2
Unveiling the diversity of thaliaceans (Chordata, thaliacea) from the South Brazilian Bight and Southern Subtropical Shelf (22°-33°S)	2
Population decline of Gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli) in a subtropical estuary: ecosystem changes and habitat loss	2
Inventorizing marine biodiversity using eDNA data from Indonesian coral reefs: comparative high throughput analysis using different bioinformatic pipelines	2
Tropical seamounts as stepping-stones for coral reef fishes: range extensions and new regional distributions from mesophotic ecosystems in the Coral Sea, Australia	2
Diversity and time-series analyses of Caribbean deep-sea coral and sponge assemblages on the tropical island slope of Isla de Roatán, Honduras	2
Unusual high coral cover in a Southwestern Atlantic subtropical reef	2
Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Russia with note on Xenobalanus globicipitis	2
Holopelagic Annelida from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean and adjacent South Atlantic with descriptions of three new species	2
Spawn release of a Sclerophytum soft coral species in Okinawa Island, Japan	2
Trophic ecology and seasonal occurrence of two Red List fish species in the Western Baltic Sea—two of a kind?	2
Baseline studies on meiofauna in the Baltic Sea before bottom-trawl fisheries exclusion I: comparison of communities in the Fehmarn Belt (western Baltic Sea), with special reference to the Harpacticoi	2
How tiny species can be overlooked: the finding of Eudendrium capillaroides (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in the Strait of Gibraltar	2
Estuarine fish diversity as indicator of natural environmental gradients	2
Sideway swimming behaviour by aggregating blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) in mid-water column	2
Looking back to the future—micro- and nanoplankton diversity in the Greenland Sea	2
Insights into mitochondrial phylogeny and molecular systematics of mullids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea	2
Genetic structure and historical demography of the Pacific rudderfish Psenopsis anomala in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean	2
A new species of genus Lunovula Rosenberg, 1990 (Gastropoda: Pediculariidae) from China Seas, the first pediculariid found feeding on a tree hydroid	2
Integrative taxonomy of Anoplogaster cornuta (Trachichthyiformes, Anoplogastridae) from western North Atlantic: new insights	2
Hawkfish protecting healthy coral colonies in the Gulf of California during a strong El Niño event	2
Hyperdiversity of the genus Halgerda Bergh, 1880 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with descriptions of fourteen new species	2
The microbiomes of five temperate soft corals declining in the Sea of Marmara	2
Spatio-temporal density of the demersal Chondrichthyes assemblage in an upper bathyal of the eastern Mediterranean Sea	2
The molluscan assemblage of a pristine Posidonia oceanica meadow in the eastern Mediterranean	2
Phylogenetic diversity of the mangrove crabs’ communities in the Persian Gulf; its relationship with functional diversity highlights conservation priorities	2
Correction to: Mitochondrial genome of Amphiglena cf. mediterranea IV, a small and cryptic polychaete (Annelida: Sabellidae)	2
Chafing behavior by scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini), including an unusual scratching of claspers	2
High levels of genetic connectivity in the corallivorous gastropod Drupella cornus (Rӧding, 1798) in an expanding latitudinal range along Western Australia	2
Unexpected high molluscan diversity in a submarine cave in the Eastern Mediterranean	2
Genetic structure of selected finfish populations in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	2
Diversity of squat lobsters on coral reefs in Guam, Mariana Islands, with the description of two new species and notes on their natural history	2
Diversity, distribution, and natural history of the marine snakes of Sri Lanka	2
Diversity, distribution and composition of abyssal benthic Isopoda in a region proposed for deep-seafloor mining of polymetallic nodules: a synthesis	2
Correction to: Cleaning of coral reef fishes by the humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus	2
Rapid shift in benthic assemblages following coral bleaching at an upper mesophotic habitat in Taiwan	2
Bioerosion traces of an endolithic clionaid sponge on the gastropod shell of Tibia curta Sowerby II, 1842	2
A massive and ancient antipatharian colony at a seamount in the northwest Pacific	2
Correction to: Genetic structure of selected finfish populations in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	1
Beak shape analysis and its potential to recognize three loliginid squid species found in the northeastern Pacific	1
Scytalium herklotsi sp. nov. (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Pennatulacea), the first Atlantic species in the genus Scytalium Herklots, 1858	1
Northern outpost for Mediterranean scaldfish: encounters from Norwegian coastal and oceanic waters, NE Atlantic Ocean	1
Offshore intermediate hosts for inshore digeneans? A report of infections of Clavogalea (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) in pleuston	1
On dwarf males in the deep-sea acorn barnacle Bathylasma hirsutum (Thoracica: Bathylasmatidae)	1
Diversity of heterotrophic picoeukaryotes in the ice of the Kandalaksha Gulf (White Sea, Russia) based on rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing	1
Morphological and molecular clue resolves confusion in Pisodonophis boro complex with re-description of Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton 1822) from type locality and description of a new species from India	1
Hydrothermal vent fauna of the Galápagos Rift: updated species list with new records	1
Copula lucentia sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from Western Mediterranean Sea	1
Deconvolving feeding niches and strategies of abyssal holothurians from their stable isotope, amino acid, and fatty acid composition	1
Scarface shortfin makos, a tale of resilience	1
Benthic megafaunal biodiversity of the Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone: spatial variation, potential drivers, and conservation status	1
Distribution and diel vertical migration of mesopelagic fishes in the Southern Sargasso Sea — observations through hydroacoustics and stratified catches	1
Revision of the genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) in the northern Indian Ocean, with description of a new species and a discussion on the validity of M. walkeri and M. ravidus	1
The enigmatic soft coral Ceratocaulon wandeli Jungersen, 1892 (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea), a molecular and morphological approach with description of a new family	1
Hitchhiking northwards: on the presence of the invasive skeleton shrimp Caprella scaura in the UK	1
Discovery of Paleodictyon in the Indian Ocean	1

Sessile exotic species moving around: calcareous sponges on boat hulls	1
New Paracalanidae species from the central coast of Brazil: morphological description and molecular evidence	1
Taxonomic assessment of deep-sea decapod crustaceans collected from polymetallic nodule fields of the East Pacific Ocean using an integrative approach	1
Fish community structure of two adjacent poorly known permanently open tropical estuaries Valapattanam and Dharmadam from the western coast of India	1
Survey of bathyal incirrate octopods in the western North Atlantic	1
Scleractinian diversity in the upper mesophotic zone of Ludao (Taiwan): a museum collection with new records from Taiwanese waters	1
Going deep into Parazoanthus axinellae (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) complex: description of two species in the Alboran Sea based on an integrative approach	1
Two new species of Xouthous Thomson, 1883 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Pseudotachidiidae) from the Caribbean	1
Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade	1
A new symbiotic relationship between a polyclad flatworm and a mantis shrimp: description of a new species of Emprosthopharynx (Polycladida: Acotylea) associated with Lysiosquilla maculata (Crustacea:	1
New evidence to demystify the supposed holoplanktonic life cycle in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria)	1
Introduction of the South American slipper limpet Crepipatella dilatata in Europe: Secondary spread in the Northeast Atlantic and first records for the Mediterranean Sea	1
The contribution of Heterobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) to the biodiversity of the Colombian Tropical Eastern Pacific	1
Non-indigenous species of Bryozoa from anthropogenic habitats in the Bay of Cádiz (South Iberian Peninsula)	1
Temporal changes in the body shape of the Pacific thread herring Opisthonema libertate on the Western Baja California Sur coast	1
Photosymbiosis in a depth-generalist octocoral species, Neospongodes atlantica	1
Blooms of the dragon thimble jellyfish, Linuche draco, sometimes co-occur with marine heatwaves	1
The marine catfishes of the genus Bagre (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the Western Atlantic	1
Functional arrangement and temporal analyses of the coastal fish community of the southern Gulf of Mexico	1
Deep-sea anglerfish (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) diversity from the western North Atlantic throughout morphology and DNA barcoding	1
Association between the parasitic larvae of the sea-anemone Peachia sp. (Cnidaria: Haloclavidae) and hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the temperate Southwestern Atlantic Ocean	1
Mobility of the sea pen Pteroeides spinosum (Ellis, 1764) (Cnidaria: Scleralcionacea: Pennatuloidea)	1
Extreme secondary sexual dimorphism in the genus Florarctus (Heterotardigrada: Halechiniscidae)	1
Mitochondrial DNA revealed a single stock structure of the Spotted sardinella Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) (Teleostei; Clupeidae) in Tanzanian coastal waters	1
Patterns of fish assemblage structure on reefs with varying degrees of hard coral and soft coral dominance in Okinawa Island, Japan	1
The meiofauna of the Eratosthenes Seamount (eastern Mediterranean Sea)—first insights into taxa composition, distribution, and diversity	1
Separating species of North Pacific bathyal octopods of Graneledone Joubin, 1918	1
Abundance survey of crustacean “y-larvae” (Thecostraca: Facetotecta) over a fringing reef in Okinawa, Japan, with special reference to the two dominant planktotrophic and lecithotrophic naupliar types	1
Updating taxonomic and biometric knowledge of Enchelyopus cimbrius (Gadiformes, Gaidropsaridae) through morphology and DNA barcoding	1
Resolution of the Aetomylaeus nichofii species complex, with the description of a new eagle ray species from the northwest Indian Ocean and a key to the genus Aetomylaeus (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatida	1
Comparison of DNA metabarcoding and microscopy in analysing planktonic protists from the European Arctic	1
Comparisons of genetic population structures of copepods Pseudocalanus spp. in the Okhotsk Sea: the first record of P. acuspes in coastal waters off Japan	1
Coastal habitat evidences and biological data of Alepisaurus ferox (Aulopiform; Alepisauridae) from northwestern Iberian Peninsula	1
Composition and diversity of larval fish in the Indian Ocean using morphological and molecular methods	1
Thrissina katana sp. nov., a new thryssa from the western Pacific Ocean, and redescription of Thrissina hamiltonii (Gray, 1835) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)	1
Effects of hurricane impact on the functionality of hermatypic corals of the Banco Chinchorro coral reef	1
Molecular diversity and patterns of co-occurrence of decapod crustaceans associated with branching corals in the central Red Sea	1
Correction to: A new deep-sea hot vent stalked barnacle from the Mariana Trough with notes on the feeding ecology of Vulcanolepas	1
Mass mortality of the dirty cowrie, Naria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Strait of Messina, Italy	1
A new species of pygmy Paroctopus Naef, 1923 (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae): the smallest southwestern Atlantic octopod, found in sea debris	1
Changes in the structure of the epipelagic copepod community on the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula before and during El Niño 2015	1
Correction to: Genetic structure and diversity of the mustard hill coral Porites astreoides along the Florida Keys reef tract	1
A little Z. rex: on the predatory habits of the emperor shrimp	1
Deeper in the blues: DNA barcoding of fishes from Pakistani coast of the Arabian Sea reveals overlooked genetic diversity	1