OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Biodiversity is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Systematic review of Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Errantia: Nereididae) from southern Africa, including a preliminary molecular phylogeny of the genus	20
Epipelagic cnidarian fauna in the Western Equatorial Atlantic Ocean off the Amazon River Delta	19
Genetic polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships of the brushtooth lizardfish (Saurida undosquamis) (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) based on mitochondrial DNA markers	16
Biodiversity and distribution of corals in Chile	15
Insights into the trophic interactions of the endemic shark Cephalurus cephalus: diet composition and first infection records of Anisakis and other nematodes	14
Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from the Northeastern Brazilian coast: integrative taxonomy and support for the creation of a marine park	12
A new species of Fissidentalium (Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae) in association with an actinostolid anemone from the abyssal Labrador Sea	12
Spatial occurrence and abundance of marine zooplankton in Northeast Greenland	11
A corallimorpharian barren in southwestern Kochi, Japan	11
Opportunistic feeding behaviour of Trachurus mediterraneus	9
Correction to: Fluke-less pygmy killer whale spotted on the central Atlantic	8
Unveiling the diversity of thaliaceans (Chordata, thaliacea) from the South Brazilian Bight and Southern Subtropical Shelf (22°-33°S)	8
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields	8
Integrative taxonomy of Anoplogaster cornuta (Trachichthyiformes, Anoplogastridae) from western North Atlantic: new insights	8
Benthos meets plankton: isopods sampled in the Japan Trench by means of plankton nets fixed to large bottom trawls	8
Confirming the occurrence of two fish (Family: Hemiramphidae) species, Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823) and Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes, 1847) by morpho-meristic and molecular c	8
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	8
Genetic structure and historical demography of the Pacific rudderfish Psenopsis anomala in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean	8
Geometric pattern of burrow openings produced by Acanthocepola limbata	8
Functional arrangement and temporal analyses of the coastal fish community of the southern Gulf of Mexico	7
Sessile exotic species moving around: calcareous sponges on boat hulls	7
Comparison of DNA metabarcoding and microscopy in analysing planktonic protists from the European Arctic	7
Thrissina katana sp. nov., a new thryssa from the western Pacific Ocean, and redescription of Thrissina hamiltonii (Gray, 1835) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)	7
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	7
Comparisons of genetic population structures of copepods Pseudocalanus spp. in the Okhotsk Sea: the first record of P. acuspes in coastal waters off Japan	7

Aurelia profunda (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa): a new species from the Gulf of Mexico	7
On dwarf males in the deep-sea acorn barnacle Bathylasma hirsutum (Thoracica: Bathylasmatidae)	7
DNA barcoding for different egyptian and qatari common snappers reveals unexpected cryptic lineages in the blackspot snapper Lutjanus ehrenbergii	6
Thresholds and tipping points are tempting but not necessarily suitable concepts to address anthropogenic biodiversity change—an intervention	6
Pelagic tunicates (Chordata) in two seasons in the Santos Basin, tropical Southwestern Atlantic: horizontal and vertical distributions	6
New iEcology records and range extension for the clown wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki	6
Unraveling the two unknown storm-petrels of South America: a review about the white-vented storm-petrel (oceanites gracilis) and pincoya storm-petrel (Oceanites pincoyae)	6
Platyhelminth fauna of the Island of Sylt: a meta-analysis of distributional patterns and description of 19 new species	6
Fluke-less pygmy killer whale spotted on the central Atlantic	6
Forty years of a salt marsh formation in the Wadden Sea: surface elevation, sediments, vegetation and bottom fauna	6
Unexpected recovery of Laminaria ochroleuca in the Strait of Messina	6
Habitat shift of a basket star during a coral bleaching event	6
Appreciation to reviewers	6
Deep-sea ecosystems in the north-eastern Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean): quantifying assemblages and anthropogenic activity in the Seco de los Olivos Bank	5
From physics to fish: 50 Years of research at Great Meteor Seamount, NE Atlantic	5
Effects of environmental and climatic drivers on abyssal macrobenthic infaunal communities from the NE Pacific nodule province	5
Extremely rapid withdrawal behaviour of the sea pen Protoptilum cf. carpenteri in the deep Mediterranean	5
Diet of the Cortez damselfish Stegastes rectifraenum (Gill, 1862) in the Gulf of California assessed by stomach content analysis	5
Molecular reassessment of the phylogeny of Coelogynoporidae (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata), with the description of two new genera and three new species from Cuba and the Pacific coast of Panama	5
Morphology and occurrence of early stages of icefishes from the largest estuary of northern Vietnam	5
Collection of stomatopod larvae unveiled the existence of an undescribed genus in Lysiosquillidae around Japanese waters	5
Aggression of an orange-fin anemonefish to a blacktip reef shark: a potential example of fish mobbing?	5
Antholoba fabiani sp. nov. (Actiniaria, Metridioidea, Antholobidae fam. nov.), a new species and family of sea anemone of the southwestern Atlantic, Brazil	5
A comprehensive record of fishes and crustaceans in a poorly known tropical estuary-Kavvayi from the west coast of India	5
Status and occurrence of the non-indigenous dwarf surf clam Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) in the central Wadden Sea (southern North Sea)—a systematic survey	5
A novel feeding association between blackeye thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) and lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)	5
Anvil use by the bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius, on an Okinawan coral reef	5
Location of sea turtle nesting sites in the Madagascar northeastern coast: case of Loky-Manambato protected area	5
Population dynamics of three species of the genus Aplysina (Porifera, Demospongiae, Verongiida) in a tropical bay in the Western Atlantic Ocean	5
The first report of adult blue shark surviving severe head impalement by a swordfish, with an overview of similar incidents	5
The meso- and bathypelagic cephalopod fauna of the Gully submarine canyon	5
Climate and de-eutrophication affect abundance of benthos-feeding waterbirds in the Wadden Sea during stop-over	5
Intense bioturbation by the irregular sea urchin Spatangus purpureus in a Mediterranean maërl bed	4
Trophic ecology and seasonal occurrence of two Red List fish species in the Western Baltic Sea—two of a kind?	4
Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Russia with note on Xenobalanus globicipitis	4
Mollusc shell detritus affects benthic subtidal community dynamics in the Northern Wadden Sea	4
Food components of the thornback guitarfish Platyrhinoidis triseriata on the western coast of Baja California Peninsula	4
Distribution and diel vertical migration of mesopelagic fishes in the Southern Sargasso Sea — observations through hydroacoustics and stratified catches	4
Diversity of heterotrophic picoeukaryotes in the ice of the Kandalaksha Gulf (White Sea, Russia) based on rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing	4
Copula lucentia sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from Western Mediterranean Sea	4
Endemism or synonymy in genus Belone (Belonidae)? An integrative analysis on North-Eastern Mediterranean populations	4
The molluscan assemblage of a pristine Posidonia oceanica meadow in the eastern Mediterranean	4
Temporal change in phytoplankton diversity and functional group composition	4
Discovery of a new species of Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from eastern tropical Pacific mesophotic reefs	4
Hydrothermal vent fauna of the Galápagos Rift: updated species list with new records	4
Chafing behavior by scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini), including an unusual scratching of claspers	4
Ophiothela mirabilis associating with a scleractinian coral (Madracis decactis) at the edge of its invasive range	4
The effect of substrate and depth on hydroid assemblages: a comparison between two islands of the Tuscan Archipelago (Tyrrhenian Sea)	4
Rapid shift in benthic assemblages following coral bleaching at an upper mesophotic habitat in Taiwan	4
Hyperdiversity of the genus Halgerda Bergh, 1880 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with descriptions of fourteen new species	4

Occurrences of the elusive Hippopus porcellanus in Malaysian waters	4
High levels of genetic connectivity in the corallivorous gastropod Drupella cornus (Rӧding, 1798) in an expanding latitudinal range along Western Australia	4
Morphological and genetic differentiation of the native crab Nasima dotilliformis in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman	4
New findings and two new species of the genus Colossendeis Jarzynsky, 1870 (Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae), with a morphometric analysis for species from the Southern Ocean	4
Two new species of Xouthous Thomson, 1883 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Pseudotachidiidae) from the Caribbean	4
The contribution of Heterobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) to the biodiversity of the Colombian Tropical Eastern Pacific	4
Appreciation to reviewers	3
First report of interspecific cleaning in a Pseudochromid, the dusky dottyback (Pseudochromis fuscus)	3
A review of megafauna diversity and abundance in an exploration area for polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (North East Pacific), and implications for pot	3
Separating species of North Pacific bathyal octopods of Graneledone Joubin, 1918	3
Effects and perception of marine introduced species by stakeholders in the Wadden Sea—an exploratory approach	3
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site and requirements for trilateral monitoring	3
Appreciation to reviewers	3
Light, shade and predation: who wins and who loses in sessile fouling communities?	3
Intertidal and shallow subtidal marine tardigrades from the British Virgin Islands with a description of a new Batillipes (Heterotardigrada: Batillipedidae)	3
Holocene deep-sea ostracods of the São Paulo Ridge, São Paulo Plateau, and Rio Grande Rise, southwestern Atlantic Ocean	3
New insights into the population structure of the stone flounder, Platichthys bicoloratus (Pisces, Pleuronectidae), in the northwestern Pacific using morphological and molecular methods	3
Decades of biomass loss in the shallow rocky subtidal vegetation of the south-eastern Bay of Biscay	3
Diversity of fishes collected with light traps in the oldest marine protected area in Vietnam revealed by DNA barcoding	3
Occurrence of Carybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897 off the Mexican coasts	3
Deep-sea anglerfish (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) diversity from the western North Atlantic throughout morphology and DNA barcoding	3
First observation of a leucistic false catshark Pseudotriakis microdon	3
Biogeographic patterns in sea pens (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)	3
First record of the non-native colonial ascidian Botrylloides diegensis (Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia) in the Southwestern Atlantic	3
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) induced mass mortality at Arecibo, Puerto Rico	3
Assessment of decadal changes in the tidepool fish assemblage of Danjo Islands in the northern East China Sea	3
Novel species discrimination method elucidates colony growth form variation between the New Zealand soft corals Kotatea aurantiaca and Kotatea lobata	3
eDNA metabarcoding warms up a hotspot of marine biodiversity: revealing underrepresented taxa in visual surveys and historical records from the Gulf of California	3
A new species of wood-boring bivalve (Mollusca: Xylophagaidae) from the Eastern Arabian Sea	3
The second rhizocephalan species, Lernaeodiscus kasyanovi sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Peltogastridae), parasitizing the porcellanid crab Pachycheles stevensii Stimpson, 1858 (Decapoda: Anomura	3
Hitchhiking northwards: on the presence of the invasive skeleton shrimp Caprella scaura in the UK	3
Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of juvenile elasmobranchs in a tropical Indian Ocean estuary, Zuari- India	3
Feeding habits of three sparid breams, Argyrops spinifer Forsskål, 1775, Sparidentex hasta Valenciennes, 1830, and Rhabdosargus niger Tanaka & Iwatsuki, 2013 (family: Sparidae) in the coastal wate	3
Competition in the deep sea: phylogeny determines destructive impact of wood-boring xylophagaids (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	3
First record of the marine leech, Branchellion ravenelii, collected from a cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)	3