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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from the Northeastern Brazilian coast: integrative taxonomy and support for the creation of a marine park	26
Insights into the trophic interactions of the endemic shark Cephalurus cephalus: diet composition and first infection records of Anisakis and other nematodes	25
Epipelagic cnidarian fauna in the Western Equatorial Atlantic Ocean off the Amazon River Delta	25
A new species of Fissidentalium (Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae) in association with an actinostolid anemone from the abyssal Labrador Sea	21
A corallimorpharian barren in southwestern Kochi, Japan	14
Biodiversity and distribution of corals in Chile	12
Exploring abyssal solenogastres (Mollusca, Aplacophora) diversity with the study of a collection from the Brazil Basin and the description of three new species	12
Opportunistic feeding behaviour of Trachurus mediterraneus	11
Genetic structure and historical demography of the Pacific rudderfish Psenopsis anomala in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean	11
Spatial occurrence and abundance of marine zooplankton in Northeast Greenland	11
On Synagoga mira Norman, 1888 (Crustacea, Ascothoracida), associated with the black coral Parantipathes larix (Esper, 1788)	10
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	10
Unveiling the diversity of thaliaceans (Chordata, thaliacea) from the South Brazilian Bight and Southern Subtropical Shelf (22°-33°S)	10
Geometric pattern of burrow openings produced by Acanthocepola limbata	10
Integrative taxonomy of Anoplogaster cornuta (Trachichthyiformes, Anoplogastridae) from western North Atlantic: new insights	10
A new species of Lagis Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida; Pectinariidae) and revision of the type material of Lagis koreni	9
Benthos meets plankton: isopods sampled in the Japan Trench by means of plankton nets fixed to large bottom trawls	9
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	9
Towards a broader perspective on marine biodiversity change	9
Correction to: Fluke-less pygmy killer whale spotted on the central Atlantic	9
A new species of Coronarctus (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada) in the deep sea from the Gulf of Mexico revealed by geometric morphometrics and an updated genus key	9
Characterization of the plastic encountered in the South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) regurgitate	9
Shallow water octocoral associated with a distinctive coral garden in the Argentine Sea	8
Aurelia profunda (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa): a new species from the Gulf of Mexico	8
The 15th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium—the challenge of talking about real nature in a virtual environment	8

Unexpected recovery of Laminaria ochroleuca in the Strait of Messina	8
Functional arrangement and temporal analyses of the coastal fish community of the southern Gulf of Mexico	8
Comparisons of genetic population structures of copepods Pseudocalanus spp. in the Okhotsk Sea: the first record of P. acuspes in coastal waters off Japan	8
Exploring the diversity and distribution of Mozambique’s soft corals (Octocorallia) through an integrative approach	8
Forty years of a salt marsh formation in the Wadden Sea: surface elevation, sediments, vegetation and bottom fauna	8
Records of Primnoidae (Octocorallia, Scleralcyonacea) from Costa Rican Pacific seamounts	8
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	8
Comparison of DNA metabarcoding and microscopy in analysing planktonic protists from the European Arctic	8
On dwarf males in the deep-sea acorn barnacle Bathylasma hirsutum (Thoracica: Bathylasmatidae)	8
A morphological assessment of Paracyathus and Polycyathus corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the Gulf of Thailand	7
Platyhelminth fauna of the Island of Sylt: a meta-analysis of distributional patterns and description of 19 new species	7
Competitive overgrowth of the zoantharian Savalia savaglia by the sponge Crambe crambe in the Mediterranean Sea	7
DNA barcoding reveals overlooked species diversity in rays and sharks of Côte d’Ivoire	7
Thresholds and tipping points are tempting but not necessarily suitable concepts to address anthropogenic biodiversity change—an intervention	7
First record of multi-species synchronized sea cucumber spawning in the Mariana Islands	7
DNA barcoding for different egyptian and qatari common snappers reveals unexpected cryptic lineages in the blackspot snapper Lutjanus ehrenbergii	7
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)	7
Fluke-less pygmy killer whale spotted on the central Atlantic	6
Does land reclamation affect small-scale benthic communities? Micro-quadrats on coral reefs around Okinawa Island, southern Japan	6
Opercular dimorphism in Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Annelida: Serpulidae): cytochrome b genotype, sex, or size do not explain opercular spine arrangement	6
Anvil use by the bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius, on an Okinawan coral reef	6
Habitat shift of a basket star during a coral bleaching event	6
A new species of Eudactylina van Beneden, 1853 (Siphonostomatoida: Eudactylinidae) parasitic on the Longnose stingray, Hypanus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from	6
Collection of stomatopod larvae unveiled the existence of an undescribed genus in Lysiosquillidae around Japanese waters	6
Appreciation to reviewers	6
Morphology and occurrence of early stages of icefishes from the largest estuary of northern Vietnam	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
The first report of adult blue shark surviving severe head impalement by a swordfish, with an overview of similar incidents	5
Effects of environmental and climatic drivers on abyssal macrobenthic infaunal communities from the NE Pacific nodule province	5
As little as we know: current understanding and future outlook of benthic tanaid diversity and distribution in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone (CCZ)	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
Location of sea turtle nesting sites in the Madagascar northeastern coast: case of Loky-Manambato protected area	5
From physics to fish: 50 Years of research at Great Meteor Seamount, NE Atlantic	5
A novel feeding association between blackeye thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) and lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)	5
Antholoba fabiani sp. nov. (Actiniaria, Metridioidea, Antholobidae fam. nov.), a new species and family of sea anemone of the southwestern Atlantic, Brazil	5
New iEcology records and range extension for the clown wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki	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
Pelagic tunicates (Chordata) in two seasons in the Santos Basin, tropical Southwestern Atlantic: horizontal and vertical distributions	5
Climate and de-eutrophication affect abundance of benthos-feeding waterbirds in the Wadden Sea during stop-over	5
Systematic revision of the speciose sea slug genus Doto (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) − from the Mediterranean to South America	5
Endemism or synonymy in genus Belone (Belonidae)? An integrative analysis on North-Eastern Mediterranean populations	4
Ophiothela mirabilis associating with a scleractinian coral (Madracis decactis) at the edge of its invasive range	4
Morphological and genetic differentiation of the native crab Nasima dotilliformis in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman	4
Hyperdiversity of the genus Halgerda Bergh, 1880 (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with descriptions of fourteen new species	4
Diet of the Cortez damselfish Stegastes rectifraenum (Gill, 1862) in the Gulf of California assessed by stomach content analysis	4
The meso- and bathypelagic cephalopod fauna of the Gully submarine canyon	4
Temporal change in phytoplankton diversity and functional group composition	4
First record of chafing behavior by silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) on oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) at Malpelo Island, Colombia	4
High levels of genetic connectivity in the corallivorous gastropod Drupella cornus (Rӧding, 1798) in an expanding latitudinal range along Western Australia	4
The molluscan assemblage of a pristine Posidonia oceanica meadow in the eastern Mediterranean	4

First record of a piebald leucistic smallspotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula in a special area of conservation, UK	4
Mollusc shell detritus affects benthic subtidal community dynamics in the Northern Wadden Sea	4
Occurrences of the elusive Hippopus porcellanus in Malaysian waters	4
A comprehensive record of fishes and crustaceans in a poorly known tropical estuary-Kavvayi from the west coast of India	4
Intense bioturbation by the irregular sea urchin Spatangus purpureus in a Mediterranean maërl bed	4
Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Russia with note on Xenobalanus globicipitis	4
Rapid shift in benthic assemblages following coral bleaching at an upper mesophotic habitat in Taiwan	4
A literature review of the marine annelids of the Ryukyu Islands: still at the “early-bird” stage	4
Euphausiid species spatial distribution in the Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank Marine-protected area: impacts of oceanographic variability in autumn	4
Into the abyss: novel behavioural observation in the white suckerfish	4
Trophic ecology and seasonal occurrence of two Red List fish species in the Western Baltic Sea—two of a kind?	4
Diversity of heterotrophic picoeukaryotes in the ice of the Kandalaksha Gulf (White Sea, Russia) based on rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing	3
Aggregations of free-living corals facilitate reef expansion at upper mesophotic depth off Poivre Island, Seychelles	3
Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of juvenile elasmobranchs in a tropical Indian Ocean estuary, Zuari- India	3
Appreciation to reviewers	3
First record of the marine leech, Branchellion ravenelii, collected from a cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)	3
Diversity of fishes collected with light traps in the oldest marine protected area in Vietnam revealed by DNA barcoding	3
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site and requirements for trilateral monitoring	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
Two new species of Xouthous Thomson, 1883 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Pseudotachidiidae) from the Caribbean	3
Occurrence of Carybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897 off the Mexican coasts	3
Copula lucentia sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from Western Mediterranean Sea	3
Prevalence of parasitic copepods (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from the bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (Teleostei: Pomatomidae) and first records in the southern Gulf of Mexico	3
First observation of a leucistic false catshark Pseudotriakis microdon	3
Attachment of juvenile calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) to an adult’s spicules	3
First data on Caprellidae (Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from the bathyal zone of the Emperor Seamount Chain	3
Intertidal and shallow subtidal marine tardigrades from the British Virgin Islands with a description of a new Batillipes (Heterotardigrada: Batillipedidae)	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
Novel species discrimination method elucidates colony growth form variation between the New Zealand soft corals Kotatea aurantiaca and Kotatea lobata	3
Decades of biomass loss in the shallow rocky subtidal vegetation of the south-eastern Bay of Biscay	3
Effects and perception of marine introduced species by stakeholders in the Wadden Sea—an exploratory approach	3
Holocene deep-sea ostracods of the São Paulo Ridge, São Paulo Plateau, and Rio Grande Rise, southwestern Atlantic Ocean	3
Feeding ecology of the common horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus L., 1758 (Teleostei: Carangiformes: Carangidae) off the Moroccan Atlantic coastal waters: spatial and seasonal variations	3
Evidence of two species within the corallivore gastropod Drupella cornus and new Drupella records in the Indo-Pacific	3
Hydrothermal vent fauna of the Galápagos Rift: updated species list with new records	3
New findings and two new species of the genus Colossendeis Jarzynsky, 1870 (Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae), with a morphometric analysis for species from the Southern Ocean	3
Chafing behavior by scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini), including an unusual scratching of claspers	3
First report of interspecific cleaning in a Pseudochromid, the dusky dottyback (Pseudochromis fuscus)	3
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) induced mass mortality at Arecibo, Puerto Rico	3
Appreciation to reviewers	3
First record of the non-native colonial ascidian Botrylloides diegensis (Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia) in the Southwestern Atlantic	3
Biogeographic patterns in sea pens (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)	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
Chafing behavior by Galapagos sharks on oceanic manta rays in North America’s largest marine protected area	3
Deep-sea anglerfish (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) diversity from the western North Atlantic throughout morphology and DNA barcoding	3
Doliopsis duoseparata sp. nov: the first species of thaliacean described from Brazilian waters (22°-33°S)	3