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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
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	17
Habitat heterogeneity enhances megafaunal biodiversity at bathymetric elevations in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone	14
Insights into the trophic interactions of the endemic shark Cephalurus cephalus: diet composition and first infection records of Anisakis and other nematodes	12
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	12
Biodiversity and distribution of corals in Chile	12
Contribution of integrative taxonomy of ichthyoplankton to knowledge on mesopelagic fish biodiversity in the Northeastern Mediterranean	12
The dispersal capacity of Mollusca—a test on the South Azorean Seamount Chain	11
Evaluating species richness using proteomic fingerprinting and DNA barcoding—a case study on meiobenthic copepods from the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone	10
Appreciation to reviewers	9
Opportunistic feeding behaviour of Trachurus mediterraneus	9
Extremely rapid withdrawal behaviour of the sea pen Protoptilum cf. carpenteri in the deep Mediterranean	9
Southernmost record of an epibiotic alga Pseudocladophora conchopheria (Sakai) Boedeker & Leliaert (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae) with insights into the geographical dispersal and host utilization	9
Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from the Northeastern Brazilian coast: integrative taxonomy and support for the creation of a marine park	8
New depth record for oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, egg capsules in a mesophotic coral ecosystem natural habitat	8
Description of a new species in the genus Sarcothelia Verrill, 1928 (Alcyonacea: Xeniidae) from reefs of Gulf of Mannar, South-eastern India	8
Temporal change in phytoplankton diversity and functional group composition	7
Cryptic diversity of Eviota (Teleostei: Gobiidae) and their habitat use in the shallow waters of Okinawa Island	7
A novel feeding association between blackeye thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) and lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)	7
Another candidate to human-mediated transport: molecular evidence confirms that Alitta succinea (Nereididae: Annelida) is a widespread species	7
Population genetic research on the Spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), reveals the presence of two significantly differentiated clades along the Indian coast	7
Multiple nets better explain the diversity of marine fish larvae in equatorial environments	7
Patterns of morphological development in Scyphozoa ephyrae (Cnidaria, Medusozoa)	6
Systematic review of Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Errantia: Nereididae) from southern Africa, including a preliminary molecular phylogeny of the genus	6
When standard DNA barcodes do not work for species identification: intermixed mitochondrial haplotypes in the Jaera albifrons complex (Crustacea: Isopoda)	6
Epipelagic cnidarian fauna in the Western Equatorial Atlantic Ocean off the Amazon River Delta	6

Pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora diversity patterns and trends in Macaronesia insular systems (NE Atlantic)	6
Cephalopod beaks from the stomachs of Indo-Pacific finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) and a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) stranded in the Gulf of Thailand	6
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	6
Drifting postlarva of Callipallene brevirostris (Johnston, 1837) (Pycnogonida: Callipallenidae) from Roscoff (France)	6
Field observations on the behavioural ecology of the stout bobtail squid Rossia macrosoma (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) from Scottish waters	6
Diet composition of the hooknose (Agonus cataphractus, L.) in different habitats of coastal waters in the German Wadden Sea (southern North Sea)	6
Noteworthy observations and records of rare bathyal gastropods from unusual habitats in Sagami Bay, Japan	6
Competition in the deep sea: phylogeny determines destructive impact of wood-boring xylophagaids (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	6
Light, shade and predation: who wins and who loses in sessile fouling communities?	5
Phylogeography of Patelloida pygmaea along the China coast	5
Review of the grunt genus Rhonciscus (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae) from the Western Atlantic, with the description of a new species from Brazil	5
Brazilian Northeast coast Prosorhochmus belizeanus (Hoplonemertea: Nemertea) populations analyses reveal colonization by founder effect	5
Mollusc shell detritus affects benthic subtidal community dynamics in the Northern Wadden Sea	5
Historical insights, current challenges: tracking marine biodiversity in an urban harbor ecosystem in the face of climate change	5
The meso- and bathypelagic cephalopod fauna of the Gully submarine canyon	5
Prey preferences, consumption rates and predation effects of Asian shore crabs (Hemigrapsus takanoi) in comparison to native shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) in northwestern Europe	5
A new species of Congrid eel, Ariosoma melanospilos sp. nov., from Indian waters with taxonomic description of A. dolichopterum (Congridae: Bathymyrinae)	5
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	5
Fouling communities from the South African west coast are vulnerable to cooling and ocean acidification	5
Protocooperation in Tubastraea cf. micranthus to catch large planktonic prey	5
A new species of Fissidentalium (Scaphopoda: Dentaliidae) in association with an actinostolid anemone from the abyssal Labrador Sea	5
Mock samples resolve biases in diversity estimates and quantitative interpretation of zooplankton metabarcoding data	4
Diet of the Cortez damselfish Stegastes rectifraenum (Gill, 1862) in the Gulf of California assessed by stomach content analysis	4
Spreading of an invasive bryozoan in the Southern Atlantic	4
Spatial occurrence and abundance of marine zooplankton in Northeast Greenland	4
Cheilostomatida (Bryozoa) from settlement panels deployed in the Azores (central North Atlantic)	4
Correction to: Neotype designation and re-description of Forsskål’s reticulate whipray Himantura uarnak	4
Genetic polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships of the brushtooth lizardfish (Saurida undosquamis) (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) based on mitochondrial DNA markers	4
Maerl-associated macroalgae in the bay of Brest (Brittany, France)	4
Discovery of the dendrophylliid scleractinian Heteropsammia cochlea (Spengler, 1781) in Halimeda bioherms of the Northern Great Barrier Reef	4
Species diversity of the genera Peronia, Wallaconchis, and Onchidella (Gastropoda: Onchidiidae) in intertidal coral reef environments of the Ryukyu Islands	4
New evidence for a cosmopolitan holothurian species at deep-sea reducing environments	4
Genetic structure and diversity of the mustard hill coral Porites astreoides along the Florida Keys reef tract	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
Introduced species in a tidal ecosystem of mud and sand: curse or blessing?	4
Shell-specific differentiation: how geometric morphometrics can add to knowledge of Macominae species (Tellinidae, Bivalvia)	4
Diversity of squat lobsters on coral reefs in Guam, Mariana Islands, with the description of two new species and notes on their natural history	3
Spawn release of a Sclerophytum soft coral species in Okinawa Island, Japan	3
Stable isotope evidence for movements of hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini, connecting two natural protected areas in the Colombian Pacific	3
Notoraja hesperindica sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean	3
The genus Halacarellus (Halacaridae, Acari), analysis of distribution, ecology, systematics, and description of H. balticus	3
Coral reef ecosystem–associated echinoderms (Echinodermata) at the Southern Mexican Pacific: species richness, distribution, and composition	3
Genetic structure and historical demography of the Pacific rudderfish Psenopsis anomala in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean	3
How can environmental variables affect the sexual reproduction of a tropical symbiotic sponge?	3
A new cave-dwelling genus and species of Nerillidae (Annelida) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan	3
Bioerosion traces of an endolithic clionaid sponge on the gastropod shell of Tibia curta Sowerby II, 1842	3
Multispecies genetic approach reveals divergent connectivity patterns in marine fish from Western Atlantic	3
Diversity and time-series analyses of Caribbean deep-sea coral and sponge assemblages on the tropical island slope of Isla de Roatán, Honduras	3
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	3
Insights into mitochondrial phylogeny and molecular systematics of mullids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea	3

Coral growing on living conch shell: what is the fate of both?	3
A comprehensive record of the fishery resources of a tropical Ramsar wetland: Ashtamudi Estuary, India	3
Food components of the thornback guitarfish Platyrhinoidis triseriata on the western coast of Baja California Peninsula	3
Unexpected high abundance of aragonite-forming Nanipora (Octocorallia: Helioporacea) at an acidified volcanic reef in southern Japan	3
Southernmost record of Rhachotropis aculeata (Lepechin, 1780) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) in the Pacific Ocean with notes on the geographical genetic divergence	3
Morphology and phylogeny of Itaspiella helgolandica, an interstitial marine flatworm with circumpolar distribution	3
Genetic diversity and population structure of the near threatened fish Harpadon nehereus in the Northwest Pacific: implications for conservation	3
Multivariate analysis of the spatial species diversity of demersal fish assemblages in relation to habitat characteristics in a subtropical national park, Taiwan	3
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)	3
Phylogenetic diversity of the mangrove crabs’ communities in the Persian Gulf; its relationship with functional diversity highlights conservation priorities	3
The molluscan assemblage of a pristine Posidonia oceanica meadow in the eastern Mediterranean	3
Geometric pattern of burrow openings produced by Acanthocepola limbata	3
Trophic ecology and seasonal occurrence of two Red List fish species in the Western Baltic Sea—two of a kind?	3
Discovery of a new species of Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from eastern tropical Pacific mesophotic reefs	3
Hawkfish protecting healthy coral colonies in the Gulf of California during a strong El Niño event	3