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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
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
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
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
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
Competition in the deep sea: phylogeny determines destructive impact of wood-boring xylophagaids (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	8
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
Future climate conditions alter biomass of salt marsh plants in the Wadden Sea	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
Food components of the thornback guitarfish Platyrhinoidis triseriata on the western coast of Baja California Peninsula	3
Benthos meets plankton: isopods sampled in the Japan Trench by means of plankton nets fixed to large bottom trawls	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
Bryozoan diversity on a whale bone: an uncommon substrate from the continental shelf off NW Spain	3
Endemism or synonymy in genus Belone (Belonidae)? An integrative analysis on North-Eastern Mediterranean populations	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
Trophic niche segregation between the sympatric tunas Thunnus alalunga and Katsuwonus pelamis in the Gulf of Cadiz (East Atlantic)	3
Range-wide population genetics of the tapertail anchovy Coilia nasus based on exon-capture data	3
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields	3