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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of Southern Ocean squids using nets and beaks	23
Metabarcoding of zooplankton diversity within the Chukchi Borderland, Arctic Ocean: improved resolution from multi-gene markers and region-specific DNA databases	22
DNA barcoding and cryptic diversity of deep-sea scavenging amphipods in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (Eastern Equatorial Pacific)	17
Chiridota heheva—the cosmopolitan holothurian	14
Introduced species in a tidal ecosystem of mud and sand: curse or blessing?	14
Distribution and diel vertical migration of mesopelagic fishes in the Southern Sargasso Sea — observations through hydroacoustics and stratified catches	12
Global controversy in oyster systematics and a newly described species from SE Asia (Bivalvia: Ostreidae: Crassostreinae)	12
Prey preferences, consumption rates and predation effects of Asian shore crabs (Hemigrapsus takanoi) in comparison to native shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) in northwestern Europe	12
A new species of pygmy Paroctopus Naef, 1923 (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae): the smallest southwestern Atlantic octopod, found in sea debris	12
Eurythenes atacamensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) exhibits ontogenetic vertical stratification across abyssal and hadal depths in the Atacama Trench, eastern South Pacific Ocean	11
Composition and diversity of larval fish in the Indian Ocean using morphological and molecular methods	10
Stolephorus acinaces, a new anchovy from northern Borneo, and redescription of Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)	10
Disentangling species of the genus Limacia O.F. Müller, 1781, from southern Africa and Europe using integrative taxonomical methods, with the description of four new species	10
Natural history of neustonic animals in the Sargasso Sea: reproduction, predation, and behavior of Glaucus atlanticus, Velella velella, and Janthina spp.	9
Stable isotope evidence for movements of hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini, connecting two natural protected areas in the Colombian Pacific	9
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	9
Determinants of Tubastraea coccinea invasion and likelihood of further expansion in the northern Gulf of Mexico	8
Fine-scale temporal variation of intertidal marine fungal community structure: insights from an impacted Baja California sandy beach in Mexico	8
Abyssal fauna of polymetallic nodule exploration areas, eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Annelida: Spionidae and Poecilochaetidae	8
Marine invertebrate epibionts on photophilic seaweeds: importance of algal architecture	8
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	8
A new calcaxonian genus and family for Trichogorgia utinomii Cordeiro, 2019 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea): new records of a scleriteless gorgonian species from Antarctica	8
Maerl-associated macroalgae in the bay of Brest (Brittany, France)	8
First complete description of the dark-mouth skate Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904 from Antarctic waters, assigned to the genus Bathyraja (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae)	7
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	7

Shell-specific differentiation: how geometric morphometrics can add to knowledge of Macominae species (Tellinidae, Bivalvia)	7
Diversity of estuarine and marine hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from subtropical ecosystems of Brazil	7
Unexpected high abundance of aragonite-forming Nanipora (Octocorallia: Helioporacea) at an acidified volcanic reef in southern Japan	7
A new species of Congrid eel, Ariosoma melanospilos sp. nov., from Indian waters with taxonomic description of A. dolichopterum (Congridae: Bathymyrinae)	7
Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from European and adjacent waters with a key to identification and description of a new species	7
Reef fish fauna in the coastal waters of Vietnam	7
Evidence of extensive genetic connectivity and recent demographic expansion of the queen mackerel Scomberomorus plurilineatus in Tanzanian coastal waters	6
Patterns of morphological development in Scyphozoa ephyrae (Cnidaria, Medusozoa)	6
A new deep-sea hot vent stalked barnacle from the Mariana Trough with notes on the feeding ecology of Vulcanolepas	6
Survey of bathyal incirrate octopods in the western North Atlantic	6
Flapjack devilfish in the northern North Atlantic: morphology, biology and ecology of Opisthoteuthis borealis (Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Cirrata)	6
Field observations on the behavioural ecology of the stout bobtail squid Rossia macrosoma (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) from Scottish waters	6
Description of the sea pen Calibelemnon hinoenma sp. nov. from shallow waters in southern Japan	6
Hitchhiking northwards: on the presence of the invasive skeleton shrimp Caprella scaura in the UK	6
Benthic megafaunal biodiversity of the Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone: spatial variation, potential drivers, and conservation status	6
Unusual high coral cover in a Southwestern Atlantic subtropical reef	6
Pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora diversity patterns and trends in Macaronesia insular systems (NE Atlantic)	6
Light, shade and predation: who wins and who loses in sessile fouling communities?	6
Scytalium herklotsi sp. nov. (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Pennatulacea), the first Atlantic species in the genus Scytalium Herklots, 1858	6
Deeper in the blues: DNA barcoding of fishes from Pakistani coast of the Arabian Sea reveals overlooked genetic diversity	6
Using the Capitella complex to investigate the effects of sympatric cryptic species distinction on ecological and monitoring studies in coastal areas	5
An exceptional occurrence of deep-sea sponges in the region of former Larsen Ice Shelves, Antarctic Peninsula, with the description of two new species	5
Thrissina katana sp. nov., a new thryssa from the western Pacific Ocean, and redescription of Thrissina hamiltonii (Gray, 1835) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)	5
Updating the current knowledge on the relationships between Haplosyllis chamaeleon Laubier, 1960 (Annelida, Syllidae) and Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) (Cnidaria, Plexauridae) in the Mediterranean	5
Trophic niche segregation between the sympatric tunas Thunnus alalunga and Katsuwonus pelamis in the Gulf of Cadiz (East Atlantic)	5
Molecular and morphological systematics of the crinoid-parasitic snail genus Goodingia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Eulimidae) with new insights into intrafamilial phylogenetic relationships	5
The critically endangered bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) in the open ocean with an associated tuna school	5
Description of a new marine predatory nematode Latronema dyngi sp. nov. (Nematoda, Chromadorida, Selachinematidae) from the west coast of Sweden and an updated phylogeny of Chromadoria	5
Phylogeography and shell morphology of the pelagic snail Limacina helicina in the Okhotsk Sea and western North Pacific	5
Diversity, distribution, and natural history of the marine snakes of Sri Lanka	5
What is for dessert? Crown-of-thorns starfish feeds on non-scleractinian anthozoans at Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratlys, South China 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
Diversity of fishes collected with light traps in the oldest marine protected area in Vietnam revealed by DNA barcoding	5
A new genus and species of Loricifera (Nanaloricida: Pliciloricidae) from the deep waters of Japan	5
Scleractinian diversity in the upper mesophotic zone of Ludao (Taiwan): a museum collection with new records from Taiwanese waters	5
Morphology and reproductive biology of a new hermaphroditic Rhynchospio (Annelida: Spionidae) species brooding larvae on the parent’s dorsum	5
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields	5
Genetic structure and diversity of the mustard hill coral Porites astreoides along the Florida Keys reef tract	5
The molluscan assemblage of a pristine Posidonia oceanica meadow in the eastern Mediterranean	4
Mock samples resolve biases in diversity estimates and quantitative interpretation of zooplankton metabarcoding data	4
Occurrence of the bryozoan Amathia alternata Lamouroux, 1816 in the SW Atlantic: a new invasive species with potential impact on human livelihoods	4
Biogeographic patterns in sea pens (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)	4
A new deep-sea fish leech of the bipolar genus Pterobdellina stat. rev. (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) parasitic on the Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni (Perciformes: Nototheniidae)	4
The marine catfishes of the genus Bagre (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the Western Atlantic	4
Beak shape analysis and its potential to recognize three loliginid squid species found in the northeastern Pacific	4
Multivariate analysis of the spatial species diversity of demersal fish assemblages in relation to habitat characteristics in a subtropical national park, Taiwan	4
Noteworthy observations and records of rare bathyal gastropods from unusual habitats in Sagami Bay, Japan	4
Aggression of an orange-fin anemonefish to a blacktip reef shark: a potential example of fish mobbing?	4
Biodiversity of marine fungi in mangroves with reference to Muthupet mangroves, Tamil Nadu, east coast of India	4
Platyhelminth fauna of the Island of Sylt: a meta-analysis of distributional patterns and description of 19 new species	4

Taxonomic assessment of deep-sea decapod crustaceans collected from polymetallic nodule fields of the East Pacific Ocean using an integrative approach	4
Population decline of Gulf pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli) in a subtropical estuary: ecosystem changes and habitat loss	4
Occurrence of the azooxanthellate coral Phyllangia pequegnatae (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae) in the Colombian Caribbean Sea: hidden diversity or another invasive species?	4
Systematic review of Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Errantia: Nereididae) from southern Africa, including a preliminary molecular phylogeny of the genus	4
Bryozoans from Chella Bank (Seco de los Olivos), with the description of a new species and some new records for the Mediterranean Sea	4
Genetic variability and population structure of the Japanese sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka, 1867 revealed by microsatellites in Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan	4
Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparison of the deep-sea genus Alloptilella Li, Zhan & Xu, 2021 (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea)	4
Gelatinous zooplankton of the Marshall Islands, Central Tropical Pacific: an inventory	4
Temporal and spatial infection patterns of the rhizocephalan parasite Parasacculina leptodiae (Guérin-Ganivet, 1911) in the crab Leptodius exaratus along the shores of Kuwait	3
Thresholds and tipping points are tempting but not necessarily suitable concepts to address anthropogenic biodiversity change—an intervention	3
Exploring the Pocillopora cryptic diversity: a new genetic lineage in the Western Indian Ocean or remnants from an ancient one?	3
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	3
Variation in epibiont communities among restocked giant clam species (Cardiidae: Tridacninae) and across different habitat types	3
How can environmental variables affect the sexual reproduction of a tropical symbiotic sponge?	3
Protocooperation in Tubastraea cf. micranthus to catch large planktonic prey	3
Brooding comatulids from the southwestern Atlantic, Argentina (Echinodermata: Crinoidea)	3
The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services	3
Decades of biomass loss in the shallow rocky subtidal vegetation of the south-eastern Bay of Biscay	3
Extreme secondary sexual dimorphism in the genus Florarctus (Heterotardigrada: Halechiniscidae)	3
Association between the parasitic larvae of the sea-anemone Peachia sp. (Cnidaria: Haloclavidae) and hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the temperate Southwestern Atlantic Ocean	3
Haplotype networks of Phycocalidia tanegashimensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) indicate a probable invasion from the South China Sea to Brazil	3
A molecular systematic survey of the Iranian Persian Gulf octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)	3
Future climate conditions alter biomass of salt marsh plants in the Wadden Sea	3
A new cave-dwelling genus and species of Nerillidae (Annelida) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan	3
Population genetic research on the Spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), reveals the presence of two significantly differentiated clades along the Indian coast	3
Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) in NE Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea): distribution and growth patterns	3
The second rhizocephalan species, Lernaeodiscus kasyanovi sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Peltogastridae), parasitizing the porcellanid crab Pachycheles stevensii Stimpson, 1858 (Decapoda: Anomura	3
Who are you? The “anemone shrimp” Periclimenes rathbunae perched on the stony coral Mussa angulosa	3
Occurrence of the supposedly endemic Australian azooxanthellate coral Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955 in the eastern Arabian Sea	3
Fish communities reveal the ecological quality of a small, temporarily closed tropical estuary in response to natural and anthropogenic interventions	3
Estuarine fish diversity as indicator of natural environmental gradients	3
Expanding coral reproductive knowledge using remotely operated vehicles (ROV): broadcast-spawning observations of mesophotic corals at the Flower Garden Banks	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
Extremely rapid withdrawal behaviour of the sea pen Protoptilum cf. carpenteri in the deep Mediterranean	3
Phylogeography of Patelloida pygmaea along the China coast	3
Morphology and reproductive biology of a new Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) species from the Arabian Gulf	3
Digging deep: lessons learned from meiofaunal responses to a disturbance experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone	3