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  1. The eggs of Polka-dot ribbonfish Desmodema polystictum have been recorded for the first time in the Indian Ocean. Although the only previous information on eggs from this species consists of line drawings from 19...

    Authors: M. I. G. Rathnasuriya, A. Mateos-Rivera, A. G. G. C. Bandara, R. Skern-Mauritzen, R. P. P. K. Jayasinghe, J. O. Krakstad and P. Dalpadado

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:22

    Content type: Marine Record

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  2. The marine area of Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) contains a 43,000 ha formal marine protected area, a 732 ha special management zone in Bahía Santa Elena, and 150 km of wild protected coastline. In an ...

    Authors: Rita Vargas-Castillo and Jorge Cortés

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:21

    Content type: Marine Record

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  3. One specimen of the ragged-tooth shark, Odontaspis ferox, was caught by a commercial shark fishery to the north of Cape Codera (10° 56′ N, 66° 02′ W), northeastern Venezuela. The specimen (sex unidentified, ~ 180...

    Authors: Rafael Tavares, Leonardo Sanchez and Jose Manuel Briceño

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:20

    Content type: Marine Record

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  5. The first record of the porcellanid crab, Polyonyx loimicola Sankolli, 1965, from Ain-Sokhna, Suez Gulf, Egypt, the Red Sea, is provided far away from its known localities in India and Pakistan. The present speci...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Amer, Tohru Naruse and Masayuki Osawa

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:18

    Content type: Marine Record

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  6. Recent taxonomic revisions of zooxanthellate scleractinian coral taxa have inevitably resulted in confusion regarding the geographic ranges of even the most well-studied species. For example, the recorded dist...

    Authors: Chin Soon Lionel Ng, Sudhanshi Sanjeev Jain, Nhung Thi Hong Nguyen, Shu Qin Sam, Yuichi Preslie Kikuzawa, Loke Ming Chou and Danwei Huang

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:17

    Content type: Research

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  7. The marine benthic dinoflagellate genus Gambierdiscus currently contains ~ 16 species that can be highly morphologically similar to one another, and therefore molecular genetic characterization is necessary to co...

    Authors: Mona Hoppenrath, A. Liza Kretzschmar, Manfred J. Kaufmann and Shauna A. Murray

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:16

    Content type: Marine Record

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  8. Climatic changes and human activities have worked to pave the way for alien species to invade new areas far from their native habitats. Belonidae species (Needlefishes), spread into wide water bodies, and some ex...

    Authors: Firas Alshawy, Amir Ibrahim, Chirine Hussein and Murhaf Lahlah

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:15

    Content type: Marine Record

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  9. Research into the movement ecology of terrestrial and marine animals is growing globally, especially for threatened species. Understanding how far an animal can move and the extent of its range can inform cons...

    Authors: Asia O. Armstrong, Amelia J. Armstrong, Michael B. Bennett, Anthony J. Richardson, Kathy A. Townsend and Christine L. Dudgeon

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:14

    Content type: Marine Record

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  10. Ongoing global ocean warming and a recent increase in the frequency and duration of marine heatwaves have demonstrably impacted marine ecosystems. Growing evidence points to both short- and long-term biologica...

    Authors: Steve I. Lonhart, Rikke Jeppesen, Rodrigo Beas-Luna, Jeffrey A. Crooks and Julio Lorda

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:13

    Content type: Research

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  11. Here we report on the sudden seasonal occurrence of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae within the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK over the winter months of 2017 and 2018. Sightings and photographs collected by c...

    Authors: Katie E. O’Neil, Emily G. Cunningham and Daniel M. Moore

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:12

    Content type: Marine Record

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  12. The puffer fish species (Tetraodontidae) inhabit tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world, and some species exist in many parts of the Mediterranean Sea. In the Syrian marine waters (eastern Me...

    Authors: Firas Alshawy, Amir Ibrahim, Chirine Hussein and Murhaf Lahlah

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:11

    Content type: Marine Record

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  13. Lamellibrachia columna Southward was originally described from hydrothermal vents of the Lau Basin, between Fiji and Tonga. This study utilizes phylogenetic and morphological analyses to confirm the collection of...

    Authors: Marina F. McCowin, Ashley A. Rowden and Greg W. Rouse

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:10

    Content type: Marine Record

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  14. During a biodiversity survey of Béal an Mhuirthead, Co. Mayo, a small population of Laminaria ochroleuca Bachelot de Pylaie was discovered in a semi-protected cove on the northwest part of the headland among a mi...

    Authors: Kathryn M. Schoenrock, Tony O’Callaghan, Rory O’Callaghan and Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:9

    Content type: Research

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  15. In recent years, the cryptogenic and often highly toxic hydrozoan Gonionemus sp. has appeared in new locations around the globe and has become increasingly abundant in the Northwest Atlantic where it is now assoc...

    Authors: Mary R. Carman, David W. Grunden, Emily Reddington and Annette F. Govindarajan

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:8

    Content type: Research

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  16. An investigation of the distribution and habitat utilization of spionid polychaetes in Tokyo Bay revealed eight shell-boring and 18 non-boring (interstitial, epifaunal, and infaunal) species, of these 11 speci...

    Authors: Hirokazu Abe, Toshimitsu Takeuchi, Masanori Taru, Waka Sato-Okoshi and Kenji Okoshi

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:7

    Content type: Research

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  17. Here we describe the first underwater sighting of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi). Two individuals were observed together on video footage obtained via mid-water stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Vid...

    Authors: Christopher D. H. Thompson, Phil J. Bouchet and Jessica J. Meeuwig

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:6

    Content type: Marine Record

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  18. An opportunistic sighting of a reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) along the northeastern corner of Cocos Island, Costa Rica, represents the first sighting of this species nearly 6000 km from the nearest confirmed si...

    Authors: Randall Arauz, Elpis J. Chávez, E. Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla and Andrea D. Marshall

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:3

    Content type: Marine Record

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  19. This paper reports the first records of the dwarf surf clam Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) outside its native area, which is the western Atlantic Ocean, ranging from the Gulf of St Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico. ...

    Authors: J. A. Craeymeersch, M. A. Faasse, H. Gheerardyn, K. Troost, R. Nijland, A. Engelberts, K. J. Perdon, D. van den Ende and J. van Zwol

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:5

    Content type: Marine Record

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  20. Diatoms in genus Licmophora are found as epiphytes on marine shores and are members of fouling communities. They can be abundant on natural coral reef substrates such as filamentous algae and as fringes on Halime...

    Authors: Ella M. S. Macatugal, Bernadette G. Tharngan and Christopher S. Lobban

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:4

    Content type: Research

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  21. At-sea sightings of blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus, in Brazil are rare. A mother-calf pair was observed in deep (2645 m) waters off southeastern Brazil (22°11′S 038°58′W); during a seismic survey in July 2014...

    Authors: Alessandra Rocha, Camila Marchetto, Luiza Pacheco and Eduardo Resende Secchi

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:2

    Content type: Marine Record

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  22. Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is listed under the Annex II of the European Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/CEE) and Member States are required to designate special areas of conservation to protect thei...

    Authors: Ágatha Gil, Ana M. Correia and Isabel Sousa-Pinto

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2019 12:1

    Content type: Marine Record

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  24. The Great Australian Bight (GAB) comprises the majority of Australia’s southern coastline, but to date its deep water fauna has remained almost unknown. Recent issuing of oil and gas leases in the region has h...

    Authors: H. MacIntosh, F. Althaus, A. Williams, J. E. Tanner, P. Alderslade, S. T. Ahyong, N. Bax, F. Criscione, A. L. Crowther, C. A. Farrelly, J. K. Finn, L. Goudie, K. Gowlett-Holmes, A. M. Hosie, E. Kupriyanova, C. Mah…

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:23

    Content type: Research

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  25. Although common minke whales occur in relatively high numbers in the North Atlantic, relatively little is known about their seasonal movements or the location of their breeding and calving grounds. This lack o...

    Authors: A S Kavanagh, G Kett, N Richardson, E Rogan and M J Jessopp

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:22

    Content type: Marine Record

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  26. In September 2015, an at the time undescribed, autotrophic taxon was discovered in the western English Channel (station L4) and also in the eastern English Channel and Celtic Sea during the Polarstern Cruise P...

    Authors: Alexandra C. Kraberg, Claire E. Widdicombe, Rachel Beckett, Johannes Rick, Paul Rooks and René van Wezel

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:21

    Content type: Marine Record

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  27. Two sightings are reported of Sowerby’s beaked whales with calves off western Ireland. Despite individuals of the species being occasionally stranded in the UK and Ireland, these are the first at-sea sightings...

    Authors: Simon Berrow, Rossa Meade, Michael Marrinan, Enda McKeogh and Joanne O’Brien

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:20

    Content type: Marine Record

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  29. The status of the dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) around the Falkland Islands (south-west Atlantic) has been long debated, since most records published to date lack supporting information. There is also c...

    Authors: Caroline R. Weir and Andy Black

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:18

    Content type: Marine Record

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  30. This study reports observations of basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) sighted during an offshore geophysical survey conducted in July and August 2013, west of Shetland, UK. During the 38-day survey, trained and ...

    Authors: Emma Hayes, Brendan J. Godley, Maja Nimak-Wood and Matthew J. Witt

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:17

    Content type: Marine Record

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  31. This paper reports the first record of the Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) from the Syrian coast. The specimen was caught by trap at depth of 15 m on 18 February 2018. The fish measured 272 ...

    Authors: Adib Saad, Hasan Alkusairy and Waad Sabour

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:16

    Content type: Marine Record

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  33. We report records of humpback dolphins at the Montebello Islands (20°26’S, 115°33′E) approximately 80 km from the mainland coast of Western Australia. This island group is a marine protected area (MPA), with a...

    Authors: Holly C. Raudino, Tim N. Hunt and Kelly A. Waples

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:14

    Content type: Marine Record

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  34. Extralimital observations of pinnipeds are important to understand the effects of changing climates on our oceans and the distribution of these species. The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is a known va...

    Authors: Diego Páez-Rosas, Marjorie Riofrío-Lazo, Jorge Ortega, Juan de Dios Morales, Raúl Carvajal and Juan José Alava

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:13

    Content type: Marine Record

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  36. Lissocarcinus polybioides Adams & White, 1849 is a species of swimming crab from the Portunidae family that is known to occur in sub-tidal waters at depths of 2-100 m on muddy/sandy substrate with shells. There i...

    Authors: Fadi Yaghmour and Brendan Whittington-Jones

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:11

    Content type: Marine Record

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  37. Following publication of the original article (Kosaki and Hartl 2018), the authors reported an error in the caption of Fig. 2. The caption contains the reference “Schultz, 1043”, which should be “Schultz, 1943...

    Authors: Randall K. Kosaki and Julia M. Hartl

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:10

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:7

  38. The trematode Phyllodistomum thunni is recorded here for the first time in the marine fish Macrodon ancylodon (Perciformes, Sciaenidae), king weakfish, from the Brazilian coast, South Atlantic. The fish were caug...

    Authors: Gislaine Guidelli, Washington Luiz Gomes Tavechio and Beatriz Pimentel Ferreira

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:9

    Content type: Marine Record

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  41. The coral reef fishes of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), encompassed by the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM), are known for high levels of endemism, as well as for strong affinities to t...

    Authors: Randall K. Kosaki and Julia M. Hartl

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:7

    Content type: Marine Record

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:10

  44. Acanthurus guttatus is distributed from the Maldives to the Hawaiian Archipelago and the Pitcairn Islands, and as north as Ryukyu Islands and as south as New Caledonia. The only known locality in the Eastern Trop...

    Authors: Marta Cambra, Roberto Cubero, Isaac Chinchilla and Juan Carlos Azofeifa-Solano

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:4

    Content type: Marine Record

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  45. Bunaken National Park (BNP) is one of the most famous marine national parks in Indonesia with an extraordinary diversity in marine life forms. However, this diversity is threatened by an increasing population ...

    Authors: Fontje Kaligis, Jan-Hendrik Eisenbarth, Dorothee Schillo, Jobel Dialao, Till F. Schäberle, Nils Böhringer, Robert Bara, Sven Reumschüssel, Gabriele M. König and Heike Wägele

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:2

    Content type: Research

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  46. Arcotheres purpureus, a species of pea crab has been reported from the Red Sea, Maldives and Andaman Sea with no description of the male. According to existing literature the single host for this species is Ostre...

    Authors: Biswaprajna Mohanty, Dipti Raut, Malay Kanti Dev Roy, Akkur V. Raman, Lipika Patnaik, Aswini Nayak, Sonali Sanghamitra Rout and Bhagyashree Dash

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2018 11:1

    Content type: Marine Record

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  47. Finding of a single female specimen of the African mangrove crab Perisesarma alberti Rathbun, Bull Am Mus Nat Hist 43: 379–474, 1921, in the intertidal zone of the eastern part of the Bay of Seine, English Channe...

    Authors: Jean-Philippe Pezy, Adnan Shahdadi, Alexandrine Baffreau, Cedric d’Udekem d’Acoz, Christoph D. Schubart and Jean-Claude Dauvin

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2017 10:33

    Content type: Marine Record

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  48. The Bay of Bengal coast, Bangladesh is a hotspot of fisheries abundance and diversity. A new species of Carangid family Alepes kleinii is recorded and described for the first time in the coastal waters of Banglad...

    Authors: Muhammad A. B. Siddik, Md Abu Hanif, Ashfaqun Nahar, Md Reaz Chaklader and Rowan Kleindienst

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2017 10:32

    Content type: Marine Record

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  49. In the original version of this article (Moreno & Gonzalez-Pestana, 2017), published on 9 November 2017, the first sentence of the ‘Conclusions’ contains an error: the species “M. alfredi” has been wrongfully men...

    Authors: Bernabé Moreno and Adriana Gonzalez-Pestana

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2017 10:31

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Marine Biodiversity Records 2017 10:27

  50. Late in the 1990s, the non-indigenous European green crab (Carcinus maenas) colonized the shorelines of eastern Prince Edward Island, in Atlantic Canada. Due to concerns of further spread into productive shellfis...

    Authors: Luke A. Poirier, Aaron P. Ramsay, Sophie St-Hilaire and Pedro A. Quijón

    Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2017 10:30

    Content type: Research

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