SOSA’s publications cover research about various marine invertebrates, including their discovery, new insights, conservation and protection, and more. Check out the publications below for a list of all the research coming from SOSA authors and associated partners.
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Ampuero, A., Vončina, K., Parkinson, D. Y. & Sigwart, J. D. Aesthete Pattern Diversity in Chiton Clades (Mollusca: Polyplacophora): Balancing Sensory Structures and Strength in Valve Architecture. Journal of Morphology 285, e21784 (2024).
Casaubon, A. & Riehl, T. Shape matters: investigating the utility of geometric morphometric techniques in the deep-sea isopod family Macrostylidae (Isopoda: Asellota). Front. Mar. Sci. 11, 1380594 (2024).
Bright, M. et al. Animal life in the shallow subseafloor crust at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Nat Commun 15, 8466 (2024).
Sigwart, J. D. et al. Genome of the enigmatic watering-pot shell reveals adaptations of a living suction anchor. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.08.617303 (2024).
Ramirez-Llodra, E. et al. The emerging picture of a diverse deep Arctic Ocean seafloor: From habitats to ecosystems. Elem Sci Anth 12, 00140 (2024).
Fonfría, E. S. et al. Copula lucentia sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from Western Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Biodivers. 54, 68 (2024).
(Sosa), S. O. S. A. et al. Ocean Species Discoveries 1–12 — A primer for accelerating marine invertebrate taxonomy. BDJ 12, e128431 (2024).
Miguez‐Salas, O., Saeedi, H., Brandt, A. & Riehl, T. Seafloor bioturbation intensity on the deep sea: More complex than organic matter. Limnology & Oceanography 69, 1857–1869 (2024).
Miguez-Salas, O. et al. Marine lebensspuren: improving the classification of seafloor traces from underwater imagery and observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 11, 1371097 (2024).
Sigwart, J. D., Li, Y., Chen, Z., Voncina, K. & Sun, J. Still waters run deep: Large scale genome rearrangements in the evolution of morphologically conservative Polyplacophora. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.13.598811 (2024).
Tandberg, A. H. S. & Vader, W. Description of a new species of Stenula Barnard, 1962 (Amphipoda: Stenothoidae) from British Columbia, Canada associated with Bouillonia sp. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Tubulariidae), with a key to the world species of Stenula. Journal of Crustacean Biology 44, ruae036 (2024).
Albano, P. G. et al. New records of non-indigenous species from the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Crustacea, Mollusca), with a revision of genus Isognomon (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PeerJ 12, e17425 (2024).
Riehl, T., Schienbein, K. & Mifsud, C. A new species of Mexicope Hooker, 1985 (Crustacea, Isopoda) — the first record of Acanthaspidiidae Menzies, 1962 from the Mediterranean Sea. BDJ 12, e121508 (2024).
Steger, J. et al. Ecological baselines in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea shifted long before the availability of observational time series. Global Change Biology 30, e17272 (2024).
Miguez-Salas, O., Brandt, A., Knauber, H. & Riehl, T. Diversity and density relationships between lebensspuren and tracemaking organisms: a study case from abyssal northwest Pacific. Biogeosciences 21, 641–655 (2024).
Baeza, J. A., González, M. T., Sigwart, J. D., Greve, C. & Pirro, S. Insights into the genome of the ‘Loco’ Concholepas concholepas (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from low-coverage short-read sequencing: genome size, ploidy, transposable elements, nuclear RNA gene operon, mitochondrial genome, and phylogenetic placement in the family Muricidae. BMC Genomics 25, 77 (2024).
Sigwart, J. D., Jackson, P. N. W. & Parkes, M. A. A new chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Paleoloricata) from the Mississippian of Hook Head, Co. Wexford, Ireland. ijes 42, 119–124 (2024).
Vončina, K., Mikkelsen, N., Morrow, C., Ang, R. & Sigwart, J. Clarification of the taxonomic status of Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827) with new data for the North-East Atlantic Acanthochitona (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonidae). BDJ 11, e109554 (2023).
Liu, X., Sigwart, J. D. & Sun, J. Phylogenomic analyses shed light on the relationships of chiton superfamilies and shell-eye evolution. Mar Life Sci Technol 5, 525–537 (2023).
Miguez Salas, O. & Riehl, T. Still images from the KuramBio expedition 2012 (Stations 3-6, 8-11) obtained with the Ocean Floor Observation System. (Zenodo, 2023). doi:10.5281/ZENODO.10057538.
Miguez Salas, O. & Riehl, T. Lebensspuren and benthic fauna diversity and density data obtained from KuramBio 2012 expedition still images (50 still images per 8 deep-sea stations). (2023) doi:10.5281/ZENODO.10057636.
Sigwart, J. D., Chen, C., Tilic, E., Vences, M. & Riehl, T. Why is there no service to support taxonomy? BioEssays 2300070 (2023) doi:10.1002/bies.202300070
Miguez-Salas, O., Brandt, A., Knauber, H. & Riehl, T. Approaching the diversity and density dilemma of the lebensspuren-tracemaker tandem: a study case from abyssal Northwest Pacific. https://bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2023-81/ (2023) doi:10.5194/bg-2023-81.
Brandt, A., Chen, C., Tandberg, A. H. S., Miguez‐Salas, O. & Sigwart, J. D. Complex sublinear burrows in the deep sea may be constructed by amphipods. Ecology and Evolution 13, e9867 (2023).
Sigwart, J. D., Ogawa, A. & Chen, C. “Dreamer holothurians” in the north. Mar. Biodivers. 53, 8 (2023).
Knauber, H., Silberberg, J. R., Brandt, A. & Riehl, T. Evolution and biogeography of the Haploniscus belyaevi species complex (Isopoda: Haploniscidae) revealed by means of integrative taxonomy. Systematics and Biodiversity 20, 1–27 (2022).
Kaiser, Stefanie et al. Diving through the darkness; Species information is vital for effective marine conservation [Senckenberg Policy Brief – Appeal to Montreal]. (2022) doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7409029.
Thomas, E. A., Sigwart, J. D. & Helyar, S. J. New evidence for a cosmopolitan holothurian species at deep-sea reducing environments. Mar. Biodivers. 52, 63 (2022).
Kaiser, S. et al. Editorial: Recent and emerging innovations in deep-sea taxonomy to enhance biodiversity assessment and conservation. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 989245 (2022).