1. Appreciation to reviewers

   News 13 February 2023 Article: 21

2. New evidence to demystify the supposed holoplanktonic life cycle in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria)

   • Celine S. S. Lopes
   • Maximiliano M. Maronna
   • Sérgio N. Stampar

   Original Paper 31 January 2023 Article: 20

   

3. Taxonomic revision of the genus Nannomesochra Gurney, 1932 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) with description of three new species

   • Alp Alper
   • Süphan Karaytuğ
   • Serdar Sak

   Original Paper 31 January 2023 Article: 19

   

4. Biogeographic patterns in sea pens (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)

   • Francisco J. García-Cárdenas
   • Pablo J. López-González

   Original Paper Open access 31 January 2023 Article: 18

   

5. Platyhelminth fauna of the Island of Sylt: a meta-analysis of distributional patterns and description of 19 new species

   • Werner Armonies

   Original Paper Open access 31 January 2023 Article: 17

   

6. Population genetic research on the Spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), reveals the presence of two significantly differentiated clades along the Indian coast

   • Sandhya Sukumaran
   • Wilson Sebastian
   • A. Gopalakrishnan

   Short Communication 27 January 2023 Article: 16

   

7. Hawaiian flying squid Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the Arabian Sea: range extension, age, and growth

   • Kurichithara Kunjumony Sajikumar
   • Pappurajam Laxmilatha
   • Geetha Sasikumar

   Original Paper 27 January 2023 Article: 15

   

8. Maerl-associated macroalgae in the bay of Brest (Brittany, France)

   • Mathieu Helias
   • Thomas Burel

   Original Paper 26 January 2023 Article: 14

   

9. Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) in NE Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea): distribution and growth patterns

   • Martina Canessa
   • Giorgio Bavestrello
   • Egidio Trainito

   Original Paper Open access 25 January 2023 Article: 13

   

10. Comparisons of genetic population structures of copepods Pseudocalanus spp. in the Okhotsk Sea: the first record of P. acuspes in coastal waters off Japan

    • Junya Hirai
    • Seiji Katakura
    • Satoshi Nagai

    Original Paper 20 January 2023 Article: 12

    

11. Marine heatwaves lead to bleaching and mass mortality in a key zoantharian

    • Marcelo O. Soares
    • Emanuelle F. Rabelo
    • Anne L. Gurgel

    Short Communication Open access 20 January 2023 Article: 11

    

12. 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

    • Adriana Reyes-Gómez
    • Eduardo Ríos-Jara
    • Ofelia Vargas-Ponce

    Original Paper 19 January 2023 Article: 10

    

13. Evidence of extensive genetic connectivity and recent demographic expansion of the queen mackerel Scomberomorus plurilineatus in Tanzanian coastal waters

    • Cyrus Rumisha
    • Valeli J. Bugota
    • Cretus J. Mtonga

    Original Paper 17 January 2023 Article: 9

    

14. “Dreamer holothurians” in the north

    • Julia D. Sigwart
    • Akito Ogawa
    • Chong Chen

    Oceanarium Open access 16 January 2023 Article: 8

    

15. Contribution of integrative taxonomy of ichthyoplankton to knowledge on mesopelagic fish biodiversity in the Northeastern Mediterranean

    • Sinan Mavruk
    • Cihan Toslak
    • Ahsen Yüksek

    Original Paper 12 January 2023 Article: 7

    

16. Redescription of the Critically Endangered tentacled butterfly ray, Gymnura tentaculata (Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1841) (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae) from Iranian waters

    • Mohsen Rezaie-Atagholipour
    • Rima W. Jabado
    • David A. Ebert

    Original Paper 12 January 2023 Article: 6

    

17. Introduced species in a tidal ecosystem of mud and sand: curse or blessing?

    • Karsten Reise
    • Christian Buschbaum
    • K. Mathias Wegner

    Review Open access 10 January 2023 Article: 5

    

18. 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 rhabdopleurid species diversity

    • Dennis P. Gordon
    • Z. B. Randolph Quek
    • Lee Hsiang Liow

    Original Paper Open access 06 January 2023 Article: 4

    

19. The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services

    • Thorsten Balke
    • Alejandra G Vovides
    • Mark Huxham

    Perspectives Open access 05 January 2023 Article: 3

    

20. Mollusc shell detritus affects benthic subtidal community dynamics in the Northern Wadden Sea

    • Werner Armonies
    • Christian Buschbaum
    • Johannes Rick

    Original Paper Open access 05 January 2023 Article: 2

    

21. Competition in the deep sea: phylogeny determines destructive impact of wood-boring xylophagaids (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

    • Janet R. Voight
    • Philipp R. Heck
    • Kevin T. Du Clos

    Original Paper Open access 15 December 2022 Article: 1