First record of foraging association between juveniles of endemic Brazilian snapper (Lutjanus alexandrei) and green moray at mangrove prop roots in the southwestern Atlantic A. AschenbrennerS. Marques Oceanarium 01 October 2016 Pages: 1275 - 1276
First sighting of a siphonophore of the genus Bathyphysa from the South Atlantic Daniel O. B. JonesPhilip R. Pugh Oceanarium 30 November 2016 Pages: 1279 - 1280
The first record of Drymonema dalmatinum from the northern Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean) Karen KienbergerLaura Prieto Oceanarium 13 December 2016 Pages: 1281 - 1282
Development and characterization of new polymorphic microsatellite markers in four sea anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea, and Stichodactyla mertensii Remy GatinsPablo Saenz-AgudeloMichael L. Berumen Original Paper 09 October 2016 Pages: 1283 - 1290
Mangrove floristics of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: critical review and current scenario P. RagavanP. M. MohanMani Saxena Original Paper 17 October 2016 Pages: 1291 - 1311
Edwardsia migottoi sp. nov., the first sea anemone species of Edwardsia de Quatrefages 1842 (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic Luciana C. GusmãoRafael A. BrandãoMarymegan Daly Original Paper 04 October 2016 Pages: 1313 - 1323
Description of a new endoparasitic copepod genus and species (Lamippidae) that induces gall formation in leaves of the sea pen Ptilosarcus gurneyi (Octocorallia) from British Columbia Jason D. WilliamsBianca AnchaluisaNeil McDaniel Original Paper 14 November 2016 Pages: 1325 - 1335
Does the eelgrass meadow influence the macrobenthic community structure in Swan Lake, Northern China? Qinzeng XuBingjian LiuYi Zhou Original Paper 28 November 2016 Pages: 1337 - 1344
Non-indigenous bryozoan species from natural and artificial substrata of Mediterranean submarine caves Antonietta RossoEmanuela Di MartinoMaja Novosel Original Paper 24 November 2016 Pages: 1345 - 1355
Natural history museum data on Canadian Arctic marine benthos Virginie RoyJean-Marc Gagnon Original Paper 06 December 2016 Pages: 1357 - 1367
Finfish diversity and seasonal abundance in the largest arid mangrove forest of the Indus Delta, Northern Arabian Sea Shabir Ali AmirPirzada Jamal A. SiddiquiRafaqat Masroor Original Paper 01 December 2016 Pages: 1369 - 1380
On the occurrence of Coronaster briareus (Echinodermata, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae) in the Mediterranean Sea Julian EvansLeyla KnittweisPatrick J. Schembri Original Paper 10 December 2016 Pages: 1381 - 1390
Extraordinary numbers of giant squid, Architeuthis dux, encountered in Japanese coastal waters of the Sea of Japan from January 2014 to March 2015 Tsunemi KuboderaToshifumi WadaAkiko Yatabe Original Paper Open access 24 December 2016 Pages: 1391 - 1400
Structural and environmental effects on an assemblage of echinoderms associated with a coral community Rosa Carmen Sotelo-CasasAmílcar Leví Cupul-MagañaAlma Paola Rodríguez-Troncoso Original Paper 21 December 2016 Pages: 1401 - 1411
Description of Arcturinella deltensis sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Arcturidae) from the Ebro Delta (Western Mediterranean Sea), with remarks on the status of the genus Arcturinella Poisson & Maury, 1931 José CastellóCarolina MolinaAnna Soler-Membrives Original Paper 24 December 2016 Pages: 1413 - 1420
Higher taxa as surrogates for species richness in intertidal habitats of Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf Fatemeh Amini-YektaSahar IzadiMohammad-Reza Shokri Original Paper 04 January 2017 Pages: 1421 - 1428
New record of the stalked crinoid Saracrinus angulatus (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Isocrinida) from Andaman Sea, Northern Indian Ocean Khader ChippyN. SaravananeV. N. Sanjeevan Original Paper 23 December 2016 Pages: 1429 - 1437
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Chiapas, Mexico A. F. González-AcostaR. Rodiles-HernándezA. A. González-Díaz Original Paper 26 January 2017 Pages: 1439 - 1454
The jellyfish Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827): not such a rare species after all Karen KienbergerLaura Prieto Original Paper 24 January 2017 Pages: 1455 - 1462
Malacostegine bryozoans (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) from Bahia State, northeast Brazil: taxonomy and non-indigenous species Ana C. S. AlmeidaFacelucia B. C. SouzaLeandro M. Vieira Original Paper 29 January 2017 Pages: 1463 - 1488
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the marine gregarine parasite Selenidium oshoroense n. sp. (Gregarina, Apicomplexa) isolated from a Northwest Pacific Hydroides ezoensis Okuda 1934 (Serpulidae, Polychaeta) Kevin C. WakemanTakeo Horiguchi Original Paper 01 February 2017 Pages: 1489 - 1498
Remarks on Philine striatula Monterosato, 1874 ex Jeffreys ms., with a survey on Philinidae J.E. Gray, 1850 (1815) sensu lato (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) recently ascribed to the Mediterranean fauna Fabio CrocettaLionello Paolo Tringali Original Paper 23 February 2017 Pages: 1499 - 1510
Range extension of a bathypelagic squid, Bathyteuthis bacidifera (Cephalopoda: Bathyteuthidae), to the south Arabian Sea with special reference to its age and growth pattern K. K. SajikumarA. I. ArkhipkinKolliyil S. Mohamed Original Article 27 February 2017 Pages: 1511 - 1518
Two new species of Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) and redescription of Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900), from Socotra Archipelago (Yemen, Indian Ocean) Yolanda Lucas RodríguezGuillermo San MartínDieter Fiege Original Paper 25 February 2017 Pages: 1519 - 1527
First record of the genus Vetulina Schmidt, 1879 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Sphaerocladina) from the Indian Ocean with the description of two new species: biogeographic and evolutionary significance Andrzej PiseraMagdalena ŁukowiakAstrid Schuster Original Paper Open access 01 March 2017 Pages: 1529 - 1539
Diel and seasonal variation in heterobranch sea slug assemblages within an embayment in temperate eastern Australia Meryl F. LarkinStephen D. A. SmithTom R. Davis Original Paper 20 April 2017 Pages: 1541 - 1550
Resolving the ambiguities in the identification of two smooth-hound sharks (Mustelus mustelus and Mustelus punctulatus) using genetics and morphology I. A. M. MarinoL. FinottoC. Mazzoldi Original Paper 21 April 2017 Pages: 1551 - 1562
A new species of Pseudobranchiomma (Sabellidae, Polychaeta) from the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) Melih Ertan ÇinarAdriana Giangrande Original Paper 30 May 2017 Pages: 1563 - 1569
First record of nudibranch mollusk Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in the Sea of Japan and its ephemeral population associated with unusual prey Anton ChichvarkhinOlga ChichvarkhinaKarina Chalenko Short Communication 09 October 2016 Pages: 1571 - 1578
Southernmost records of two Seriola species in an Australian ocean-warming hotspot Jemina Stuart-SmithGretta PeclWilliam F. Smith-Vaniz Short Communication 01 October 2016 Pages: 1579 - 1582
Acricoactis brachyacontis sp. nov. from Adak Island, Alaska, represents a new genus and family of metridioidean sea anemone (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Actiniaria) Paul Larson Short Communication 04 October 2016 Pages: 1583 - 1590
Brachiopods from Canopus Bank (Southwestern Atlantic, Brazil) Rodrigo Cesar Marques Short Communication 13 October 2016 Pages: 1591 - 1594
Occurrence of Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856 (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata) from the Brazilian coast Jéssica PrataCynthia Lara De Castro MansoMartin Lindsey Christoffersen Short Communication 07 October 2016 Pages: 1595 - 1599
First record of Lillipathes ritamariae Opresko and Breedy, 2010 (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean Juan Francisco ArayaJuan Antonio AliagaMarta Esther Araya Short Communication 15 October 2016 Pages: 1601 - 1605
First southeastern Atlantic record of the false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon (Carcharhiniformes: Pseudotriakidae) Paul J. ClerkinDavid A. Ebert Short Communication 22 October 2016 Pages: 1607 - 1609
New distribution records of the gall crab Opecarcinus cathyae van der Meij, 2014 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae) from the Red Sea, Maldives and Japan Sancia E. T. van der MeijFrancesca BenzoniTohru Naruse Short Communication Open access 12 November 2016 Pages: 1611 - 1613
The dire implications of releasing marine ornamental fishes into the wild: first reported case from the Red Sea Nir SternElad N. RachmilovitzAriel Diamant Short Communication 17 November 2016 Pages: 1615 - 1620
First record of the jawfish Opistognathus trimaculatus Hiramatsu and Endo 2013 (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Opistognathidae) from the East China Sea, with comments on its diagnosis Naohide NakayamaWataru HiramatsuHiromitsu Endo Short Communication 18 November 2016 Pages: 1621 - 1624
New records and range extension of three fish species in the Gulf of California A. F. González-AcostaM. I. Miranda-MarínG. Ruiz-Campos Short Communication 10 December 2016 Pages: 1625 - 1629
Mesophotic ecosystems: coral and fish assemblages in a tropical marginal reef (northeastern Brazil) Marcelo de Oliveira SoaresMarcus DavisPedro Bastos de Macêdo Carneiro Short Communication 01 December 2016 Pages: 1631 - 1636
On the presence of Distichoptilum gracile Verrill, 1882 (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea), in the southeastern Pacific Juan Francisco ArayaMarta Esther ArayaJuan Antonio Aliaga Short Communication 07 December 2016 Pages: 1637 - 1641
The soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of Mayotte Michael H. SchleyerYehuda Benayahu Short Communication 14 December 2016 Pages: 1643 - 1650
Northward range expansion of the invasive coral (Tubastraea tagusensis) in the southwestern Atlantic Marcelo de Oliveira SoaresMarcus DavisPedro Bastos de Macêdo Carneiro Short Communication 20 December 2016 Pages: 1651 - 1654
Semi-automated software for dorsal fin photographic identification of marine species: application to Carcharodon carcharias S. AndreottiP. HoltzhausenC. A. Matthee Short Communication 21 January 2017 Pages: 1655 - 1660
Polyp bail-out by the coral Astroides calycularis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae) Eduard SerranoRafel ComaOscar Serrano Short Communication 06 February 2017 Pages: 1661 - 1665
Description of the statolith shape of two sympatric ommastrephids in the Mexican Pacific obtained from geometric morphometrics as a tool for identification at the species level Mariana Díaz-Santana-IturríosCésar A. Salinas-ZavalaJasmín Granados-Amores Short Communication 08 February 2017 Pages: 1667 - 1671
First record of Acanthurus monroviae (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Acanthuridae) in southern Portugal, with notes on its recent distributional spread in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Paulo VasconcelosAndré N. CarvalhoMiguel B. Gaspar Short Communication 09 February 2017 Pages: 1673 - 1681
Development and characterization of novel microsatellite loci for the amphipod Cymadusa filosa Pedro A. S. PeresMarianne Azevedo-SilvaFosca P. P. Leite Short Communication 15 February 2017 Pages: 1683 - 1686
Rare giants? A large female great white shark caught in Brazilian waters Alberto Ferreira AmorimCarlos A. ArfelliNigel E. Hussey Short Communication 25 February 2017 Pages: 1687 - 1692
