Applications of fossil shells of planktonic foraminifera to decipher past environmental
change and plankton evolution require a robust operational taxonomy. In this respect, extant …

The nature and extent of diversity in the plankton has fascinated scientists for over a century.
Initially, the discovery of many new species in the remarkably uniform and unstructured …

Marine protists have traditionally been assumed to be lowly diverse and cosmopolitan. Yet,
several recent studies have shown that many protist species actually consist of cryptic …

High-throughput sequencing of a targeted genetic marker is being widely used to analyze
biodiversity across taxa and environments. Amid a multitude of exciting findings, scientists …

The biotic crisis following the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact resulted in a dramatic renewal
of pelagic biodiversity. Considering the severe and immediate effect of the asteroid impact …

The planktonic foraminifera genus Globigerinoides provides a prime example of a species-
rich genus in which genetic and morphological divergence are uncorrelated. To shed light …

Metabarcoding has become the workhorse of community ecology. Sequencing a
taxonomically informative DNA fragment from environmental samples gives fast access to …

Foraminifera are a species-rich phylum of rhizarian protists that are highly abundant in most
marine environments. Molecular methods such as metabarcoding have revealed a high, yet …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of marine sediments has revealed large
amounts of sequences assigned to planktonic taxa. How this planktonic eDNA is delivered …

Foraminifera are a species-rich phylum of rhizarian protists that are highly abundant in many
marine environments and play a major role in global carbon cycling. Species recognition in …