Global warming is causing a more pronounced dip in marine species richness around the equator

C Chaudhary, AJ Richardson… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The latitudinal gradient in species richness, with more species in the tropics and richness
declining with latitude, is widely known and has been assumed to be stable over recent …

On the diversity of Phyllodocida (Annelida: Errantia), with a focus on Glyceridae, Goniadidae, Nephtyidae, Polynoidae, Sphaerodoridae, Syllidae, and the …

D Martin, MT Aguado, MA Fernandez Alamo… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Phyllodocida is a clade of errantiate annelids characterized by having ventral sensory palps,
anterior enlarged cirri, axial muscular proboscis, compound chaetae (if present) with a …

Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids

L Victorero, S Samadi, TD O'Hara, M Mouchet… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Delineating biogeographical regions can provide important insights into the processes
shaping large‐scale species distribution patterns. Here we aimed to 1) identify global …

Shallow coverage in shallow waters: the incompleteness of intertidal species inventories in biodiversity database records

J Thyrring, LS Peck, MK Sejr, JM Węsławski… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The availability of online biodiversity data has increased in recent decades, aiding our
understanding of diversity patterns and species richness–environment relationships across …

Historical review and contribution to the knowledge of Amythas membranifera (Ampharetidae): an integrative perspective of an Antarctic polychaete

O Carrerette, MAV Petti, DU Kim, S Bromberg… - Polar Biology, 2023 - Springer
Amythas membranifera was originally described through a single and incomplete specimen
found in Commonwealth Bay, Adélie Land, Antarctica, at~ 600 m depth. The species occurs …

High polychaete diversity in the Gulf of Guinea (West African continental margin): The influence of local and intermediate scale ecological factors on a background of …

R Sobczyk, B Serigstad, K Pabis - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tropical East Atlantic is one of the least studied areas in the world's oceans,
and thus a blank spot on the map of marine studies. Shaped by dynamic currents and …

Evolutionary drivers of the hump-shaped latitudinal gradient of benthic polychaete species richness along the Southeastern Pacific coast

RA Moreno, FA Labra, DD Cotoras, PA Camus… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Latitudinal diversity gradients (LDG) and their explanatory factors are among the most
challenging topics in macroecology and biogeography. Despite of its apparent generality, a …

Latitudinal biodiversity gradients of rocky intertidal assemblages: Spatial scales and complex associations with environmental factors

H Hadiyanto, J Prince, RK Hovey - Marine Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Latitudinal biodiversity gradients vary across taxonomic groups and spatial scales, and
various environmental factors have been associated with those patterns. However, it …

Distribution and species richness of benthic Polychaeta and Sipuncula in the Northwestern Pacific

K Kohlenbach, H Knauber, A Brandt, H Saeedi - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polychaeta and Sipuncula are abundant inhabitants of benthic marine habitats and have
been increasingly sampled in the Northwest Pacific (NWP). However, polychaete and …

Sampling Simulation in a Virtual Ocean Reveals Strong Sampling Effect in Marine Diversity Patterns

A Menegotto, DP Tittensor, RK Colwell… - Global Ecology and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Undersampling and other sources of sampling bias pose significant issues in marine
macroecology, particularly when shaping conservation and management decisions. Yet …