The diversity of tropical marine organisms has not been studied as intensively as the
terrestrial biota worldwide. Additionally, marine biodiversity research in the tropics lags …

Sea turtles are distributed in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide. They play several
ecological roles and are considered important indicators of the health of marine ecosystems …

The macro-epibiotic communities of sea turtles have been subject to growing interest in
recent years, yet their micro-epibiotic counterparts are almost entirely unknown. Here, we …

Until now only one group of diatoms, the Bacillariaceae, was known to contain heterotrophic
representatives. We show that a second group, represented by species in the genus …

Epizoic diatoms form an important part of micro-epibiota of marine vertebrates such as
whales and sea turtles. The present study explores and compares the diversity and …

Background and aims–We examine the possibility of the independent evolution of the same
features multiple times across the pennate diatom tree of life. Methods and key results …

Our understanding of the importance of microbiomes on large aquatic animals—such as
whales, sea turtles and manatees—has advanced considerably in recent years. The latest …

Three new species of Tursiocola are described from the skin of the West Indian manatee
bringing the total number of known species in the genus to seven. The range of …

The current study focuses on four species from the primarily marine diatom genus
Craspedostauros that were observed growing attached to numerous sea turtles and sea …

The diatom genus Proschkinia is a common element of biofilms covering diverse substrata
in saline inland or shallow coastal environments. It can be distinguished from other …