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 …

Many new marine parasite species are added every year. Still, in some places, mainly
tropical regions, marine parasites have been little studied. An exhaustive review of the …

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 …

Whale-associated barnacles are intriguing in terms of their planktonic food sources, mating
habits, and mechanisms of host attachment. We present observations of the whale …

Simple Summary Diatoms are microalgae known for their ecological importance. Among
them, just a few species are able to produce a blue pigment. We describe Haslea silbo sp …

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 …

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 loggerhead sea turtle is considered a keystone species with a major ecological role in
Mediterranean marine environment. As is the case with other wild reptiles, their outer …