Foraminifera are a primarily marine taxon widespread in all oceanic habitats, from shallow,
brackish-water settings to deep-seafloor and pelagic realms. Their diversity is remarkable …

Scientific studies have demonstrated the usefulness of benthic foraminifera as bioindicators
to assess the health of marine, coastal, and transitional ecosystems. Similar to macrofauna …

DNA barcoding and metabarcoding is increasingly used to effectively and precisely assess
and monitor biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. As these methods rely on data availability …

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 …

Foraminifera, classified in the supergroup Rhizaria, are a common and highly diverse group
of mainly marine protists. Despite their evolutionary and ecological importance, only limited …

The salinity and humidity barriers divide biodiversity and strongly influence the distribution of
organisms. Crossing them opens the possibility for organisms to colonize new niches and …

Non-marine foraminifera are among the least known groups of protists and only a handful of
species have been described since the 19th century. We collected one naked and five …

The Mediterranean Sea comprises habitats such as Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows
that exhibit high associated biodiversity of sessile organisms. Recent pilot research …

Non-marine monothalamous foraminifera are common in freshwater and soil habitats. They
comprise a poorly-known group lacking sufficient information about diversity, morphology …

Monitoring community composition of Foraminifera (single‐celled marine protists) provides
valuable insights into environmental conditions in marine ecosystems. Despite the efficiency …