“…It was not until the 21st century that more extensive worldwide surveys were made of benthic monothalamids, in marine settings covering intertidal zones down to abyssal depths of 4000 m. As well as providing descriptions of novel species and genera many of these studies have also included molecular phylogenetic data that have provided important information on the evolutionary history of monothalamid foraminifera. Examples of where the more recent surveys have been conducted include the Adriatic Sea (Sabbatini et al ., 2010, 2012, 2013), Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (Gooday et al ., 1996; Pawlowski et al ., 2002 a ; Majewski, 2005; Pawlowski et al ., 2005, 2008; Majewski et al ., 2007; Sinniger et al ., 2008; Cedhagen et al ., 2009; Pawlowski & Majewski, 2011), Black Sea (Gooday et al ., 2006, 2010; Anikeeva et al ., 2013; Anikeeva & Gooday, 2016), Eastern Pacific coast of the USA (Bernhard et al ., 2006), Hamble Estuary, England (Larkin & Gooday, 2004), coast of Iceland (Voltski & Pawlowski, 2015), North-east Atlantic (Gooday, 1986, 2002; Morigi et al ., 2012), Svalbard fjords (Gooday et al ., 2005; Majewski et al ., 2005; Sabbatini et al ., 2007), Beagle Channel, South America (Gschwend et al ., 2016) and the Western Atlantic coast of the USA (Habura et al ., 2008; Altin et al ., 2009; Goldstein et al ., 2010; Altin-Ballero et al ., 2013). Many new monothalamid lineages are currently also being discovered using environmental DNA (eDNA) for species which so far have no morphological counterparts (Habura et al ., 2004, 2008; Pawlowski et al ., 2011, 2014).…”