The Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science (WIOJMS) provides an avenue for the wide dissemination of high quality research generated in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. This journal issue covers an interesting array of articles such as: New observations on the crustacean fauna of Europa Island, Mozambique Channel (Crustacea, Decapoda), AFLP assisted DNA-Barcoding of mullets (Mugilidae) used in East African aquaculture, Diversity of symbiotic algae in the genus Symbiodinium in Scleractinian corals of Tanzania and many more articles