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Francesco Mastrototaro
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Open Access2bRAD reveals fine-scale genetic structuring among populations within the Mediterranean zoanthid Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862)
The zoanthid Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862) is a widespread coral species in the Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages where two morphotypes are found: Slender and Stocky, differing in size, color, and ...
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Against the flow: Integrated taxonomy and environmental suitability of a cold-water species dispersing to warmer waters
The number of species dispersing to higher and/or lower latitudes, in association with temperature warming, is growing exponentially with only a few described opposite cases of dispersal to warmer regions. Her...
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Open AccessHabitat Suitability Models of a Critically Endangered Cold-water Coral, Isidella Elongata, in the Mallorca Channel
The bamboo coral Isidella elongata is often associated with a diverse community, including commercial fish species, playing an important role in the deep-sea Mediterranean as a biodiversity hotspot. There has bee...
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Open AccessEffects of global warming on Mediterranean coral forests
The effects of global warming have been addressed on coral reefs in tropical areas, while it is still unclear how coral forests are reacting, particularly at temperate latitudes. Here we show how mesophotic co...
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Open AccessAn elongated COI fragment to discriminate botryllid species and as an improved ascidian DNA barcode
Botryllids are colonial ascidians widely studied for their potential invasiveness and as model organisms, however the morphological description and discrimination of these species is very problematic, leading ...
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Open AccessA mesophotic black coral forest in the Adriatic Sea
A forest of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata was found from 52 to 80 m depth in three different sites at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA; Mediterranean Sea), with two of them hosting a monospeci...
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Open AccessNovel budding mode in Polyandrocarpa zorritensis: a model for comparative studies on asexual development and whole body regeneration
In tunicates, the capacity to build an adult body via non-embryonic development (NED), i.e., asexual budding and whole body regeneration, has been gained or lost several times across the whole subphylum. A rec...
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Know the distribution to assess the changes: Mediterranean cold-water coral bioconstructions
Cold-water corals (CWCs) are the main engineers of extensive deep coral frameworks hosting a lush diversity of species in certain areas of the world, including the Mediterranean Sea. In this basin, the most im...
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Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: biodiversity research, monitoring and promotion at MARE Outpost (Apulia, Italy)
The project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase” aims to research and promote coastal and marine biodiversity at the MARE Outpost (Avamposto MARE), a marine station established in Tricase (Lecce, Italy) in 2015. From M...
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Erratum to: Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview
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Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview
We present a contribution to the knowledge of marine and brackish water alien species (infraspecific taxa included) recorded along the Italian coasts. The Italian Peninsula, with over 7,000 km of coastline, is...
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First geo-marine survey of living cold-water Lophelia reefs in the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean basin)
Prosperous deep coral mounds including living colonies of Lophelia pertusa together with Madrepora oculata and Desmophyllum dianthus (= D. cristagalli) have been discovered in 2000, by fishery operations on the e...
