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A morphogenetic characterisation of a potentially dominant African marine species in Europe

scientific article published on 19 July 2024

A new sampling device for metabarcoding surveillance of port communities and detection of non-indigenous species

scientific article published in January 2024

A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates.

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

A specific mix of generalists: bacterial symbionts in Mediterranean Ircinia spp.

scientific article

Accelerated Evolutionary Rate of Housekeeping Genes in Tunicates

article

Advances in sponge science: phylogeny, systematics, ecology. Preface

scientific article published in January 2012

An approach to the ecological significance of chemically mediated bio-activity in Mediterranean benthic communities

scientific article published in 1991

An updated 18S rRNA phylogeny of tunicates based on mixture and secondary structure models

scientific article

Antimicrobial activity and surface bacterial film in marine sponges

article by Mikel A Becerro et al published June 1994 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Ascidian Mitogenomics: Comparison of Evolutionary Rates in Closely Related Taxa Provides Evidence of Ongoing Speciation Events

scientific article published on 21 April 2014

Ascidian fauna (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) of subantarctic and temperate regions of Chile

scientific article

Ascidian mitogenomics: comparison of evolutionary rates in closely related taxa provides evidence of ongoing speciation events

scientific article published on March 2014

Ascidian molecular phylogeny inferred from mtDNA data with emphasis on the Aplousobranchiata

scientific article

Benthic assemblages in two Mediterranean caves: species diversity and coverage as a function of abiotic parameters and geographic distance

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Biogeography of sponge chemical ecology: comparisons of tropical and temperate defenses

scientific article

Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

Biological traits of three closely related species of Pycnoclavella (Ascidiacea) in the Western Mediterranean

article

Bottlenecks and loss of genetic diversity: spatio-temporal patterns of genetic structure in an ascidian recently introduced in Europe

scientific article published in 2012

Cell types, microsymbionts, and pyridoacridine distribution in the tunic of three color morphs of the genus Cystodytes (Ascidiacea, Polycitoridae)

article by Xavier Turon et al published December 2005 in Invertebrate Biology

Characterising invasion processes with genetic data: an Atlantic clade of Clavelina lepadiformis (Ascidiacea) introduced into Mediterranean harbours

article by Xavier Turon et al published August 2003 in Hydrobiologia

Characterization of the sperm molecule bindin in the sea urchin genus Paracentrotus.

scientific article published on 28 March 2009

Characterization of the transcriptome and gene expression of four different tissues in the ecologically relevant sea urchin Arbacia lixula using RNA-seq.

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Chemical and physical defenses against predators in Cystodytes (Ascidiacea)

scientific article published in 2006

Chemical bioactivity of sponges along an environmental gradient in a Mediterranean cave

article by Xavier Turon et al published 17 March 2009 in Scientia Marina

Chemically-mediated interactions in benthic organisms: the chemical ecology of Crambe crambe (Porifera, Poecilosclerida)

article by Mikel A. Becerro et al published 1997 in Hydrobiologia

Clearance rates and aquiferous systems in two sponges with contrasting life-history strategies

scientific article published in 1997

Correction: Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Corridors for aliens but not for natives: effects of marine urban sprawl at a regional scale

scientific article published in 2015

Crastostigma vestigialis n. sp. (Tunicata), ascidie nouvelle de la Méditerranée occidentale ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1988

Cryptic speciation and genetic structure of widely distributed brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) in Europe

scientific article published in 2012

Cyanobacterial diversity and a new acaryochloris-like symbiont from Bahamian sea-squirts

scientific article

DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers.

scientific article published on 4 May 2018

DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2016)

Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons

scientific article

Defence behind the ramparts: Spicule armament against specialist predators in a subtidal habitat-forming ascidian

scientific article published in 2018

Dispersal strategies in sponge larvae: integrating the life history of larvae and the hydrologic component.

scientific article published on 19 May 2006

Distribution of brominated compounds within the sponge Aplysina aerophoba: coupling of X-ray microanalysis with cryofixation techniques

scholarly article

DnoisE: distance denoising by entropy. An open-source parallelizable alternative for denoising sequence datasets

scientific article published on 19 January 2022

Down under the tunic: bacterial biodiversity hotspots and widespread ammonia-oxidizing archaea in coral reef ascidians

scientific article

Early biotic interactions among introduced and native benthic species reveal cryptic predation and shifts in larval behaviour

article

Effects of herbivores on a Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow: importance of epiphytes

scientific article published in 2005

Endosymbiotic calcifying bacteria: a new cue to the origin of calcification in metazoa?

scientific article

Enjoying the warming Mediterranean: Transcriptomic responses to temperature changes of a thermophilous keystone species in benthic communities

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Feeding cessation alters host morphology and bacterial communities in the ascidian Pseudodistoma crucigaster.

scientific article published on 14 January 2016

Finding the relevant scale: clonality and genetic structure in a marine invertebrate (Crambe crambe, Porifera)

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

First records of didemnid ascidians harbouring Prochloron from Caribbean Panama: genetic relationships between Caribbean and Pacific photosymbionts and host ascidians

scientific article published in 2012

Forty years of Iberian marine biology: Setting the path for further developments

scientific article published in July 2023

From metabarcoding to metaphylogeography: separating the wheat from the chaff

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Genetic diversity and population structure of the commercially harvested sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata, Echinoidea).

scientific article published in November 2004

Genetic structure of the star sea squirt, Botryllus schlosseri, introduced in southern European harbours

scientific article published on November 2006

Genome architecture impacts on reduced representation population genomics

Growing or reproducing in a temperate sea: optimization of resource allocation in a colonial ascidian

Harbor networks as introduction gateways: contrasting distribution patterns of native and introduced ascidians. ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

High fusibility and chimera prevalence in a worldwide invasive colonial ascidian

scientific article published in 2019

Host rules: spatial stability of bacterial communities associated with marine sponges (Ircinia spp.) in the Western Mediterranean Sea.

scientific article

How do morphotypes and chemotypes relate to genotypes? The colonial ascidian Cystodytes (Polycitoridae)

scientific article published in 2005

Introducing the World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

scientific article published in 2021

Isolation of nine nuclear microsatellites in the common Mediterranean sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck).

scientific article

Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the marine invader Microcosmus squamiger (Ascidiacea) ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2008

Lack of genetic variation in mtDNA sequences over the amphiatlantic distribution range of the ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata

scientific article published on 16 June 2007

Larval settlement behaviour in six gregarious ascidians in relation to adult distribution

scientific article published in 2010

Lights and shadows: growth patterns in three sympatric and congeneric sponges (Ircinia spp.) with contrasting abundances of photosymbionts

scientific article published in 2013

Looks can be deceiving: Didemnum pseudovexillum sp. nov. (Ascidiacea) in European harbours

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Low densities of sea urchins influence the structure of algal assemblages in the western Mediterranean

article published in 1998

Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Marine invasion genetics: from spatio-temporal patterns to evolutionary outcomes

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Metabarcoding the eukaryotic community of a threatened, iconic Mediterranean habitat: Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows

scientific article published in 2023

Microsatellite markers reveal shallow genetic differentiation between cohorts of the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck) in northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published on 29 May 2009

Microstructure variation in sponges sharing growth form: The encrusting demospongesDysidea avaraandCrambe crambe

scientific article published in 2000

Mixed but not admixed: a spatial analysis of genetic variation of an invasive ascidian on natural and artificial substrates

article

Molecular and morphological discrimination between an invasive ascidian, Ascidiella aspersa, and its congener A. scabra (Urochordata: Ascidiacea).

scientific article

Morphology and ultrastructure of the swimming larvae of Crambe crambe (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida)

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

Natural or naturalized? Phylogeography suggests that the abundant sea urchin Arbacia lixula is a recent colonizer of the Mediterranean

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Natural variation of toxicity in encrusting spongeCrambe crambe (Schmidt) in relation to size and environment

scientific article published in December 1995

Navigating spatio-temporal microbiome dynamics: Environmental factors and trace elements shape the symbiont community of an invasive marine species

scientific article published in June 2024

New light on the cell location of avarol within the sponge Dysidea avara (Dendroceratida)

article by Maria J. Uriz et al published 19 August 1996 in Cell and Tissue Research

Non-lethal effects of an invasive species in the marine environment: the importance of early life-history stages.

scientific article

Ongoing expansion of the worldwide invader Didemnum vexillum (Ascidiacea) in the Mediterranean Sea: high plasticity of its biological cycle promotes establishment in warm waters ⬇️

scientific article

Patch recolonization through migration by the echinoid Paracentrotus lividus in communities with high algal cover and low echinoid densities ⬇️

scientific article published in 1997

Phylogenetic relationships of the Clavelinidae and Pycnoclavellidae (Ascidiacea) inferred from mtDNA data

scholarly article by Rocío Pérez-Portela & Xavier Turon published January 2008 in Invertebrate Biology

Phylogeny of the families Pyuridae and Styelidae (Stolidobranchiata, Ascidiacea) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.

scientific article published on 27 November 2008

Phylogeographical history of the sponge Crambe crambe (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): range expansion and recent invasion of the Macaronesian islands from the Mediterranean Sea.

scientific article

Phylogeography and speciation of colour morphs in the colonial ascidian Pseudodistoma crucigaster

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Phylogeography and the Description of Geographic Patterns in Invasion Genomics

scientific article published in 2020

Phylogeography of the widespread marine invaderMicrocosmus squamiger(Ascidiacea) reveals high genetic diversity of introduced populations and non-independent colonizations

scientific article published in 2008

Population dynamics and life cycle of the introduced ascidian Microcosmus squamiger in the Mediterranean Sea

article

Population genomics revealed independent colonisation events of a global ascidian invader

scientific article published in 2019

Preface

Propagule size effects across multiple life-history stages in a marine invertebrate

article published in 2009

Qualitative variation of alkaloids in color morphs of Cystodytes (Ascidiacea)

article by Susanna López-Legentil et al published November 2005 in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Range expansions across ecoregions: interactions of climate change, physiology and genetic diversity

scholarly article by Marc Rius et al published 13 September 2013 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Research Infrastructures offer capacity to address scientific questions never attempted before: Are all taxa equal? ⬇️

article published in 2018

Seasonal Patterns of Toxicity in Benthic Invertebrates: The Encrusting Sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida)

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Seasonal patterns of settlement and growth of introduced and native ascidians in bivalve cultures in the Ebro Delta (NE Iberian Peninsula)

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Seasonal variation in the structure of three Mediterranean algal communities in various light conditions

scientific article published in 2005

Secondary metabolite and inorganic contents in Cystodytes sp. (Ascidiacea): temporal patterns and association with reproduction and growth

scientific article published in 2006

Silica Deposition in Demosponges ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2003

Silica deposition in Demosponges: spiculogenesis in Crambe crambe

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Siliceous spicules and skeleton frameworks in sponges: origin, diversity, ultrastructural patterns, and biological functions.

scientific article published on November 2003

Single zooids, multiple loci: independent colonisations revealed by population genomics of a global invader

scientific article

Size matters sometimes: wall height and the structure of subtidal benthic invertebrate assemblages in south-eastern Australia and Mediterranean Spain

article

Small core communities and high variability in bacteria associated with the introduced ascidian Styela plicata

article by Patrick M. Erwin et al published 7 December 2012 in Symbiosis

Small-scale association measures in epibenthic communities as a clue for allelochemical interactions

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Some like it hot: Temperature and pH modulate larval development and settlement of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula

article

Sources of secondary metabolite variation in Dysidea avara (Porifera: Demospongiae): the importance of having good neighbors.

scientific article published on 18 February 2013

Spatio-temporal monitoring of deep-sea communities using metabarcoding of sediment DNA and RNA.

scientific article

Spatio-temporal patterns of genetic variation in Arbacia lixula, a thermophilous sea urchin in expansion in the Mediterranean

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Sponge ecology in the molecular era.

scientific article

Sponges as biomonitors of heavy metals in spatial and temporal surveys in northwestern mediterranean: multispecies comparison

scientific article published in November 2007

Spread of Microcosmus squamiger (Ascidiacea: Pyuridae) in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent waters

scientific article published in 2007

Stability of sponge-associated bacteria over large seasonal shifts in temperature and irradiance.

scientific article

Stable populations in unstable habitats: temporal genetic structure of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata in North Carolina

scientific article published in 2016

Stochasticity in space, persistence in time: genetic heterogeneity in harbour populations of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata ⬇️

scientific article

Stock Evaluation of Three Littoral Echinoid Species on the Catalan Coast North-Western Mediterranean

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Stress levels over time in the introduced ascidian Styela plicata: the effects of temperature and salinity variations on hsp70 gene expression ⬇️

scientific article

Strong population structure in the marine sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida) as revealed by microsatellite markers

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Sublethal effects of contamination on the Mediterranean sponge Crambe crambe: metal accumulation and biological responses

article

Temporal stability of bacterial symbionts in a temperate ascidian

scientific article

Temporal variation of several structure descriptors in animal-dominated benthic communities in two Mediterranean caves

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 84 no. 3, June 2004

The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity

scientific article

The Microbiome of the Worldwide Invasive Ascidian Didemnum vexillum

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

The Southern Hemisphere ascidian Asterocarpa humilis is unrecognised but widely established in NW France and Great Britain

article

The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats ⬇️

scientific article

The genusPycnoclavella(Ascidiacea) in the Atlanto-Mediterranean region: a combined molecular and morphological approach

article

The reproductive cycle of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula in northwest Mediterranean: potential influence of temperature and photoperiod

scientific article published in 2013

The whereabouts of an ancient wanderer: global phylogeography of the solitary ascidian Styela plicata ⬇️

scientific article

Till death do us part: stable sponge-bacteria associations under thermal and food shortage stresses

scientific article

Too cold for invasions? Contrasting patterns of native and introduced ascidians in subantarctic and temperate Chile

scientific article

Tough adults, frail babies: an analysis of stress sensitivity across early life-history stages of widely introduced marine invertebrates ⬇️

scientific article

Tracking invasion histories in the sea: facing complex scenarios using multilocus data ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Tunic microbiome of a global ascidian invader

scientific article published in 2019

Two markers and one history: phylogeography of the edible common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in the Lusitanian region

scientific article published in 2008

Ultrastructure, molecular phylogenetics, and chlorophyll a content of novel cyanobacterial symbionts in temperate sponges

scientific article published on 19 April 2012

Uncertainties and validation of alien species catalogues: The Mediterranean as an example

article

Under the canopy: Community-wide effects of invasive algae in Marine Protected Areas revealed by metabarcoding

scientific article published on 21 December 2017

When invasion biology meets taxonomy: Clavelina oblonga (Ascidiacea) is an old invader in the Mediterranean Sea

article by Víctor Ordóñez et al published 9 February 2016 in Biological Invasions

Year-round reproduction in a seasonal sea: biological cycle of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata in the Western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2012

Taxonomic identity of Distaplia stylifera (Tunicata, Ascidiacea), a new arrival to the eastern Pacific displaying invasive behavior in the Gulf of California, Mexico ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 April 2023

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