List of works - Fabio Crocetta

A Comparative Analysis of Mucus Immunomodulatory Properties from Seven Marine Gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

A comparison of the degree of implementation of marine biodiversity indicators by European countries in relation to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

A molecular and ecological study of <i>Grillotia</i> (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) larval infection in small to mid-sized benthonic sharks in the Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 18 September 2021

A review of occurrence, distribution and alien status of Notodiaphana atlantica Ortea, Moro and Espinosa, 2013 and Liloa mongii (Audouin, 1826) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 02 September 2021

Adriatic ‘opisthobranchs’ (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): shedding light on biodiversity issues

scientific article published in 2016

Alien molluscan species established along the Italian shores: an update, with discussions on some Mediterranean "alien species" categories ⬇️

scientific article

An updated overview of the marine alien and cryptogenic species from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Italy)

article

Backdating the confirmed presence of Siphonaria pectinata (Gastropoda: Siphonariidae) along the northern Mediterranean shores, with a discussion on its status in the basin

Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is spreading in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

Benthic litter in the continental slope of the Gulf of Naples (central-western Mediterranean Sea) hosts limited fouling communities but facilitates molluscan spawning

scientific article published in 2022

Biodiversity of sea slugs and shelled relatives (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Cretan Archipelago (Greece), with taxonomic remarks on selected species

scholarly article

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

scientific article published in 2022

Bottom-trawl catch composition in a highly polluted coastal area reveals multifaceted native biodiversity and complex communities of fouling organisms on litter discharge

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

Cardiovascular Active Peptides of Marine Origin with ACE Inhibitory Activities: Potential Role as Anti-Hypertensive Drugs and in Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

scientific article published on 07 November 2020

Citizen Science Helps in Tracking the Range Expansions of Non-Indigenous and Neo-Native Species in Greece and Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 15 February 2022

Citizen-science detects the arrival and establishment of Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870) (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in Albania

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Citizen-science for monitoring marine invasions and stimulating public engagement: a case project from the eastern Mediterranean

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Clementia papyracea (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae): its established status in the Mediterranean Sea and the first record from Greece ⬇️

Closing the circle in the Mediterranean Sea: Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Anaspidea) has reached Morocco

scholarly article by Mohamed Selfati et al published 2017 in Bioinvasions records

Comparative localization of serotonin-like immunoreactive cells in Thaliacea informs tunicate phylogeny

scientific article

Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species

scientific article published in 2019

Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Deep cleaning of alien and cryptogenic species records in the Greek Seas (2018 update)

scientific article published in 2018

Drivers of parasite communities in three sympatric benthic sharks in the Gulf of Naples (central Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published in 2022

Ecological assessment of anthropogenic impact in marine ecosystems: The case of Bagnoli Bay

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Emarginula poppeorum and Acteon fasuloi: replacement names for the reoccupied taxa Emarginula gigantea Poppe, 2008 and Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

scientific article published on August 2017

Filling gaps via citizen science: Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Mastigiidae) in Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published in 2022

First Record of Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870) (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in Morocco

scientific article published on 16 September 2021

First confirmed record of the ragged sea hare Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 in Libyan waters

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

First record of Haminoea cyanomarginata (Gastropoda: Haminoeidae) in the Italian seas

scientific article published in 2009

First record of Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) in Libya through social media data mining

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

First record of the fissurellid mollusc Diodora funiculata (Reeve, 1850) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Libyan waters (central Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 03 March 2020

Fishery reforms for the management of non-indigenous species

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Further spreading in the Italian seas of already established non-indigenous mollusc species

article

Haminoea orteai Talavera, Murillo & Templado, 1987 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea), a widespread species in the Mediterranean and northeastern Atlantic ⬇️

scientific article published in 2017

Hidden species diversity and mito-nuclear discordance within the Mediterranean cone snail, Lautoconus ventricosus

scientific article published in 2023

High genetic connectivity in a gastropod with long-lived planktonic larvae

scientific article published in 2019

Immunological response to bacterial infection in a pelagic tunicate: Inflammation in the salp Thalia democratica

article

Immunological response to bacterial infection in a pelagic tunicate: Inflammation in the salp Thalia democratica

scholarly article by Francesca Cima et al published November 2018 in Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Increase in knowledge of the marine gastropod fauna of Lebanon since the 19<sub>th</sub> century

scientific article published in 2020

Insights into the role of deep-sea squids of the genus Histioteuthis (Histioteuthidae) in the life cycle of ascaridoid parasites in the Central Mediterranean Sea waters

scientific article published on 30 March 2021

Integrating Literature, Biodiversity Databases, and Citizen-Science to Reconstruct the Checklist of Chondrichthyans in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published in 2021

Investigating sperm cryopreservation in a model tunicate, Ciona intestinalis sp. A.

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Is the mangrove red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) established in the eastern Mediterranean Sea? First records from Greece through a citizen science project

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Local ecological knowledge versus published literature: a review of non-indigenous Mollusca in Greek marine waters

scientific article

Maja goltziana d'oliveira, 1888 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Mapping alien Mollusca distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: the Lessepsian immigrant Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) reaches Turkey

scientific article

Marine alien Mollusca in Italy: a critical review and state of the knowledge

article

Marine alien species in Italy: A contribution to the implementation of descriptor D2 of the marine strategy framework directive

scientific article published in 2019

Molecular Confirmation on the Presence of Anadara Kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Arcidae) in the Black Sea / Confirmarea moleculară a prezenţei speciei Anadara Kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Arcidae) în Ma

scientific article published in 2015

Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy &amp; Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Heterobranchia)

scientific article published in 2020

Molecular data reveal cryptic lineages within the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean small mussel drills of theOcinebrina edwardsiicomplex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae)

scientific article published in 2013

Molecular taxonomy confirms that the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea harbor a single lancelet, Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) (Cephalochordata: Leptocardii: Branchiostomatidae)

scientific article published on 06 May 2021

Mutation studies in ascidians: a review

scientific article

Natural History Collections and Alien Species: an Overlooked Sample of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Aplysiida) Backdates its Confirmed Presence in Italy

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records 2020

scientific article published in 2020

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (November 2018)

scientific article published in 2018

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records 2019

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

New Parasite Records for the Sunfish Mola mola in the Mediterranean Sea and Their Potential Use as Biological Tags for Long-Distance Host Migration

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

New distributional and ecological data of some marine alien molluscs along the southern Italian coasts

scientific article published in 2009

New records of alien and cryptogenic marine bryozoan, mollusc, and tunicate species in Libya

scientific article published in 2019

On the occurrence of three exotic decapods, Callinectes sapidus (Portunidae), Portunus segnis (Portunidae), and Trachysalambria palaestinensis (Penaeidae), in northern Tunisia, with updates on the distribution of the two invasive portunids in the Me

scientific article published on 16 January 2021

Ontogeny of an arlequin: morphological and colour pattern changes from juvenile to adult in Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816) (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), traced through citizen science and social media data mining

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Parasites and prey of the nursehound shark Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758): Insights into hidden trophic web interactions in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

Percnon gibbesi (Crustacea: Decapoda) and Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Taranto Gulf (Italy, Ionian Sea): new populations incoming

scientific article published in 2010

Population genetics of Bursatella leachii (De Blainville, 1817) and implications for the origin of the Mediterranean population

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning

scientific article

Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy)

Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: biodiversity research, monitoring and promotion at MARE Outpost (Apulia, Italy)

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Protect the Natives to Combat the Aliens: Could Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 Be a Natural Agent for the Control of the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea?

scientific article published in 2021

Redescription of Retilaskeya horrida (di Monterosato, 1874) comb. nov. and a re-evaluation of the taxonomic affinity of the genus Retilaskeya (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea)

scientific article published in 2017

Remarks on Philine striatula Monterosato, 1874 ex Jeffreys ms., with a survey on Philinidae J.E. Gray, 1850 (1815) sensu lato (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) recently ascribed to the Mediterranean fauna

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Revision of the Ocinebrina aciculata species complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2017

Revisiting the disjunct distribution of Conopleura Hinds, 1844 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Drilliidae)

scientific article

Setting-up a billboard of marine invasive species in the ESENIAS area

scientific article published in 2017

Slipping through the cracks: the taxonomic impediment conceals the origin and dispersal of Haminoea japonica, an invasive species with impacts to human health ⬇️

scientific article published in 2013

Snapshot of rare, exotic and overlooked fish species in the Italian seas: A citizen science survey

scientific article

Tackling bioinvasions in commercially exploitable species through interdisciplinary approaches: A case study on blue crabs in Africa's Mediterranean coast (Bizerte Lagoon, Tunisia)

scientific article published in 2023

The (almost) unknown Italian naturalist Raffaello Bellini (1874–1930): biography, malacological publications, and status of his recent molluscan taxa

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Varunidae) reappears in the northern Adriatic Sea: Another intrusion attempt or the trace of an overlooked population?

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

The EASIN Editorial Board: quality assurance, exchange and sharing of alien species information in Europe

article

The EJC component Magoh in non-vertebrate chordates

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

The Indo-Pacific Sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) in Libya, South-Central Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

The Indo-Pacific nudibranch Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888 in Greece, with the first documented spawning aggregation in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

The Mediterranean stony coral Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) as habitat provider for molluscs: colony size effect

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

The Miseno Lake (Central-Western Mediterranean Sea): An Overlooked Reservoir of Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Ascidians in a Marine Reserve

scientific article published in 2022

The More You Search, the More You Find: A New Mediterranean Endemism of the Genus Ocenebra Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) from a Submarine Cave of the Messina Strait Area (Italy)

scientific article published in 2020

The Streamlined Rabbitfish Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

The alien fissurellid Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835): a first record for Libya from Tripoli Harbour

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

The bastard grunt Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825) (Teleostei: Haemulidae) in Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea) - a late arrival or just a neglected species?

scientific article published on 23 November 2020

The brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus Ives, 1891 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) spreading northern in the Adriatic Sea: a first record from Croatia

scientific article published on 08 August 2021

The evolution of the molluscan biota of Sabaudia Lake: a matter of human history

article

The ivory barnacle Amphibalanus eburneus (Gould, 1841) (Arthropoda: Hexanauplia: Sessilia) in Albania (Adriatic Sea)

scientific article published in 2020

The little Aplysia coming of age: from one species to a complex of species complexes in Aplysia parvula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2019

The macroalgae Lophocladia lallemandii and Sarconema filiforme and the spaghetti bryozoan Amathia verticillata in native seagrass beds in the Gulf of Gabès (southeastern Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 16 January 2021

The origin and dispersal pathway of the spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2013

The role of social media in compensating for the lack of field studies: Five new fish species for Mediterranean Egypt

scientific article

The spread of an Atlantic fish species,Pomadasys incisus(Bowdich, 1825) (Osteichthyes: Haemulidae), within the Mediterranean Sea with new additional records from the French Mediterranean coast

article

The status of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean small mussel drills of the Ocinebrina aciculata complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae), with the description of a new species

scientific article published in 2012

The use of fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge to reconstruct fish behavioural traits and fishers’ perception of conservation relevance of elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2021

Umbraculum umbraculum (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) spreading northwards: additional evidence to the tropicalization of the Bay of Biscay ⬇️

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

article

Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

scientific article published in 2023

Untargeted Metabolomics Yields Insights Into the Lipidome of Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886, An Ascidian Invading the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

What is really out there? Review of the genus Okenia Menke, 1830 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Mediterranean Sea with description of two new species

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

“New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea” (October 2021)

scientific article published on 14 October 2021

List of works by Fabio Crocetta

A Comparative Analysis of Mucus Immunomodulatory Properties from Seven Marine Gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea

A comparison of the degree of implementation of marine biodiversity indicators by European countries in relation to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)

A molecular and ecological study of <i>Grillotia</i> (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) larval infection in small to mid-sized benthonic sharks in the Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea

A review of occurrence, distribution and alien status of Notodiaphana atlantica Ortea, Moro and Espinosa, 2013 and Liloa mongii (Audouin, 1826) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea

Adriatic ‘opisthobranchs’ (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): shedding light on biodiversity issues

Alien molluscan species established along the Italian shores: an update, with discussions on some Mediterranean "alien species" categories ⬇️

An updated overview of the marine alien and cryptogenic species from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Italy)

Backdating the confirmed presence of Siphonaria pectinata (Gastropoda: Siphonariidae) along the northern Mediterranean shores, with a discussion on its status in the basin

Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is spreading in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Benthic litter in the continental slope of the Gulf of Naples (central-western Mediterranean Sea) hosts limited fouling communities but facilitates molluscan spawning

Biodiversity of sea slugs and shelled relatives (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Cretan Archipelago (Greece), with taxonomic remarks on selected species

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

Bottom-trawl catch composition in a highly polluted coastal area reveals multifaceted native biodiversity and complex communities of fouling organisms on litter discharge

Cardiovascular Active Peptides of Marine Origin with ACE Inhibitory Activities: Potential Role as Anti-Hypertensive Drugs and in Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Citizen Science Helps in Tracking the Range Expansions of Non-Indigenous and Neo-Native Species in Greece and Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Citizen-science detects the arrival and establishment of Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870) (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in Albania

Citizen-science for monitoring marine invasions and stimulating public engagement: a case project from the eastern Mediterranean

Clementia papyracea (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae): its established status in the Mediterranean Sea and the first record from Greece ⬇️

Closing the circle in the Mediterranean Sea: Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Anaspidea) has reached Morocco

Comparative localization of serotonin-like immunoreactive cells in Thaliacea informs tunicate phylogeny

Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species

Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist

Deep cleaning of alien and cryptogenic species records in the Greek Seas (2018 update)

Drivers of parasite communities in three sympatric benthic sharks in the Gulf of Naples (central Mediterranean Sea)

Ecological assessment of anthropogenic impact in marine ecosystems: The case of Bagnoli Bay

Emarginula poppeorum and Acteon fasuloi: replacement names for the reoccupied taxa Emarginula gigantea Poppe, 2008 and Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Filling gaps via citizen science: Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Mastigiidae) in Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

First Record of Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870) (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in Morocco

First confirmed record of the ragged sea hare Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 in Libyan waters

First record of Haminoea cyanomarginata (Gastropoda: Haminoeidae) in the Italian seas

First record of Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) in Libya through social media data mining

First record of the fissurellid mollusc Diodora funiculata (Reeve, 1850) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Libyan waters (central Mediterranean Sea)

Fishery reforms for the management of non-indigenous species

Further spreading in the Italian seas of already established non-indigenous mollusc species

Haminoea orteai Talavera, Murillo & Templado, 1987 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea), a widespread species in the Mediterranean and northeastern Atlantic ⬇️

Hidden species diversity and mito-nuclear discordance within the Mediterranean cone snail, Lautoconus ventricosus

High genetic connectivity in a gastropod with long-lived planktonic larvae

Immunological response to bacterial infection in a pelagic tunicate: Inflammation in the salp Thalia democratica

Immunological response to bacterial infection in a pelagic tunicate: Inflammation in the salp Thalia democratica

Increase in knowledge of the marine gastropod fauna of Lebanon since the 19<sub>th</sub> century

Insights into the role of deep-sea squids of the genus Histioteuthis (Histioteuthidae) in the life cycle of ascaridoid parasites in the Central Mediterranean Sea waters

Integrating Literature, Biodiversity Databases, and Citizen-Science to Reconstruct the Checklist of Chondrichthyans in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Investigating sperm cryopreservation in a model tunicate, Ciona intestinalis sp. A.

Is the mangrove red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) established in the eastern Mediterranean Sea? First records from Greece through a citizen science project

Local ecological knowledge versus published literature: a review of non-indigenous Mollusca in Greek marine waters

Maja goltziana d'oliveira, 1888 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae) in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Mapping alien Mollusca distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: the Lessepsian immigrant Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) reaches Turkey

Marine alien Mollusca in Italy: a critical review and state of the knowledge

Marine alien species in Italy: A contribution to the implementation of descriptor D2 of the marine strategy framework directive

Molecular Confirmation on the Presence of Anadara Kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Arcidae) in the Black Sea / Confirmarea moleculară a prezenţei speciei Anadara Kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Arcidae) în Ma

Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy &amp;amp; Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Heterobranchia)

Molecular data reveal cryptic lineages within the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean small mussel drills of theOcinebrina edwardsiicomplex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae)

Molecular taxonomy confirms that the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea harbor a single lancelet, Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) (Cephalochordata: Leptocardii: Branchiostomatidae)

Mutation studies in ascidians: a review

Natural History Collections and Alien Species: an Overlooked Sample of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Aplysiida) Backdates its Confirmed Presence in Italy

New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records 2020

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (November 2018)

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records 2019

New Parasite Records for the Sunfish Mola mola in the Mediterranean Sea and Their Potential Use as Biological Tags for Long-Distance Host Migration

New distributional and ecological data of some marine alien molluscs along the southern Italian coasts

New records of alien and cryptogenic marine bryozoan, mollusc, and tunicate species in Libya

On the occurrence of three exotic decapods, Callinectes sapidus (Portunidae), Portunus segnis (Portunidae), and Trachysalambria palaestinensis (Penaeidae), in northern Tunisia, with updates on the distribution of the two invasive portunids in the Me

Ontogeny of an arlequin: morphological and colour pattern changes from juvenile to adult in Gnathophyllum elegans (Risso, 1816) (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), traced through citizen science and social media data mining

Parasites and prey of the nursehound shark Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758): Insights into hidden trophic web interactions in the Mediterranean Sea

Percnon gibbesi (Crustacea: Decapoda) and Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Taranto Gulf (Italy, Ionian Sea): new populations incoming

Population genetics of Bursatella leachii (De Blainville, 1817) and implications for the origin of the Mediterranean population

Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning

Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: A Species Inventory of the Coastal Area of Southeastern Salento (Ionian Sea, Italy)

Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: biodiversity research, monitoring and promotion at MARE Outpost (Apulia, Italy)

Protect the Natives to Combat the Aliens: Could Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 Be a Natural Agent for the Control of the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea?

Redescription of Retilaskeya horrida (di Monterosato, 1874) comb. nov. and a re-evaluation of the taxonomic affinity of the genus Retilaskeya (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea)

Remarks on Philine striatula Monterosato, 1874 ex Jeffreys ms., with a survey on Philinidae J.E. Gray, 1850 (1815) sensu lato (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) recently ascribed to the Mediterranean fauna

Revision of the Ocinebrina aciculata species complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

Revisiting the disjunct distribution of Conopleura Hinds, 1844 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Drilliidae)

Setting-up a billboard of marine invasive species in the ESENIAS area

Slipping through the cracks: the taxonomic impediment conceals the origin and dispersal of Haminoea japonica, an invasive species with impacts to human health ⬇️

Snapshot of rare, exotic and overlooked fish species in the Italian seas: A citizen science survey

Tackling bioinvasions in commercially exploitable species through interdisciplinary approaches: A case study on blue crabs in Africa's Mediterranean coast (Bizerte Lagoon, Tunisia)

The (almost) unknown Italian naturalist Raffaello Bellini (1874–1930): biography, malacological publications, and status of his recent molluscan taxa

Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Heterobranchia)