A5083266271- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Marine and fisheries research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Marine and environmental studies
- Halal products and consumer behavior
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
University of Salento
2016-2025
CoNISMa
2008-2021
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce
1994-2006
Innovation Engineering (Italy)
2003-2005
We report the description of nine new taxa sabellid polychaetes belonging to genus Amphiglena, which diversity in Mediterranean Sea has been widely underestimated. Examined material derived from both collections along Italian coast, including four CO2 vents/hydrothermal systems, and a re-examination older previously attributed A. mediterranera (Leydig, 1851) was so far only species reported for area. The analysis revealed presence different also consistent with previous molecular conducted...
In this paper, we report data from the first year of rearing a set filter feeder bioremediator organisms: macrobenthic invertebrates (sabellid polychaetes and sponges), coupled with macroalgae, realized in mariculture fish farm. This innovative integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) system was at preindustrial level Gulf Taranto (southern Italy, northern Ionian Sea), within framework EU Remedia Life project. Long lines containing different collector typologies were placed around...
Marine caves are complex habitats characterized by intense environmental gradients from the entrance towards innermost dark sectors. The submarine at Cape of Otranto (Mediterranean, SE Italy) host skeletonized invertebrates able to build 3D structures intermingling their hard body parts with microbial carbonates, thus acting as bio-constructors true marine animal forests. Complex bio-constructions named “biostalactites” (BSTs) a core calcareous tubes Protula sp. (Serpulidae, Annelida) have...
The marine aquarium industry has great potential to generate jobs in low-income coastal communities creating incentives for the maintenance of a healthy coral reef, if effectively managed. In absence current monitoring or legislation govern trade, baseline information regarding species, number and source location animals traded is missing despite being critical its successful management sustainability. An assessment establish provenance species ornamental polychaetes (sabellids serpulids)...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 383:199-210 (2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07989 Taxonomic structure and effectiveness of surrogates in environmental monitoring: a lesson from polychaetes Luigi Musco*, Antonio Terlizzi, Margherita Licciano, Adriana Giangrande Laboratorio di Zoologia e Biologia Marina, CoNISMa, DiSTeBA, Università...
In the present paper, morphological and ecological observations on 4 sabellid taxa, Branchiomma bairdi, B. luctuosum,Megalomma lanigera Myxicola sp., collected from coastal lake of Faro (Messina, Ionian Sea) (26-36 psu), are reported. Megalomma lanigera, sp. luctuosum were soft bottom in shallow water bairdi hard an internal channel. The presence latter is remarkable, as there no previous record this species along Italian coast, it confirms a very favourable environment for introduction...
Abstract In the marine environment, sessile invertebrates have developed an impressive array of mechanisms to avoid predation, bacterial exploitation, and epibiotic overgrowth. present study we investigated several defensive strategies adopted by six sabellids: hard bottom species Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791), Branchiomma luctuosum Grube, 1869, bairdi (McIntosh, 1885), Sabellastarte spectabilis (Grube, 1878) , soft Myxicola infundibulum (Renier, 1804), Megalomma lanigera 1846), which...
Aquaculture expansion is limited by the negative environmental impact of waste and need for alternative sources in diet reared fish. In this framework, first time, survival rates, biomass gain, fatty acid profiles polychaete Sabella spallanzanii macroalga Chaetomorpha linum, reared/cultivated as bioremediators an integrated multitrophic aquaculture system (IMTA), were evaluated their potential reuse applications. Results showed that these organisms represent a natural source omega-3 omega-6....
Abstract Within A nnelida, the family S abellidae is a particularly interesting clade in which to carry out comparative studies of regeneration, as its members vary regeneration potential, with some even lacking this ability completely. However, data on regenerative potential sabellids are available only for few species investigated early last century, and those, many aspects yet be determined. In present study, we compared morphology process anterior posterior ends abella spallanzanii B...
Abstract. Previous observations on the reproductive biology and gametogenesis of Branchiomma luctuosum (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) were extended in this study, with a description larval development reproduction at population level, comparing populations from Tyrrhenian Sea (Ischia, Naples) Ionian (Gulf Taranto). Although B. is simultaneous hermaphrodite, producing both male female gametes each fertile segment, present seem to preclude self‐fertilization. Both spawned under laboratory...