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Gianni Insacco

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Helminth communities of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from Central and Western Mediterranean Sea: the importance of host's ontogeny.

2009

We investigated the factors providing structure to the helminth communities of 182 loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, collected in 6 localities from Central and Western Mediterranean. Fifteen helminth taxa (10 digeneans, 4 nematodes and 1 acanthocephalan) were identified, of which 12 were specialist to marine turtles; very low numbers of immature individuals of 3 species typical from fish or cetaceans were also found. These observations confirm the hypothesis that phylogenetic factors restrict community composition to helminth species specific to marine turtles. There were significant community dissimilarities between turtles from different localities, the overall pattern being compat…

0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climateRange (biology)Molecular Sequence Data010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesLoggerhead sea turtleDNA Mitochondrial030308 mycology & parasitologyPredationHost-Parasite Interactions03 medical and health sciencesMediterranean seaSpecies SpecificityHelminth communityHelminthsMediterranean SeaAnimals14. Life underwaterEcosystem0303 health sciencesCaretta carettabiologyEcologyStomachPelagic zoneSequence Analysis DNAbiology.organism_classificationAnisakisTurtlesIntestinesInfectious DiseasesHabitatLoggerhead sea turtleCyclooxygenase 2OntogenyParasitologySpecies richnessHelminthiasis AnimalParasitology international
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Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

2020

Este artículo contiene 18 páginas, 4 figuras.

Invasions biològiques -- Mediterrània (Mar)geo-referenced records0206 medical engineeringNon-native speciesInvasive alien speciesLibrary sciencenon-native species non-indigenous distribution citizen science invasive alien species geo-referenced records Mediterranean Sea02 engineering and technologyAlienDistributionCitizen science01 natural sciencesRecords -- ManagementScience -- Mediterranean Region0103 physical sciencesAgency (sociology)citizen scienceCitizen sciencedistributionMediterranean Seamedia_common.cataloged_instancenon-indigenousZoología14. Life underwaterEuropean unionnon-indigenous speciesComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsGlobal environmental analysismedia_commonBiological invasions -- Mediterranean Seainvasive alien species010304 chemical physicsEcologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaMarine reservenon-native speciesGeo-referenced records020601 biomedical engineeringEspècies introduïdes -- Mediterrània (Mar)Introduced organisms -- Mediterranean Sea13. Climate actionGeneral partnership[SDE]Environmental SciencesMarine protected areaCitizen science; Distribution; Geo-referenced records; Invasive alien species; Mediterranean Sea; Non-indigenous; Non-native speciesNon-indigenousScience -- Methodology -- Case studies
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Much can change in a year: The massawan mantis shrimp, erugosquilla massavensis (Kossmann, 1880) in sicily, Italy

2019

A flourishing population of the Massawan mantis shrimp, Erugosquilla massavensis, an Erythraean species, is recorded off Sicily, Italy, one year after the very first specimen was collected off the eastern coast of the island. The species is already established as a minor, albeit valuable, fishery resource. Once its population increases, however, it may compete with the native Mediterranean spot-tail mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis. This article presents the results of a joint effort between members of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Comiso and local fishermen to monitor non-indigenous species in Sicilian waters.

Fisheries -- Italy -- SicilyArthropodaDistribution (economics)Introduced speciesDistributionPopulation dynamicPopulation densityInvasive speciesErugosquillaMantis shrimpShrimps -- Italy -- SicilySquilla -- Italy -- SicilyMalacostracaSquillidaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsbiologyCompetitionEcologybusiness.industrybiology.organism_classificationShrimp populations -- Italy -- SicilyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicFisheryGeographyIntroduced organisms -- Italy -- SicilyFishery resourceSquilla mantis -- Italy -- SicilybusinessInvasive alien specieSquilla manti
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