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DNA metabarcoding of trawling bycatch reveals diversity and distribution patterns of sharks and rays in the central Tyrrhenian Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science, in press
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Melis, R. & Vacca, L. & Cariani, A. & Carugati, L. & Cau, A. & Charilaou, C. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Ferrari, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Hemida, F. & Helyar, S. & Lo Brutto, S. & Sion, L. & Tinti, F. & Cannas, R. (2023)
Commercial sharks under scrutiny: Baseline genetic distinctiveness supports structured populations of small-spotted catsharks in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1050055
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Melis, R. & Vacca, L. & Cariani, A. & Carugati, L. & Charilaou, C. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Ferrari, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Mancusi, C. & Pinna, V. & Serena, F. & Sion, L. & Tinti, F. & Cannas, R. (2023)
Baseline genetic distinctiveness supports structured populations of thornback ray in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 33(4), 1–14
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Ferrari, A. & Crobe, V. & Cannas, R. & Leslie, R.W. & Serena, F. & Stagioni, M. & Costa, F.O. & Golani, D. & Hemida, F. & Zaera-Perez, D. & Sion, L. & Carbonara, P. & Fiorentino, F. & Tinti, F. & Cariani, A. (2023)
To Be, or Not to Be: That Is the Hamletic Question of Cryptic Evolution in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Raja miraletus Species Complex. Animals, 13(13), Article 2139
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Melis, R. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Cariani, A. & Ferrari, A. & Crobe, V. & Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Carugati, L. & Coluccia, E. & Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. (2023)
I Like This New Me: Unravelling Population Structure of Mediterranean Electric Rays and Taxonomic Uncertainties within Torpediniformes. Animals, 13(18), Article 2899
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Bellodi, A. & Benvenuto, A. & Melis, R. & Mulas, A. & Barone, M. & Barría, C. & Cariani, A. & Carugati, L. & Chatzispyrou, A. & Desrochers, M. & Ferrari, A. & Guallart, J. & Hemida, F. & Mancusi, C. & Mazzoldi, C. & Ramírez-Amaro, S. & Rey, J. & Scannella, D. & Serena, F. & Tinti, F. & Vella, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. (2022)
Call me by my name: unravelling the taxonomy of the gulper shark genus Centrophorus in the Mediterranean Sea through an integrated taxonomic approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(3), 815–840
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab110

Di Crescenzo, S. & Ferrari, A. & Barria, C. & Cannas, R. & Cariani, A. & Drewery, J. & Fernández-Peralta, L. & Giordano, D. & Hidalgo, M. & Kousteni, V. & Marino, I.A.M. & Massi, D. & Moura, T. & Rey, J. & Sartor, P. & Scacco, U. & Serena, F. & Stagioni, M. & Tinti, F. (2022)
First evidence of population genetic structure of the deep-water blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article 953895
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Mancusi, C. & Massi, D. & Baino, R. & Cariani, A. & Crobe, V. & Ebert, D.A. & Ferrari, A. & Gordon, C.A. & Hoff, G.R. & Iglesias, S.P. & Titone, A. & Serena, F. (2021)
An identification key for Chondrichthyes egg cases of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. European Zoological Journal, 88(1), 436–448
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Ferrari, A. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Cariani, A. & Crobe, V. & Benvenuto, A. & Piattoni, F. & Mancusi, C. & Bonnici, L. & Bonello, J.J. & Schembri, P.J. & Serena, F. & Massi, D. & Titone, A. & Tinti, F. (2021)
Puzzling over spurdogs: molecular taxonomy assessment of the Squalus species in the Strait of Sicily. European Zoological Journal, 88(1), 181–190
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Crobe, V. & Ferrari, A. & Hanner, R. & Leslie, R.W. & Steinke, D. & Tinti, F. & Cariani, A. (2021)
Molecular Taxonomy and Diversification of Atlantic Skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes): Adding More Pieces to the Puzzle of Their Evolutionary History. Life, 11(7), Article 596
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Carugati, L. & Melis, R. & Cariani, A. & Cau, A. & Crobe, V. & Ferrari, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Geraci, M.L. & Iglesias, S.P. & Pesci, P. & Tinti, F. & Cannas, R. (2021)
Combined COI barcode-based methods to avoid mislabelling of threatened species of deep-sea skates. Animal Conservation, 25(1), 38–52
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Catalano, G. & Crobe, V. & Ferrari, A. & Baino, R. & Massi, D. & Titone, A. & Mancusi, C. & Serena, F. & Cannas, R. & Carugati, L. & Hemida, F. & Manfredi, C. & Melis, R. & Scarcella, G. & Sion, L. & Stagioni, M. & Tinti, F. & Cariani, A. (2021)
Strongly structured populations and reproductive habitat fragmentation increase the vulnerability of the Mediterranean starry ray Raja asterias (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae). Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(1), 66–84
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Leone, A. & Puncher, G.N. & Ferretti, F. & Sperone, E. & Tripepi, S. & Micarelli, P. & Gambarelli, A. & Sarà, M. & Arculeo, M. & Doria, G. & Garibaldi, F. & Bressi, N. & Dall'asta, A. & Minelli, D. & Cilli, E. & Vanni, S. & Serena, F. & Díaz-Jaimes, P. & Baele, G. & Cariani, A. & Tinti, F. (2020)
Pliocene colonization of the Mediterranean by Great White Shark inferred from fossil records, historical jaws, phylogeographic and divergence time analyses. Journal of Biogeography, 47(5), 1119–1129
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Leone, A. & Franch, R. & Damalas, D. & Zanzi, A. & Sperone, E. & Micarelli, P. & Garibaldi, F. & Megalofonou, P. & Bargelloni, L. & Babbucci, M. & Macias, D. & Prodöhl, P.A. & Stagioni, M. & Coscia, I. & Mariani, S. & Tinti, F. & Martinsohn, J. & Cariani, A. (2019)
Population genomics of the Mediterranean and North Eastern Atlantic blue shark, Prionace glauca, and management implications [Abstract]. In Book of Abstracts, European Elasmobranch Association, 23rd annual conference, 16-18 October 2019, Rende, Italy: 42

Ferrari, A. & Tinti, F. & Bertucci Maresca, V. & Velonà, A. & Cannas, R. & Thasitis, I. & Costa, F.O. & Follesa, M.C. & Golani, D. & Hemida, F. & Helyar, S.J. & Mancusi, C. & Mulas, A. & Serena, F. & Sion, L. & Stagioni, M. & Cariani, A. (2018)
Natural history and molecular evolution of demersal Mediterranean sharks and skates inferred by comparative phylogeographic and demographic analyses. PeerJ, 6, Article e5560
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Cariani, A. & Messinetti, S. & Ferrari, A. & Arculeo, M. & Bonello, J.J. & Bonnici, L. & Cannas, R. & Carbonara, P. & Cau, A. & Charilaou, C. & El Ouamari, N. & Fiorentino, F. & Follesa, M.C. & Garofalo, G. & Golani, D. & Guarniero, I. & Hanner, R. & Hemida, F. & Kada, O. & Lo Brutto, S. & Mancusi, C. & Morey, G. & Schembri, P.J. & Serena, F. & Sion, L. & Stagioni, M. & Tursi, A. & Vrgoc, N. & Steinke, D. & Tinti, F. (2017)
Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans: The ELASMOMED DNA Barcode Reference Library. PLoS ONE, 12(1), Article e0170244
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Leone, A. & Urso, I. & Damalas, D. & Martinsohn, J. & Zanzi, A. & Mariani, S. & Sperone, E. & Micarelli, P. & Garibaldi, F. & Megalofonou, P. & Bargelloni, L. & Franch, R. & Macias, D. & Prodöhl, P. & Fitzpatrick, S. & Stagioni, M. & Tinti, F. & Cariani, A. (2017)
Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA: panmixia or complex stock structure? PeerJ, 5, Article e4112
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Frodella, N. & Cannas, R. & Velonà, A. & Carbonara, P. & Farrell, E.D. & Fiorentino, F. & Follesam, M.C. & Garofalo, G. & Hemida, F. & Mancusi, C. & Stagioni, M. & Ungaro, N. & Serena, F. & Tinti, F. & Cariani, A. (2016)
Population connectivity and phylogeography of the Mediterranean endemic skate Raja polystigma and evidence of its hybridization with the parapatric sibling R. montagui. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 554, 99–113
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Bonello, J.J. & Bonnici, L. & Ferrari, A. & Cariani, A. & Schembri, P.J. (2016)
Not all that clear cut: intraspecific morphological variability in Squalus blainville (Risso, 1827) and implications for identification of the species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96(8), 1585–1596
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Marino, I.A.M. & Riginella, E. & Cariani, A. & Tinti, F. & Farrell, E.D. & Mazzoldi, C. & Zane, L. (2015)
New Molecular Tools for the Identification of 2 Endangered Smooth-Hound Sharks, Mustelus mustelus and Mustelus punctulatus. Journal of Heredity, 106(1), 123–130
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Vacca, L. & Melis, R. & Cau, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Cariani, A. & Tinti, F. & Cannas, R. (2014)
Detecting genetic differentiation and connectivity among Raja clavata populations within the Mediterranean Sea. Poster Abstract. In Proceedings of the European Elasmobranch Association annual scientific conference, Leeuwarden: 85

Leone, A. & Puncher, G.N. & Cariani, A. & Sperone, E. & Tripepi, S. & Micarelli, P. & Gambarelli, A. & Sarà, M. & Arculeo, M. & Doria, G. & Garibaldi, F. & Dall'asta, A. & Minelli, D. & Cilli, E. & Vanni, S. & Serena, F. & Tinti, F. (2013)
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Pasolini, P. & Ragazzini, C. & Zaccaro, Z. & Cariani, A. & Ferrara, G. & Gonzalez, E.G. & Landi, M. & Milano, I. & Stagioni, M. & Guarniero, I. & Tinti, F. (2011)
Quaternary geographical sibling speciation and population structuring in the Eastern Atlantic skates (suborder Rajoidea) Raja clavata and R. straeleni. Marine Biology, 158(10), 2187–2197
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Mancusi, C. & Cariani, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Barone, M. & Tinti, F. & Serena, F. (2010)
Skates of the Mediterranean Sea European Elasmobranch Association(EEA) 14th Annual Scientific Conference, Galway(Ireland), 11–12 November 2010.

Cariani, A. & Nero, A. & Arculeo, M. & Bertucci, V. & Cannas, R. & Cau, A. & Charilaou, C. & Dimech, M. & Fiorentino, F. & Follesa, M. & Galafassi, D. & Garofalo, G. & Golani, D. & Gravino, F. & Hemida, F. & Knittweis, L. & Lo Brutto, S. & Mancusi, C. & Manfredi, C. & Morey, G. & Mulas, A. & Najib, E. & Piccinetti, C. & Serena, F. & Sion, L. & Stagioni, M. & Steinke, D. & Vrogc, N. & Tinti, F. (2010)
DNA barcoding of the Mediterranean chondrichthyans (ELASMOMED). Book of Abstracts of the ECBOL2, 2nd Conference for the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life, 2–4 June 2010, Braga(Portugal): 10

Cariani, A. & Nero, A. & Arculeo, M. & Bertucci, V. & Cannas, R. & Cau, A. & Charilaou, C. & Dimech, M. & Fiorentino, F. & Follesa, M. & Galafassi, D. & Garofalo, G. & Golani, D. & Gravino, F. & Hemida, F. & Knittweis, L. & Lo Brutto, S. & Mancusi, C. & Manfredi, C. & Morey, G. & Mulas, A. & Najib, E. & Piccinetti, C. & Serena, F. & Sion, L. & Stagioni, M. & Steinke, D. & Vrogc, N. & Tinti, F. (2010)
DNA barcoding of the Mediterranean chondrichthyans (ELASMOMED). Program and Abstracts of the 14th European Elasmobranch Association(EEA) Scientific Conference 10–13th November 2010, Galway(Ireland): 57