Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Daniel, L. & Cau, A. & Porcu, C. & Carbonara, P. & Follesa, M.C. (2023)
Ontogenetic Shifts in Body Morphology of Demersal Sharks’ Species (Order: Squaliformes) Inhabiting the Western-Central Mediterranean Sea, with Implications for Their Bio-Ecological Role. Biology, 12(8), Article 1150
DOI: 10.3390/biology12081150

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
DOI: 10.3390/ani13182899

Bellodi, A. & Massaro, A. & Zupa, W. & Donnaloia, M. & Follesa, M.C. & Ligas, A. & Mulas, A. & o, M.P. & Carbonara, P. (2022)
Assessing thornback ray growth pattern in different areas of Western-Central Mediterranean Sea through a Multi-Model Inference analysis. Journal of Sea Research, 179, Article 102141
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2021.102141

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

Marongiu, M. & Porcu, C. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Carugati, L. & Cau, A. & Mulas, A. & Pesci, P. & Follesa, M. (2021)
On the presence of the Endangered white skate Rostroraja alba in Sardinian waters. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 137–140
DOI: 10.12681/mms.24442

Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Carbonara, P. & Cau, A. & Cuccu, D. & Marongiu, M.F. & Mura, V. & Pesci, P. & Zupa, W. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. (2021)
New insights into life-history traits of Mediterranean Electric rays (Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae) as a contribution to their conservation. Zoology, 146, Article 125922
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2021.125922

Mulas, A. & Bellodi, A. & Carbonara, P. & Cau, A. & Marongiu, M.F. & Pesci, P. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. (2021)
Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation. Life, 11(9), Article 871
DOI: 10.3390/life11090871

Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Pascale, N. & Bellodi, A. & Cau, A. & Mulas, A. & Pesci, P. & Porceddu, R. & Follesa, M.C. (2021)
A Taxonomic Survey of Female Oviducal Glands in Chondrichthyes: A Comparative Overview of Microanatomy in the Two Reproductive Modes. Animals, 11(9), Article 2653
DOI: 10.3390/ani11092653

Barbato, M. & Barria, C. & Bellodi, A. & Bonanomi, S. & Borme, D. & Cetkovic, I. & Colloca, F. & Colmenero, A.I. & Crocetta, F. & De Carlo, F. & Demir, E. & Di Lorenzo, M. & Follesa, M.C. & Garibaldi, F. & Giglio, G. & Giovos, I. & Guerriero, G. & Hentati, O. & Ksibi, M. & Kruschel, C. & Lanteri, L. & Leonetti, F.L. & Ligas, A. & Madonna, A. & Skoko, S.M. & Mimica, R. & Moutopoulos, D.K. & Mulas, A. & Nerlovic, V. & Pesic, A. & Porcu, C. & Riginella, E. & Sperone, E. & Tsouknidas, K. & Tuncer, S. & Vrdoljak, D. & Mazzoldi, C. (2021)
The use of fishers' Local Ecological Knowledge to reconstruct fish behavioural traits and fishers' perception of the conservation relevance of elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22, 603–622
DOI: 10.12681/mms.25306

Mulas, A. & Bellodi, A. & Porcu, C. & Cau, A. & Coluccia, E. & Demurtas, R. & Marongiu, M.F. & Pesci, P. & Follesa, M.C. (2020)
Living naked: first case of lack of skin-related structures in an elasmobranch, the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus). Journal of Fish Biology, 97(4), 1252–1256
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14468

Porcu, C. & Bellodi, A. & Cau, A. & Cannas, R. & Marongiu, M.F. & Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2020)
Uncommon biological patterns of a little known endemic Mediterranean skate, Raja polystigma (Risso, 1810). Regional Studies in Marine Science, 34, Article 101065
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101065

Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Carbonara, P. & Cau, A. & Coluccia, E. & Moccia, D. & Mulas, A. & Pesci, P. & Follesa, M.C. (2020)
Abundance, distribution and reproduction of the Data-Deficient species (Squalus blainville) around Sardinia Island (central western Mediterranean Sea) as a contribution to its conservation. Marine and Freshwater Research, 72(1), 118–130
DOI: 10.1071/MF19372

Porcu, C. & Marongiu, M.F. & Olita, A. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Carbonara, P. & Cau, A. & Mulas, A. & Pesci, P. & Follesa, M.C. (2020)
The demersal bathyal fish assemblage of the Central-Western Mediterranean: Depth distribution, sexual maturation and reproduction. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 166, Article 103394
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103394

Carbonara, P. & Bellodi, A. & Palmisano, M. & Mulas, A. & Porcu, C. & Zupa, W. & Donnaloia, M. & Carlucci, R. & Sion, L. & Follesa, M.C. (2020)
Growth and Age Validation of the Thornback Ray (Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758) in the South Adriatic Sea (Central Mediterranean). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 586094
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.586094

Mulas, A. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Carbonara, P. & Cau, A. & Marongiu, M.F. & Pesci, P. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. (2019)
Resource partitioning among sympatric elasmobranchs in the central-western Mediterranean continental shelf. Marine Biology, 166(12), Article 153
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-019-3607-0

Follesa, M. & Marongiu, M. & Zupa, W. & Bellodi, A. & Cau, A. & Cannas, R. & Colloca, F. & Djurovic, M. & Isajlovic, I. & Jadaud, A. & Manfredi, C. & Mulas, A. & Peristeraki, P. & Porcu, C. & Ramírez-Amaro, S. & Salmerón Jiménez, F. & Serena, F. & Sion, L. & Thasitis, I. & Cau, An. & Carbonara, P. (2019)
Spatial variability of Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean. Scientia Marina, 83(S1), 81–100
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04998.23a

Bellodi, A. & Porcu, C. & Cau, A. & Marongiu, M.F. & Melis, R. & Mulas, A. & Pesci, P. & Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. (2018)
Investigation on the genus Squalus in the Sardinian waters (Central-Western Mediterranean) with implications on its management. Mediterranean Marine Science, 19(2), 256–272
DOI: 10.12681/mms.15426

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
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5560

Bellodi, A. & Porcu, C. & Cannas, R. & Cau, A. & Marongiu, M.F. & Mulas, A. & Vittori, S. & Follesa, M.C. (2017)
Life-history traits of the long-nosed skate Dipturus oxyrinchus. Journal of Fish Biology, 90(3), 867–888
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13205

Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Cau, A. & Cuccu, D. & Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2017)
Temporal dynamics of demersal chondrichthyan species in the central western Mediterranean Sea: The case study in Sardinia Island. Fisheries Research, 193, 81–94
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2017.04.001

Porcu, C. & Marongiu, M.F. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Cau, A. & Melis, R. & Mulas, A. & Soldovilla, G. & Vacca, L. & Follesa, M.C. (2017)
Morphological descriptions of the eggcases of skates (Rajidae) from the central-western Mediterranean, with notes on their distribution. Helgoland Marine Research, 71(1), 10
DOI: 10.1186/s10152-017-0490-2

Cau, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Moccia, D. & Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Bo, M. & Canese, S. & Angiolillo, M. & Cannas, R. (2017)
Leiopathes glaberrima millennial forest from SW Sardinia as nursery ground for the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27(3), 731–735
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2717

Mulas, A. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Cau, A. & Cuccu, D. & Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. (2015)
Diet and feeding behaviour of longnosed skate Dipturus oxyrinchus. Journal of Fish Biology, 86(1), 121–138
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12551

Porcu, C. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Marongiu, M.F. & Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2015)
Life-history traits of the commercial blonde ray, Raja brachyura, from the central-western Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(1), 90–102
DOI: 10.12681/mms.898

Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Bellodi, A. & Cuccu, D. & Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2015)
Oviducal gland microstructure of Raja miraletus and Dipturus oxyrinchus (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae). Journal of Morphology, 276(11), 1392–1403
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20426

Porcu, C. & Marongiu, M.F. & Follesa, M.C. & Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Pesci, P. & Cau, A. (2014)
Reproductive aspects of the velvet belly Etmopterus spinax (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae), from the central western Mediterranean Sea. Notes on gametogenesis and oviducal gland microstructure. Mediterranean Marine Science, 15(2), 313–326
DOI: 10.12681/mms.559

Bellodi, A. & Alvito, A. & Fois, M. & Soldovilla, G. & Vittori, S. & Mulas, A. (2014)
A multiple models investigation on age and growth of the speckled ray (Raja polystigma) from Sardinian seas. Poster Abstract. In Proceedings of the European Elasmobranch Association annual scientific conference, Leeuwarden: 71

Mulas, A. & Cannas, R. & Cau, A. & Consolo, A. & Pesci, P. & Follesa, M.C. (2014)
Feeding ecology of the Mediterranean endemic speckled skate, Raja polystigma, from Sardinian waters. Poster Abstract. In Proceedings of the European Elasmobranch Association annual scientific conference, Leeuwarden: 75

Marongiu, L.F. & Porcu, C. & Cabiddu, S. & Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2014)
Egg capsules description of the most common Rajid species living in Sardinian waters (Central-Western Mediterranean). Poster Abstract. In Proceedings of the European Elasmobranch Association annual scientific conference, Leeuwarden: 77

Marongiu, M.F. & Bellodi, A. & Cau, A. & Mulas, A. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. (2013)
Reproductive biology of the blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810, in Sardinian seas (central-western Mediterranean). Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 20(1), 190–191

Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. & Cannas, S. & Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Cau, A. (2013)
Influence of sexual maturity and age on the bathymetric distribution of Dipturus oxyrinchus in the Sardinian seas (Central Western Mediterranean) [Abstract]. Program and Abstracts 17th European Elasmobranch Association(EEA) Scientific Conference Plymouth 1–3 November 2013: 67

Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Mulas, A. & Cau, A. (2013)
On the development of the oviducal gland in Rajid Brown Ray, Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1978 [Abstract]. Program and Abstracts 17th European Elasmobranch Association(EEA) Conference, Plymouth 1–3 November 2013: 77

Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. & Cabiddu, S. & Cau, Al. & Mulas, A. & Porcu, C. & Cau, A. (2012)
Preliminary observations of the reproductive biology and diet for the Norwegian skate Dipturus nidarosiensis (Rajidae) from the Central Western Mediterranean Sea. Cybium, 36(3), 473–477

Cabiddu, S. & Attori, G. & Mulas, A. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. (2012)
Reproductive period of Dipturus oxyrinchus (Elasmobranchii: Rajidae) in Sardinian seas. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 19(1), 142–143

Porcu, C. & Marongiu, M.F. & Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2012)
Reproductive strategy of a viviparous deep-water shark, Etmopterus spinax, from the Central Western Mediterranean sea. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 19(1), 138–141

Follesa, M.C. & Mulas, A. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Cau, Al. & Pesci, P. & Porcu, C. & Cau, A. (2012)
Diet of common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca, a shallow water Elasmobranch in the Sardinian waters (Central-Western Mediterranean) [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 16. European Elasmobranch Association Conference(EEA), Italy: 68

Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Bellodi, A. & Cannas, R. & Cau, Al. & Marongiu, M.F. & Porcu, C. & Cau, A. (2012)
Feeding habits of longnosed skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus in the Sardinian seas (central-western Mediterranean) [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 16. European Elasmobranch Association Conference(EEA), Italy: 77

Mulas, A. & Bellodi, A. & Cau, A. & Gastoni, A. & Locci, I. & Follesa, M.C. (2011)
Trophic interactions among Chondrichthyans in the central-western Mediterranean Sea. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 18(1), 81–84

Follesa, M.C. & Cau, Al. & Cannas, R. & Mulas, A. & Pesci, P. & Porcu, C. & Sabatini, A. & Cau, A. (2011)
Status and trends of demersal elasmobranches in Sardinian seas (central-western Mediterranean). Rapports et process–verbaux des reunions / Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée. 40: 490

Follesa, M.C. & Porcu, C. & Cabiddu, S. & Mulas, A. & Deiana, A.M. & Cau, A. (2011)
Deep-water fish assemblages in the central-western Mediterranean (south Sardinian deep-waters). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27(1), 129–135
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01567.x

Porcu, C. & Mulas, A. & Cabiddu, S. & Gastoni, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2010)
Reproductive biology of the blonde ray Raja brachyura (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in Sardinian seas. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 17(1), 256–257

Follesa, M.C. & Mulas, A. & Cabiddu, S. & Porcu, C. & Deiana, A.M. & Cau, A. (2010)
Diet and feeding habits of two skate species, Raja brachyura and Raja miraletus (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae) in Sardinian waters (central-western Mediterranean). Italian Journal of Zoology, 77(1), 53–60
DOI: 10.1080/11250000802589600

Mulas, A. & Bellodi, A. & Pendugiu, A.A. & Cabiddu, S. (2010)
Preliminary data on the trophic interactions between Scyliorhinus canicula (Scyliorhinidae) and Raja clavata (Rajidae) in the Central-Western Mediterranean. Rapports et process–verbaux des reunions / Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée. 39: 596

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

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

Mulas, A. & Gastoni, A. & Porcu, C. & Culurgioni, J. & Cau, A. & Follesa, M.C. (2009)
New records of Chondrichthyans from Sardinian waters. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 16(1), 328–329

Mulas, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Cau, Al. & Gastoni, A. & Cau, A. (2009)
Trophic interactions among three rajids, Raja asterias, Raja brachyura, and Raja miraletus in the Central-Western Mediterranean [Abstract]. In Progrtamm and Abstracts, 13th EEA Conference 2009, Palma de Mallorca, Spain(ed.Morey, G. & Yuste, L. and Pons, G.X.): 33