Lopez-Verdejo, A. & Palomba, M. & Crocetta, F. & Santoro, M. (2024)
Integrative taxonomy of metazoan parasites of the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the Mediterranean Sea, with the resurrection of Grillotia acanthoscolex Rees, 1944 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). Journal of Fish Biology, 104(6), 1754–1763
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15703

Santoro, M. & Bellisario, B. & Fernandez-Alvarez, F.A. & Crocetta, F. & Palomba, M. (2023)
Parasites and prey of the nursehound shark Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758): Insights into hidden trophic web interactions in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Fish Biology, 102(1), 271–280
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15259

Palomba, M. & Insacco, G. & Zava, B. & Santoro, M. (2022)
Occurrence and Molecular Characterization of Some Parasitic Copepods (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) on Pelagic Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 778034
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.778034

Santoro, M. & Bellisario, B. & Tanduo, V. & Crocetta, F. & Palomba, M. (2022)
Drivers of parasite communities in three sympatric benthic sharks in the Gulf of Naples (central Mediterranean Sea). Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 9969
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14024-0

Santoro, M. & Bellisario, B. & Crocetta, F. & Uberti, B.D. & Palomba, M. (2021)
A molecular and ecological study of Grillotia (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) larval infection in small to mid-sized benthonic sharks in the Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea. Ecology and Evolution, 11(20), 13744–13755
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7933

Santoro, M. & Crocetta, F. & Palomba, M. (2021)
Morphological updates, host-specificity, molecular data and phylogenetic analysis of Acanthobothrium coronatum (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea), a neglected parasite of the nursehound Scyliorhinus stellaris. Infection Genetics and Evolution, 95, Article 105023
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.105023