University of Salento; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali; National Interuniversity Consortium For Marine Sciences; Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), more
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Giangrande, A., Terlizzi A. (2000). Polychaetes of rocky shores along the South Adriatic coast. University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), Italy., more
Putignano, M.; Langeneck, J.; Giangrande, A. (2024). The forgotten diversity of the genus Myxicola (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in North America: redescription of historical taxa and description of two new species. J. Nat. Hist. 58(37-40): 1393-1427. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2370664
Cardone, F.; Corriero, G.; Longo, C.; Mercurio, M.; Onen Tarantini, S.; Gravina, M.F.; Lisco, S.; Moretti, M.; De Giosa, F.; Giangrande, A.; Nonnis-Marzano, C.; Pierri, C. (2020). Massive bioconstructions built by Neopycnodonte cochlear (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in a mesophotic environment in the central Mediterranean Sea. NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 16 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63241-y
Corriero, G.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Nonnis-Marzano, C.; Onen Tarantini, S.; Gravina, M.F.; Lisco, S.; Moretti, M.; De Giosa, F.; Valenzano, E.; Giangrande, A.; Mastrodonato, M.; Longo, C.; Cardone, F. (2019). A Mediterranean mesophotic coral reef built by non-symbiotic scleractinians. NPG Scientific Reports 9(1): 17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40284-4
Corriero, G.; Pierri, C.; Accoroni, S.; Alabiso, G.; Bavestrello, G.; Barbone, E.; Bastianini, M.; Bazzoni, A.M.; Bernardi Aubry, F.; Boero, F.; Buia, M.C.; Cabrini, M.; Camatti, E.; Cardone, F.; Cataletto, B.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Cecere, E.; Cibic, T.; Colangelo, P.; de Olazabal, A.; D'Onghia, G.; Finotto, S.; Fiore, N.; Fornasaro, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Gambi, M.C.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guglielmo, R.; Longo, C.; Lorenti, M.; Lugliè, A.; Maiorano, P.; Mazzocchi, M.G.; Mercurio, M.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mistri, M.; Monti, M.; Munari, C.; Musco, L.; Nonnis-Marzano, C.; Padedda, B.M.; Patti, F.P.; Petrocelli, A.; Piraino, S.; Portacci, G.; Pugnetti, A.; Pulina, S.; Romagnoli, T.; Rosati, I.; Sarno, D.; Satta, C.T.; Sechi, N.; Schiaparelli, S.; Scipione, B.; Sion, L.; Terlizzi, A.; Tirelli, V.; Totti, C.; Tursi, A.; Ungaro, N.; Zingone, A.; Zupo, V.; Basset, A. (2016). Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. Aquat. Conserv. 26(2): 392-409. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2550
Giangrande, A.; Lezzi, M.; Cardone, F.; Mikac, B. (2015). Variation and ontogenetic changes of opercular paleae in a population of Sabellaria spinulosa (Polychaeta: Sabellaridae) from the South Adriatic Sea, with remarks on larval development. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 79(1): 137-150. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04127.19a
Calosi, P.; Rastrick, S.P.S.; Lombardi, C.; de Guzman, H.J.; Davidson, L.; Jahnke, M.; Giangrande, A.; Hardege, J.D.; Schulze, A.; Spicer, J.I.; Gambi, M.C. (2013). Adaptation and acclimatization to ocean acidification in marine ectotherms: an in situ transplant experiment with polychaetes at a shallow CO2 vent system. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (B Biol. Sci.) 368(1627). https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0444
Faasse, M.A.; Giangrande, A. (2012). Description of Bispira polyomma n. sp. (Annelida: Sabellidae): a probableintroduction to the Netherlands. Aquat. Invasions 7(4): 591-598. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2012.7.4.016
Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Marchini, A.; Cantone, G.; Castelli, A.; Chimenz, C.; Cormaci, M.; Froglia, C.; Furnari, G.; Gambi, M.C.; Giaccone, G.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mazziotti, C.; Orsi-Relini, L.; Piraino, S. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions 13(1): 215-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y
Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Kraberg, A.C.; Anisimova, N.; Antoniadou, C.; Araújo, R.; Bartsch, I.; Beker, B.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bertocci, I.; Cochrane, S.J.; Cooper, K.M.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Christou, E.; Crisp, D.J.; Dahle, S.; De Boissier, M.; de Kluijver, M.; Denisenko, S.; De Vito, D.; Duineveld, G.; Escaravage, V.; Fleischer, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; Janas, U.; Karez, R.; Kedra, M.; Kingston, P.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Libes, M.; Martens, P.; Mees, J.; Mieszkowska, N.; Mudrak, S.; Munda, I.; Orfanidis, S.; Orlando-Bonaca, M.; Palerud, R.; Rachor, E.; Reichert, K.; Rumohr, H.; Schiedek, D.; Schubert, P.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Pinto, I.S.; Southward, A.J.; Terlizzi, A.; Tsiaga, E.; van Beusekom, J.E.E.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Warzocha, J.; Wasmund, N.; Weslawski, J.M.; Widdicombe, C.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zettler, M.L. (2010). Data integration for European marine biodiversity research: creating a database on benthos and plankton to study large-scale patterns and long-term changes. Hydrobiologia 644(1): 1-13. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0108-z
Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.E.; García Raso, J.E.; Bianchi, C.N.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martín, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos Esplá, A.A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocaña, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.C.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 11(2): 381-493. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.87
Licciano, M.; Giangrande, A. (2008). The genus Branchiomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with the description of B. maerli n. sp. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 72(2): 383-391
Musco, L.; Giangrande, A.; Gherardi, M.; Lepore, E.; Mercurio, M.; Sciscioli, M. (2008). Sperm ultra-structure of Odontosyllis ctenostoma (Polychaeta: Syllidae) with inferences on syllid phylogeny and reproductive biology. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 72(3): 421-427
Terlizzi, A.; Bevilacqua, S.; Scuderi, D.; Fiorentino, D.; Guarnieri, G.; Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M.; Felline, S.; Fraschetti, S. (2008). Effects of offshore platforms on soft-bottom macro-benthic assemblages: A case study in a Mediterranean gas field. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 7(7): 1303-1309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.024, more
Tovar-Hernández, M.A.; Licciano, M.; Giangrande, A. (2007). Revision of Chone Krøyer, 1856 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the eastern central Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea with descriptions of two new species. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 71(2): 315-338. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2007.71n2315
Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M. (2006). The genus Euchone (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, addition of two new species and discussion on some closely related taxa. J. Nat. Hist. 40(21-22): 1301-1330. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600901458, more
Lepore, E.; Sciscioli, M.; Mastrodonato, M.; Gherardi, M.; Giangrande, A.; Musco, L. (2006). Sperm ultra-structure and spermiogenesis in Syllis krohni (Polychaeta: Syllidae), with some observations on its reproductive biology. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 70(4): 585-592, more
Licciano, M.; Giangrande, A. (2006). The genus Novafabricia Fitzhugh, 1990 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) along the Italian coast (Mediterranean Sea) with a description of N. posidoniae n. sp. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 70(4): 673-678, more
Musco, L.; Giangrande, A. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 304: 143-153, more
Musco, L.; Giangrande, A. (2005). A new sponge-associated species, Syllis mayeri n. sp. (Polychaeta: Syllidae), with a discussion on the status of S. armillaris (Müller, 1776). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 69(4): 467-474. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69n4467, more
Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guidetti, P.; Pati, A.C.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.; Schmich, J.; Terlizzi, A.; Geraci, S. (2004). From biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the roots of ecological complexity. Ecol. Compl. 2: 101-109, more
Giangrande, A.; Delos, A.L.; Musco, L.; Licciano, M.; Pierri, C. (2004). Polychaete assemblages of rocky shore along the South Adriatic coast (Mediterranean Sea). Cah. Biol. Mar. 45(2): 85-95, more
Giangrande, A.; Delos, A.L.; Fraschetti, S.; Musco, L.; Licciano, M.; Terlizzi, A. (2003). Polychaete assemblages along a rocky shore on the South Adriatic coast (Mediterranean Sea): patterns of spatial distribution. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 143(6): 1109-1116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1162-0
Giangrande, A.; Delos, A.L.; Fraschetti, S.; Musco, L.; Licciano, M.; Terlizzi, A. (2003). Polychaete assemblages of rocky shore along the south Adriatic coast (Mediterranean Sea): patterns of spatial distribution. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 143: 1109-1116, more
Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Terlizzi, A.; Miglietta, M.P.; Della Tommasa, L.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variation of hydroids and polychaetes associated with Cystoseira amentacea (Fucales: phaeophyceae). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140: 949-957. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0770-9, more
Giangrande, A.; Montresor, M.; Cavallo, A.; Licciano, M. (2002). Influence of Naineris laevigata (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) on vertical grain size distribution, and dinoflagellate resting stages in the sediment. J. Sea Res. 47(2): 97-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(01)00103-4
Gambi, M.C.; Patti, F.P.; Micaletto, G.; Giangrande, A. (2001). Diversity of reproductive features in some Antarctic polynoid and sabellid polychaetes, with a description of Demonax polarsterni sp. n. (Polychaeta, Sabellidae). Polar Biol. 24(12): 883-891. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003000100287
Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M.; Fanelli, G. (2001). Bioturbation behaviour in two Mediterranean polychaetes. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 81(2): 341-342
Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M.; Pagliara, P. (2000). The diversity of diets in Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). Cah. Biol. Mar. 41(1): 55-65
Giangrande, A. (1997). Polychaete reproductive patterns, life cycle and life histories: an overview, in: Ansell, A.D. et al.Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 35. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 35: pp. 323-386
Mercurio, M.; Giménez, G.; Bavestrello, G.; Cardone, F.; Corriero, G.; Giampaoletti, J.; Gravina, M.F.; Pierri, C.; Longo, C.; Giangrande, A.; Nonnis-Marzano, C. (2024). A dataset of benthic species from mesophotic bioconstructions on the Apulian Coast (Southeastern Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Data 9(3): 45. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/data9030045
Gherardi, M.; Gravina, M.F.; Giangrande, A. (2002). Note tassonomiche ed ecologiche su Micromaldane ornithochaeta (Polychaeta, Maldanidae), rinvenuta lungo le coste Italiane meridionali. Thalassia Salent. 26: 133-143
Raganato, P.; Resta, G.P.; Giangrande, A. (2001). Dati preliminari su Sabella spallanzanii (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) allevata in condizioni sperimentali. Thalassia Salent. 25: 3-10
Gambi, M.C.; Castelli, A.; Giangrande, A.; Lanera, P.; Prevedelli, D.; Zunarelli Vandini, R. (1994). Polychaetes of commercial and applied interest in Italy: an overview. Mém. Mus. natl. hist. nat., Sér. A Zool. 162: 593-601
Giangrande, A.; Petraroli, A. (1994). Observations on reproduction and growth of Sabella spallanzanii (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Mém. Mus. natl. hist. nat., Sér. A Zool. 162: 51-56
Giangrande, A. (1989). Censimento dei Policheti dei mari Italiani: Sabellidae Malmgren, 1867. Atti Soc. toscana sci. nat. resid. Pisa, Mem., Serie B 96: 153-189
Gambi, M.C.; Patti, F.P.; Micaletto, G.; Giangrande, A. (2002). Diversity of reproductive features in some Antarctic polynoid and sabellid polychaetes, with a description of Demonax polarsterni sp. n. (Polychaeta, Sabellidae), in: Arntz, W.E. et al. (Ed.) Ecological studies in the Antarctic sea ice zone: results of EASIZ Midterm Symposium. pp. 24-32
Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Albertelli, G. (1997). Possible controlling factors of a subtidal coastal polychaete community: a case study, in: Hawkins, L.E. et al. (Ed.) The Responses of Marine Organisms to their Environments: Proceedings of the 30th European Marine Biology Symposium. pp. 117-127
Giangrande, A.; Fraschetti, S. (1996). Effects of a short-term environmental change on a brackish-water polychaete community, in: Dworschak, P.C. et al. (Ed.) Influences of Organisms on their Environment, the Role of Episodic Events: Proceedings of the 29th European Marine Biology Symposium Vienna, 29 August-2 September 1994. Marine Ecology (Berlin), 17(1-3): pp. 321-332
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