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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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 of rocky shore along the south Adriatic coast (Mediterranean Sea): patterns of spatial distribution. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 143: 1109-1116, 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
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
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
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
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