Carlos J. MouraUniversidade do Algarve | UALG · Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR)
Carlos J. Moura
PhD Marine Biology
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Introduction
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January 2007 - October 2011
September 2004 - November 2006
September 1999 - July 2004
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Publications (18)
Moon jellies are some of the most popular, widely distributed, and best-studied marine jellyfish. By the end of the past century only two or three Aurelia species were recognized, but with the rise of DNA barcoding studies, around thirty Aurelia species are presently accepted. Most of the species are morphologically indistinguishable and have restr...
Hydrozoans (Cnidaria) are distributed worldwide and exhibit alternating benthic polyp (hydroid) and pelagic medusan life-history forms. Zygophylacidae are a hydrozoan family with an exclusive hydroid stage throughout their life cycle. Within Hydrozoa, they are unusual in that a relatively large proportion (50%) of species occur in deep waters, but...
The fried egg jellyfish Phacellophora camtschatica (senso lato) is a morphologically peculiar and conspicuous species occurring mostly in the cold waters of the North Pacific. It is less common in the cold waters of the NW Atlantic, and occasionally has been reported in the Mediterranean, Arctic, East and South Pacific, and E, SW and NE Atlantic. H...
During the 2019 First Descent: Seychelles Expedition, shallow and deep reef ecosystems of the Seychelles Outer Islands were studied by deploying a variety of underwater technologies to survey their benthic flora and fauna. Submersibles, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and SCUBA diving teams used stereo-video camera systems to record benthic commu...
We provide preliminary insights into the global phylogeographic and evolutionary patterns across species of the hydrozoan superfamily Plumularioidea (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). We analyzed 1,114 16S sequences of 198 putative species of Plumularioidea collected worldwide. We investigated genetic connections and divergence in relation to present‐day and an...
The bryozoan Amathia verticillata (Delle Chiaje, 1822), previously named Zoobotryon verticillatum, is herein recorded for the first time in Pakistan, extending its northern distribution limit in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. This non-indigenous species was detected on oyster reefs, at the intertidal zone, in the Hab River Delta, Balochistan coa...
Marine hydroids are important benthic components of shallow and deep waters worldwide, but their taxonomy is controversial because diagnostic morphological characters to categorize taxa are limited. Their genetic relationships are also little investigated. We tested taxonomic hypotheses within the highly speciose superfamily Plumularioidea by integ...
Twenty-seven species of hydroids were collected from the peaks (35–42 meters depth) of the Gorringe Bank (NE Atlantic) during the oceanographic campaign 'LusoExpedição Olympus 2008'. Twenty-one of these species are new for the Gor-ringe Bank that now has published records for a total of 37 hydroid species. Lafoeina tenuis, Sertularella ellisii and...
Organic falls create localised patches of organic enrichment and disturbance where enhanced degradation is mediated by diversified microbial assemblages and specialized fauna. The view of organic falls as “stepping stones” for the colonization of deep-sea reducing environments has been often loosely used, but much remains to be proven concerning th...
The hydrozoan family Aglaopheniidae (Cnidaria) is widespread worldwide and contains some of the most easily recognizable hydroids because of their large colony size and characteristic microscopic structure. The systematics of the group has, however, been controversial and dedicated molecular analyses are lacking. We therefore analysed existing and...
The taxonomy of the putative superfamily Lafoeoidea (Hydrozoa), which includes the families Hebellidae and Lafoeidae, has been widely disputed at all systematic levels, mainly because these are morphologically simple and plastic animals. We used the molecular marker 16S mRNA to address phylogenetic relations of ‘Lafoeoidea’ hydroids mainly from sha...
Hydroid species from the genus Nemertesia develop some of the largest and most complex hydrozoan colonies. These colonies are abundant and ecologically important in both shallow and deep waters worldwide. Here, we analyse the systematics of most Nemertesia species from the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean using morphology and phylogenetic inferences o...
The Sertulariidae are the most speciose family of the Hydrozoa, and their systematics are problematic. Here, 77 new 16S mtDNA sequence 'barcodes' of Atlantic and Mediterranean sertulariids were subject to phylogenetic analyses along with another 29 already deposited in Genbank. Amongst the 12 nominal genera and around 40 putative species analysed,...
Fifty-six sequences of the mitochondrial 16S RNA gene were generated for hydroids, belonging to six nominal families — Eudendriidae, Lafoeidae, Haleciidae, Sertulariidae, Plumulariidae and Aglaopheniidae — collected from bathyal environments of the Gulf of Cadiz (22 haplotypes), Greenland (1 haplotype), Azores (1 haplotype), the shallow waters of t...
Tubiclavoides striatum, a new species of an athecate hydroid, was found on mud volcanoes, inactive carbonate chimneys, and cold-water coral stands in the Gulf of Cadiz (south-western Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic Ocean). The new family Tubiclavoididae and the new genus Tubiclavoides are proposed to accommodate the new species. The new hydroid is char...
Questions
Question (1)
I am doing a postdoc on the systematics, phylogeography and evolution of Plumularioidea and Sertulariidae hydroids. I am based at the University of the Azores (supervised by Ricardo S Santos) and working in collaboration/under supervision of Dr Allen Collins and Dr Harilaos Lessios of the Smithsonian Institution (NMNH/NOAA, Washington DC & STRI, Panama).
I would be grateful if any of you could provide samples of the hydroids I am looking for (see Fig. attached), preserved in alcohol that I could use for molecular phylogenetic, and morphological, analyses?
In return I would be happy to provide you with the identifications of the hydroids, and later on information about the phylogeographic position of your samples. In papers I would also make due acknowledgements. Furthermore, because this work has been done in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian, Washington DC, there's also the possibility to deposit your voucher specimens in that institution. But this is not required of course.
Additionally I'm open to develop further collaborations with researchers, including students, who might have overlapping interests.
So, in case you may have the opportunity to send some hydroids, please mail them to me!
Projects
Projects (2)
The drawbacks caused by the occurrence of stinging gelatinous marine invertebrates are well known in the Azores, and there is no year in which they are not widely reported by the regional media. Despite the impacts caused by these organisms on fishing and tourism in the Azores, there is practically no regional scientific knowledge on this subject.
For the first time we intend to study in an integrated way the dynamics of the occurrence of the main gelatinous marine species in the Azores, with the following main goals:
1) To review the marine biodiversity of gelatinous invertebrates in the Azores, compiling information from diverse sources;
2) To study the annual and inter-annual abundance of the most frequent species (Mauve stingers and Portuguese man o’war), using classical and other more innovative methodologies;
3) To relate the abundance of these organisms with environmental variables (wind, temperature, salinity, nutrients, etc.);
4) To know the annual reproductive cycle of these species, using histological methodologies;
5) To characterize genetically the most common species of marine gelatinous organisms that occur in the Azores (“DNA-barcoding”);
6) To analyze the relevance and impact of these occurrences on the sea economy (tourism and fisheries);
7) To involve the local community in this citizen science study;
8) To provide solutions to mitigate the problems caused by these organisms;
9) To form a group of regional experts specialized in this scientific field;
10) To increase regional scientific knowledge on the ecology, biology and taxonomy of these marine invertebrates.
