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  1. First Molecular Evidence and Phylogeny of Hepatozoon sp. and Theileria sp. in Saudi Rodents

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Paolo Merella

  2. Assessment of the Genetic Diversity of the Monogenean Gill Parasite Lamellodiscus echeneis (Monogenea) Infecting Wild and Cage-Reared Populations of Sparus aurata (Teleostei) from the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Animals, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Paolo Merella

  3. DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the sea slater Ligia italica (Crustacea, Isopoda) from Tunisia

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, June 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Paolo Merella

  4. In Vivo Challenge Trials with Dietary Antiparasitics Reveal New Insights into the Practical Use of Fenbendazole against Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea) Infection in Sparus aurata (Teleostei)

    Article • Aquaculture Research, January 2024, Wiley

    Paolo Merella

  5. Mapping a brain parasite: occurrence and spatial distribution in fish encephalon

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, August 2023, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  6. Mapping a brain parasite: occurrence and spatial distribution in fish encephalon

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Paolo Merella

  7. Genetic variation of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) from the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Parasitology Research, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  8. Microscopic Characterization of the Mucous Cells and Their Mucin Secretions in the Alimentary Canal of the Blackmouth Catshark Galeus melastomus (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)

    Article • Fishes, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Paolo Merella

  9. In‐feed trials of fenbendazole and other chemical/natural compounds against Sparicotyle   chrysophrii (Monogenea) infections in Sparus   ...

    Article • Aquaculture Research, June 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Paolo Merella

  10. Stages of Granulomatous Response Against Histozoic Metazoan Parasites in Mullets (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae)

    Article • Animals, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Paolo Merella

  11. Determination of Praziquantel in Sparus aurata L. after Administration of Medicated Animal Feed

    Article • Animals, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Paolo Merella

  12. New insight into genetic variation and haplotype diversity of Fasciola hepatica from Algeria

    Article • Parasitology Research, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  13. Description of epithelial granular cell in catshark spiral intestine: Immunohistochemistry and ultrastructure

    Article • Journal of Morphology, December 2018, Wiley

    Paolo Merella

  14. Xenoligophoroides cobitis (Ergens, 1963) n. g., n. comb. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), a parasite of Gobius cobitis Pallas (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Mediterranean and Black seas

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  15. Ecological and histopathological aspects of Didymodiclinus sp. (Trematoda: Didymozoidae) parasite of the dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Osteichthyes: Serranidae), from the western Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of Fish Diseases, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Elisabetta Antuofermo, Paolo Merella

  16. Intestinal granular cells of a cartilaginous fish, thornback ray Raja clavata: Morphological characterization and expression of different molecules

    Article • Fish & Shellfish Immunology, April 2018, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  17. Occurrence of nematodes of the genus Anisakis in Mediterranean and Atlantic fish marketed in Sardinia

    Article • Italian Journal of Food Safety, January 2017, PAGEPress Publications

    Paolo Merella

  18. Ecology of the Atlantic black skipjack Euthynnus alletteratus (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) in the western Mediterranean Sea inferred by parasitological analysis

    Article • Parasitology, May 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Paolo Merella

  19. Epidemiological and molecular data on heterophyid trematode metacercariae found in the muscle of grey mullets (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae) from Sardinia (western Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Parasitology Research, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  20. Parasites and Lessepsian migration of Fistularia commersonii (Osteichthyes, Fistulariidae): shadows and light on the enemy release hypothesis

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  21. The first record of Gyrodactylus corleonis Paladini, Cable, Fioravanti, Faria & Shinn, 2010 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from the wild

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  22. Metazoan parasites in the head region of the bullet tuna Auxisrochei (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) from the western Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, September 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Paolo Merella

  23. Molecular and epidemiological data on Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in commercial fish caught off northern Sardinia (western Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  24. Metazoan gill parasites of the Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus) (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) from the Mediterranean and their possible use as biological tags

    Article • Folia Parasitologica, April 2014, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Paolo Merella

  25. Parasites of the head of Scomber colias (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) from the western Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Paolo Merella

  26. Molecular characterization of Fasciola hepatica from Sardinia based on sequence analysis of genomic and mitochondrial gene markers

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  27. Investigation into Cryptosporidium and Giardia in bivalve mollusks farmed in Sardinia region and destined for human consumption

    Article • Italian Journal of Food Safety, June 2013, PAGEPress Publications

    Paolo Merella

  28. Additional records ofBeryx splendens(Osteichthyes: Berycidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, with notes on molecular phylogeny and parasites

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Paolo Merella

  29. Metazoan parasites on the gills of the skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) from the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, January 2012, Inter-Research Science Center

    Paolo Merella

  30. Molecular characterization of Fasciola gigantica from Mauritania based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, October 2011, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  31. Molecular Characterization of Anisakis Larvae from Fish Caught Off Sardinia

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, October 2011, American Society of Parasitologists

    Paolo Merella

  32. Prevalence of Anisakis spp. and Hysterothylacium spp. Larvae in Teleosts and Cephalopods Sampled from Waters off Sardinia

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, October 2011, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  33. Molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. from the endemic area of northern Iran based on nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, July 2011, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  34. Molecular characterization of Hysterothylacium aduncum (Nematoda: Raphidascaridae) from different fish caught off the Tunisian coast based on nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences

    Article • Parasitology Research, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  35. Assessment of Intraspecific mtDNA Variability of the Water FrogPelophylax saharicusin Eastern North Africa

    Article • Annales Zoologici, December 2010, Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences

    Paolo Merella

  36. Combined analysis of four mitochondrial regions allowed the detection of several matrilineal lineages of the lessepsian fishFistularia commersoniiin the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, September 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Paolo Merella

  37. Lessepsian fish migration: genetic bottlenecks and parasitological evidence

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, May 2010, Wiley

    Paolo Merella

  38. Metazoan gill parasites of wild albacore Thunnus alalunga (Bonaterre, 1788) from the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean) and their use as biological tags

    Article • Fisheries Research, March 2010, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  39. Outbreak of Sciaenacotyle panceri (Monogenea) on cage-reared meagre Argyrosomus regius (Osteichthyes) from the western Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, September 2009, Inter-Research Science Center

    Paolo Merella

  40. Genetic characterization of Fasciola hepatica from Tunisia and Algeria based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

    Article • Parasitology Research, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  41. North-easternmost record of <I>Halosaurus ovenii</I> (Actinopterygii: Notacanthiformes: Halosauridae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with notes on its biology

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, June 2009, Pensoft Publishers

    Paolo Merella

  42. Redescriptions of Ligophorus cephali Rubtsova, Balbuena, Sarabeev, Blasco-Costa & Euzet, 2006 and L. chabaudi Euzet & Suriano, 1977 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), with notes on the functional morphology of the copulatory organ

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  43. Redescription of Ligophorus mediterraneus Sarabeev, Balbuena & Euzet, 2005 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) with some methodological notes

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  44. Molecular evidence for the occurrence of Contracaecum rudolphii A (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus) (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) from Sardinia (western Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Parasitology International, December 2008, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  45. Westward range expansion of the Lessepsian migrant Fistularia commersonii (Fistulariidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with notes on its parasites

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, January 2007, Wiley

    Paolo Merella

  46. Spatial and temporal changes in the assemblage structure of fishes associated to fish aggregation devices in the Western Mediterranean

    Article • Aquatic Living Resources, April 2006, EDP Sciences

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, Paolo Merella

  47. Reinstatement of Philometra jordanoi (López-Neyra, 1951) (Nematoda:Philometridae): a parasite of the Mediterranean dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe) (Osteichthyes, Serranidae)

    Article • Systematic Parasitology, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paolo Merella

  48. The by-catch of sharks in the western Mediterranean (Balearic Islands) trawl fishery

    Article • Fisheries Research, March 2003, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella

  49. Diet of the European flying squid Todarodes sagittatus (Cephalopoda: ommastrephidae) in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, June 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Paolo Merella

  50. Fishery and biology of Norway lobsterNephrops norvegicus(Decapoda: Nephropidae) in Mallorca (western Mediterranean)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, November 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Paolo Merella

  51. Biology and fishery of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797, caught by trawlers in Mallorca (Balearic Sea, Western Mediterranean)

    Article • Fisheries Research, June 1998, Elsevier

    Paolo Merella