EVOLMAR 2023: EVOLMAR 2023 - MARINE EVOLUTION R-EVOLUTIONARY ROUTES IN THE SEA
PROGRAM

Days: Tuesday, November 14th Wednesday, November 15th Thursday, November 16th Friday, November 17th

Tuesday, November 14th

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14:15-14:45 Session Keynote Speaker: 1
14:15
Rebuilding the coral tree of life: Through Ocean Exploration, Museum Specimens, and Genomic Discovery (abstract)
14:45-15:45 Session Oral presentations: 15'
14:45
Evolutionary patterns in octocoral-microbiota associations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Camille Prioux
15:00
An updated phylogeny of the family Opheliidae (Annelida) based on complete mitogenomes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Leandro Gammuto
15:15
Cryptic species in time and space: an assessment of cryptic diversity within eight nominal species of Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) (abstract)
15:30
Unraveling the Evolution and Function of the Retinoic Acid Signaling in the Mollusk Mytilus galloprovincialis (abstract)
15:45-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-16:28 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:00
Environmental diversity, distribution and evolution of microbial metal ion transport systems (abstract)
16:07
New insights into the systematics of the family Pyuridae (Ascidiacea: Stolidobranchia): integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Mediterranean species (abstract)
PRESENTER: Riccardo Virgili
16:14
Relating anatomical structure and behaviour in the borrowing, clam-predator polychaete Halla parthenopeia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anita Ferri
16:21
Bivalves’ mitogenomics reloaded: a new backbone for mitochondrial protein annotation in the class Bivalvia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Diego Carli
16:30-16:45 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:30
Transient stem cell niche dynamics of the budding tunicate Botryllus schlosseri (abstract)
16:33
Fluorescence as a powerful tool to investigate diet and symbiosis in marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) (abstract)
16:36
Microalgal possible applications for human pathologies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chiara Lauritano
16:39
Who likes ports? Biodiversity of sea slugs (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) within ports and marinas along the Salento peninsula (Apulia, Italy) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Martina Stifani
16:45-17:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:45
Molecular biodiversity assessment of nekton in the Tyrrhenian deep sea (abstract)
PRESENTER: Martina La Torre
16:52
A blue Tritonia callogorgiae Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020 morphotype (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) reveals unexpected variability in body colour pattern and diet and a complex evolutionary history (abstract)
PRESENTER: Julie Deter
16:59
From 2 to 12 or more: how many Myxicola species are out there? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matteo Putignano
17:06
Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for coastal monitoring: a case study in the Southern Adriatic Apulian coastal zone (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alice Tagliabue
17:13
A first look at soft corals’ toxins: diversity and evolution of venom in the white seafan Eunicella singularis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Serena Leone
17:30-17:45Coffee Break
17:45-18:45 Session Oral presentations: 15'
17:45
Genomic reconstruction of the divergence dynamics of two scallop species (abstract)
PRESENTER: David Vendrami
18:00
Simple, yet so complicated: integrative taxonomy reveals Polyophthalmus pictus (Annelida: Opheliidae) as a species complex in European waters (abstract)
18:15
Shark microbiome analysis demonstrates unique microbial communities in two distinct Mediterranean Sea shark species (abstract)
18:30
Collective predation of large prey by small-sized cnidarian polyps: individual behavior, population effects, underlying processes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chiara Gregorin
18:45-18:59 Session Oral presentations: 7'
18:45
Pangenomic architectures are more widespread than originally thought in marine invertebrates: first evidence of gene presence/absence variation in the periwinkle Littorina fabalis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marco Gerdol
18:52
A fiery nudibranch: the amazing connection between Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) and its symbiotic unicellular algae (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bruna Oršanić
Wednesday, November 15th

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14:00-14:30 Session Keynote Speaker: 3
14:00
The interplay of adaptation and exaptation in the eyes of pteriomorphian bivalves (abstract)
14:30-15:30 Session Oral presentations: 15
14:30
Female reproductive fluid and male seminal fluid: the non-gametic conflict for post-mating control (abstract)
PRESENTER: Livia Pinzoni
14:45
The balance between transposable elements and their silencing mechanisms: environmental adaptation of ray-finned fish (abstract)
15:00
Signs of local adaptation by genetic selection and isolation promoted by extreme temperature and salinity in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica (abstract)
PRESENTER: Manh Hung Nguyen
15:15
SmithRNAs: a new arena for mito-nuclear interaction and coevolution (abstract)
PRESENTER: Federico Plazzi
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
15:45
Physiological and behavioral responses of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula from volcanic CO2 vents (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ilaria D'Aniello
15:52
Whole genome duplication and gene evolution in the hyperdiverse venomous gastropods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sarah Farhat
15:59
Exploring stress memory in seagrasses (abstract)
16:06
Assessing the resilience of the coralline macroalgae Ellisolandia elongata to high irradiances and desiccation in natural habitat (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rosa Donadio
16:13
The influence of photosymbiosis in Cassiopea xamachana regenerative success (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marta Mammone
16:20-16:30 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:20
Identification and characterization of vrille and pdp1 circadian genes in the Antarctic krill (abstract)
16:23
Interaction between thermal ecology, mating population density and sexual selection in a wild fish. (abstract)
16:26
Transcriptome sequencing of the diatom Asterionellopsis thurstonii and in silico identification of enzymes potentially involved in the synthesis of bioactive molecules (abstract)
16:30-17:00 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:30
Impact of the ejaculate microbiome on the outcome of sperm competition (abstract)
PRESENTER: Antonia Bruno
16:37
Biological adaptations to Climate Change (CC) and Ocean Acidification (OA) convey the need for consideration in regulatory protocols: evidence from 20 years of biological tests with Paracentrotus lividus. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrea Gaion
16:44
Comparative transcriptomics between P. oceanica and C. nodosa populations reveals insights on environmental adaptation mechanisms in seagrasses (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessia Riccardi
16:51
Time to leave Neverland: Decoding the timing mechanisms of maturation and reproduction in the Sea (abstract)
17:10-17:25Coffee Break
17:25-17:55 Session Keynote Speaker: 2
17:25
The Pace of Clonal Evolution in Seagrasses (abstract)
17:55-18:37 Session Oral presentations: 7'
17:55
The cradle of diversity: Central Atlantic Ocean hides a mosaic of skate species (Rajiformes) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Valentina Crobe
18:02
Unveiling cryptic diversity in a pelagic sea slug (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrea Toso
18:09
Microbial assemblage associated to demersal fish species inhabiting the shallow hydrothrmal sites of Vulcano Island, Mediterranean Sea (abstract)
PRESENTER: Erika Arcadi
18:16
Feeding habits of Octopus vulgaris caught off the western Mediterranean, Northern Morocco, with a review of its diet (abstract)
PRESENTER: Salma Bahij
18:23
Intra- and transgenerational plasticity and acclimation capability in sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) under long-term exposure to seawater acidification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Davide Asnicar
18:30
High within- and between-individual structural variability is related to transposable element insertions and deletions in oysters (abstract)
18:40-18:52 Session Poster presentation: 3'
18:40
I came along with you: first Mediterranean record of a Red Sea nudibranch, Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot, 1908, three decades after its favourite hydrozoan prey, Macrorhynchia philippina (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yann Toso
18:43
Structural and functional ecological traits in Gongolaria barbata individuals from a transitional water system (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maria Luisa Pica
18:46
Impact of micro and nanoplastics on the gills, digestive glands, and byssus apparatus in Mytilus galloprovincialis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rossana Romano
18:49
Microbiota associated with meiofaunal nemerteans reveals evidence of phylosymbiosis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Francesca Leasi
Thursday, November 16th

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14:00-14:30 Session Keynote Speaker: 4
14:00
The ERC HYPERDIVERSE project: untangling drivers of hyperdiversification in neogastropods. (abstract)
14:30-15:30 Session Oral presentations: 15'
14:30
Fluid relationship between rates of speciation and rates of phenotypic evolution in a hyperdiverse fish clade (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carmelo Fruciano
14:45
“The molecular basis of circadian rhythms in echinoderm larvae” (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tanya Alessandro
15:00
Signatures of extreme longevity: a perspective from bivalve molecular evolution (abstract)
15:15
Genomic traits of the water-to-land transition in brachyurans: the terrestrial crab Chiromantes haematocheir as a model species (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessio Iannucci
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
15:45
Shell evolution in Velutinoidea: a phylogenetic approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Giulia Fassio
15:52
Contrasting patterns of amino acid evolution and shared ancestry between putative sex-determining genes in bivalve molluscs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Filippo Nicolini
15:59
Contrasting patterns of conservation and divergence of Hox genes in molluscs (abstract)
16:06
Novel insights on Ciona robusta gut physiology and evolution (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maria Sirakov
16:13
Evolution of the small RNA pathways in animals and the loss of endo-siRNAs among Lophotrochozoa (abstract)
16:20-16:35 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:20
Developing C. robusta juveniles as an experimental system in comparative immunology of invertebrate chordates. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Paolo Sordino
16:23
Exploring the Ciona robusta immunome. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Paolo Sordino
16:26
Diving into the Past: Exploring Ascidian Biodiversity through Historical and recent records (abstract)
PRESENTER: Emanuela De Lisa
16:29
DEEPOLY: Combining different molecular approaches to study deep-sea polychaetes in the Mediterranean (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sara Verni
16:35-17:03 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:35
The evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Elisa Nocella
16:42
From tunicates to vertebrates, evolution of Nitric oxide signaling (abstract)
16:49
Exploring the Link Between Genetic and Morpho-Anatomical Diversity in the Swordfish's Rostra (abstract)
PRESENTER: Martina Spiga
16:56
A timescale to sea spiders’ evolution (Arthropoda : Pycnogonida) (abstract)
PRESENTER: Morena Nava
17:15-17:30Coffee Break
17:30-18:00 Session Special Guest
17:30
Gombessa: The Mystery of the Rings (abstract)
Friday, November 17th

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14:00-14:30 Session Keynote Speaker: 5
14:00
The World According to Sharks: Lessons on surviving climate change from Earth's oldest predator (abstract)
14:30-15:30 Session Oral presentations: 15'
14:30
Counting stars: local and global projections of gastropod diversity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Giacomo Chiappa
14:45
Integrating ecological and genomic insights for monitoring conservation status and trends in seahorses (abstract)
15:00
Genomic Erosion on Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Cortez Populations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roberto Biello
15:15
Whole mitochondrial genome sequencing provides new insights into the phylogeography of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea (abstract)
PRESENTER: Livia Tolve
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:20 Session Oral presentations: 7'
15:45
Hidden in the ocean: the importance of detecting hybridisation in pelagic and deep-water fishes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carlo Pecoraro
15:52
Adaptive mechanisms to Ocean Acidification of different limpet species from the CO2 vent systems of Ischia Island (Italy) (abstract)
15:59
Investigating the thermal indicators linked to flowering and fruiting of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and estimating the uncertainties due to local factors (abstract)
16:06
Pioneering metabarcoding of stranded cetaceans: Stomach contents unleashed! (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sofia Albrecht
16:13
Teach a man to fish and we may increase seahorses’ protection: evidence from citizen science and spatial ecology in the Italian Hippocampus species (abstract)
PRESENTER: Raffaele Panzuto
16:20-16:35 Session Poster presentation: 3'
16:20
Predicting the kinetic of spread for Alien Invasive Species in the Mediterranean Sea: Caulerpa cylindracea as a case study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marco Fianchini
16:23
Defreeze mollusc data in Italy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arianna Giannini
16:26
Are Ascidians behavior and physiology affected by underwater noise pollution? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Giacomo Sabbadin
16:29
Phytoplankton: a suitable bioindicator of the occurrence of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and trace metals in the Mediterranean Sea (abstract)
16:35-17:03 Session Oral presentations: 7'
16:35
POSIDONIA OCEANICA ADAPTATIVE RESPONSES TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION (abstract)
16:42
The Effects of Short-Term Acute Low-Light Exposure on the Coral Pachyseris speciosa from Singapore’s Turbid Reef: a Photo-Physiological and Transcriptomic Approach (abstract)
16:49
MicroRNA-mediated environmental adaptation in microalgae: from physiological responses to the identification of novel biomarkers. (abstract)
16:56
Analysing life-history and ecological traits to investigate the response to protection of rocky-reef fish community in a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area (abstract)
PRESENTER: Federica Poli
17:15-17:30Coffee Break