Ana Cristina Pimenta VerÃssimo
Researcher
Ecology and Evolution of Aquatic Organisms
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
"I am interested in understanding the evolutionary processes occurring in marine fish taxa that have shaped the current biodiversity, particularly among elasmobranchs (i.e. sharks and rays). The main focus of my work has been on the study of population- and species-level patterns of diversity, using a combination of molecular tools, basic biology and ecology. I am also interested in the taxonomy and phylogeny of squaloid sharks, the second most species rich Order of sharks. I have been working in collaboration with other colleagues on the clarification of the alpha taxonomy of the gulper sharks (genus Centrophorus) as well as of the dogfish sharks (genus Squalus), using molecular genetic data as well as morphological and biological data."
Research Interest
Taxonomy and phylogeny of squaloid sharks
Publications
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Gubili C, Sims DW, Verissimo A, Domenici P, Ellis J, Grigoriou P, Johnson AF, McHugh M, Neat F, Satta A, Scarcella G, Serra-Pereira B, Soldo A, Genner MJ, Griffiths AM (2015) A tale of two seas: contrasting patterns of population structure in the small-spotted catshark across Europe. Royal Society open science, 1(3): 140175.
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Catarino D, Knutsen H, VerÃssimo A, Olsen E, Jorde PE, Menezes G, Sannæs H, Company JB, Neat F, Danovaro R, Dell’Anno A, Rochowski B, Stefanni S (2015) The Pillars of Hercules as a bathymetric barrier to gene flow promoting isolation in a global deep-sea shark (Centroscymnus coelolepis). Molecular Ecology, 24(24): 6061-6079.
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Silva C, VerÃssimo A, Cardoso P, Cable J, Xavier R (2017) Infection of the lesser spotted dogfish with Proleptus obtusus Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Spirurida) reflects ontogenetic feeding behaviour and seasonal differences in prey availability. Acta Parasitologica, 62(2): 471-476.
