PUBLICATIONS

​2024

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• Corazza, B. M., Lacerda, C. H. F., Guth, A. Z., Marcancoli, R. K. M., Bianchini, A., Calderon, E. N., Capel, K. C. C., Conceicao, E., Faria, S. C., Francini-Filho, R. B., Garrido, A., Guebert, F. M., Kitahara, M.V., Longo, G. O., Lotufo, T. M., Salvi, K. P., Segal, B., Sumida, P. Y. G., Zilberberg, C., Mies, M. 2024. Three years after their most destructive bleaching event, reefs in the Southwestern Atlantic were not able to recover in time for the 2023-24 ENSO. Marine Biology.

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• Zanotti, A. A., Capel, K. C. C., Kitahara, M. V. 2024. Microbial characterization of the first occurrence of White Plague disease in the endemic brain coral Mussismilia hispida at Alcatrazes Archipelago, Brazil. Coral Reefs.

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• Vaga, C. F., Seiblitz, I. G. L., Capel, K. C. C., Quattrini, A. M., Stolarski, J., Cairns, S. D., Kitahara, M. V. 2024. Untangling deep-sea corals systematics: Description of a new family, Stephanocyathidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), through a genomic approach. Zoologica Scripta: 12657.

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• Vaga, C. F., Seiblitz, I. G. L., Capel, K. C. C., Stolarski, J., Quattrini, A., Huang, D., Quek, Z. B. R., Kitahara, M. V. 2024. 300-million years apart: the extreme case of macromorphological skeletal convergence between deltocyathids and a turbinoliid coral (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Invertebrate Systematics 38: 23053. 

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• Borremans, C., Durden, J., Schoening, T., Curtis, E., Adams, L., Branzan, A...... Kitahara, M. V. et al. 2024. Report on the Marine Imaging Workshop 2022. Research Ideas And Outcomes 10: e119782.

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2023

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• Mizrahi, D., Duarte, R. C., Kitahara, M. V., Flores, A. A. V. 2023. Interactions between invaders: facilitation of boring bivalves leads to reduced adhesive strength of sun corals. Coral Reefs: s00338-023-0235. 

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• Barbosa, A. C. C., Vinagre, C., Kitahara, M. V., Flores, A. A. V. 2023. Priority effects, environmental filtering and neutral coexistence explain large- to small-scale distribution of invasive sun corals in the SW Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 707: 31-42.

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• Merz, Ewa., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Flores, Augusto A.V. 2023. A legacy of invasive sun corals: Distinct mobile invertebrate assemblages at near-reef coral-dominated rubble. Marine Environmental Research 188: 105974.

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• Vaga, C.F., Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. 2023. Re-synonymization of the genus Deltocyathoides with Peponocyathus (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Turbinoliidae). Zootaxa 5271: 595-598.

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• Renzo, K., Banagouro, C. Q., Kitahara, M. V., Sciani, J. M. 2023. A new BACE-1 inhibitor peptide from Macrorhynchia philippina. Alzheimers & Dementia 19: 062504.

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• Quek, R. Z. B., Sudhanshi, J. S., Richards, Z. T., Arrigoni, R., Benzoni, F., Hoeksema, B. W., Carvajal, J. I., Wilson, N. G., Baird, A. H., Kitahara, M. V., Seiblitz, I. G. L., Vaga, C. F., Huang, D. 2023. A hybrid-capture approach to reconstruct the phylogeny of Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186: 107867. 

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• Araújo, B. C., Barbosa, D. A., Honji, R. M., Branco, G. S., Menegidio, F. B., Marques, V. H., Moreira, R. G., Kitahara, M. V., Rombenso, A. N., De Mello, P. H., Hilsdorf, A. W. S. 2023. Post-feeding molecular responses of Cobia (Rachycentron canadum): rna-sequencing as a tool to evaluate postprandial effects in hepatic lipid metabolism. Marine Biotechnology.

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• Capel, K. C. C., Carpes, R. M., Morrison, C. L., Vaga, C. F., Quattrini, A., Quek, Z. B. R., Huang, D., Cairns, S.D., Kitahara, M.V. 2023. How long have we been mistaken? Multi-tools shedding light into the systematics of the widespread deep-water genus Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (Scleractinia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 191: 107994.

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2022

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• Cairns, S. D., Kitahara, M. V. 2022. Replacement name for the junior homonym Microtrochus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zootaxa 5175: 300.

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• Ferreira, M. L. C., Robinson, L. F., Stewart, J., Li, T., Chen, T., Burke, A., Kitahara, M. V., White, N. J. 2022. Spatial and temporal distribution of cold-water corals in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean over the last 150 thousand years. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 190: 103892.

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• Cordeiro, R. T. S., Carpinelli, A. N., Francini-Filho, R. B., Neves, Bárbara M., Perez, C. D., Oliveira, U., Sumida, P. Y. G., Maranhao, H. A., Hislei, L., Carneiro, P. B. M., Kitahara, M. V. 2022. Neospongodes atlantica, a potential case of an early biological introduction in the Southwestern Atlantic. PeerJ 10: e14347.

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• Marques, A. C., Migotto, A. E., Kitahara, M. V., Dias, G. M., Costa, T. M., Oliveira, M. C. 2022. Marine and coastal biodiversity studies, 60 years of research funding from FAPESP, what we have learned and future challenges. Biota Neotropica.

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• Vaga, C. F., Seiblitz, I. G. L., Capel, K. C. C., Kitahara, M. V. 2022. The mitochondrial genomes of Crispatotrochus rubescens and Crispatotrochus rugosus (Hexacorallia; Scleractinia): new insights on the phylogeny of the family Caryophylliidae. Molecular Biology Reports.

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• Filander, Z. N., Kitahara, M. V., Cairns, S. D., Sink, K. J., Lombard, A. T. 2022. Corrigendum: Filander ZN, Kitahara MV, Cairns SD, Sink KJ, Lombard AT (2021) Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa. ZooKeys 1066: 1-198. ZooKeys, v. 1129, p. 197-200, 2022.

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• Banagouro, K. C. Q., Viana, J., De Lima, L. P., Coelho, G. R., Rocha, T., Girardello, R., Russi, K. L., Kitahara, M. V., Sciani, J. M. 2022. Biochemical and Toxinological Characterization of Venom from Macrorhynchia philippina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Biomed Research International.

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• Seiblitz, I. G. L. E., Vaga, C. F., Capel, K. C., Cairns, S. D., Stolarski, J., Quattrini, A., Kitahara, M. V. 2022. Caryophylliids (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and mitochondrial gene order: insights from mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 107565.

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• Christofoletti, R. A., Andeotti, A. J. G., Conti, W., Takahashi, C. K., Mazzo, T., Ignacio, B. L., Martins, F. R., Kitahara, M. V., Yokoyama, L. Q. 2022. Escola Azul: educação, ciência, cidadania e a Década da Ciência Oceânica no Brasil. Parcerias Estratégicas 27: 35-45.

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• Carpinelli, A. N., Cordeiro, R. T., Castro, C. B., Kitahara, M. V. 2022. Thesea pyrrha sp. nov., a new shallow-water octocoral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from southwestern Atlantic, and implications on the systematics of the genus. Zootaxa 5116: 89-106.

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• Tanasovici, Rodrigo M., Dias, Gustavo M., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Vieira, Edson A. 2022. Enduring regardless the conditions: Plasticity in modular growth as a strategy to cope with hydrodynamic variation by the invasive sun-coral (Tubastraea spp.). Marine Environmental Research 174: 105563.

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• Coelho, S. C. C., Gherardi, D., Gouveia, M. B., Kitahara, M. V. 2022. Western boundary currents drive sun-coral (Tubastraea spp.) coastal invasion from oil platforms. Scientific Reports 12: 5286.

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2021

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• Christofoletti, R. A., Andeotti, A. J. G., Mazzuco, A. C. A., Martins, F. F., Kasten, P., Mazzo, T., M. Ignacio, B. L., Kitahara, M. V., et al. 2021. A Década da ciência oceânica para o desenvolvimento sustentável. E eu com isso? Ciência e Cultura 73: 28-35.

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• Savio, L., Dias, G. M., Leite, K. L., Godoy, S. N., Figueiroa, A. C., Otoni Neto, G. F., Correa, E. C., Francini, C. L. B., Shintate, G. S. I., Kitahara, M. V. 2021. Sun coral management effectiveness in a wildlife refuge from southeastern Brazil. Aquatic Conservation 3657.

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• Finlander, Z., Kitahara, M. V., Cairns, S. D., Sink, K. J., Lombard, A. T. 2021. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa. Zookeys 1066: 1-198.

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• Vaga, C. F., Migotto, A. E., Santos, M. E. A., Honji, R. M., Reimer, J.,Kitahara, M. V. 2021. An integrative approach reveals a new species of Zoantharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), Terrazoanthus silveirai, in the South-western Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology Research.

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• Soares, M. O., Kitahara, M. V., Santos, M. E. A., Bejarano, S., Rabelo, E. F., Cruz, I. C. S. 2021. The flourishing and vulnerabilities of zoantharians on Southwestern Atlantic reefs. Marine Environmental Research 105535.

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• Luz, B.L., Miller, D.J., Kitahara, M.V. 2021. High regenerative capacity is a general feature within colonial dendrophylliid corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution 336(3): 281-292.

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• Mcfadden, C.S., Quattrini, A., Brugler, M., Cowman, P.F., Duenas, L.F., Kitahara, M.V., Paz-García, D.A., Reimer, J., Rodriguez, E. 2021. Phylogenomics, Origin and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria). Systematic Biology syaa103.

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• Zanotti, A. A., Gregoracci, G. B., Kitahara, M. V. 2021. The microbial profile of a tissue necrosis affecting the Atlantic invasive coral Tubastraea tagusensis. Scientific Reports 11: 9828.

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2020

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• Seiblitz, I. G. L., Capel, K. C. C., Stolarski, J., Quek, Z. B. R., Huang, D., Kitahara, M. V. 2020. The earliest diverging extant scleractinian corals recovered by mitochondrial genomes. Scientific Reports.

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• Stolarski, J., Coronado, I., Murphy, J. G., Kitahara, M. V., Janiszewska, K., Mazur, M., Gothmann, A. N., Bouvier, A., Marin-Carbonne, J., Taylor, M., Quattrini, A., Mcfadden, C., Higgins, J. A., Robinson, L. F., Meibom, A. 2020. A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite?aragonite skeleton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

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• Kitahara, M. V., Capel, K. C. C., Migotto, A. E. 2020. Coenocyathus sebroecki sp. nov., a new azooxanthellate coral (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from southeastern Brazil. Marine Biodiversity 50.

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• Faria, L. C., Kitahara, M. V. 2020. Invasive corals hitchhiking in the Southwestern Atlantic. Ecology 102: e03066.

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• Luz, B. L. P., Di Domenico, M., Migotto, A. E., Kitahara, M. V. 2020. Life-history traits of Tubastraea coccinea: Reproduction, development, and larval competence. Ecology and Evolution: ece3.6346.

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• Tanasovici, R., Kitahara, M. V., Dias, G. M. 2020. Invasive coral Tubastraea spp. population growth in artificial habitats and its consequences to the diversity of benthic organisms. Marine Biology 167: 1-12.

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• Cordeiro, R. T., Neves, B. M., Kitahara, M. V., Arantes, R. C. M., Perez, C. 2020. First assessment on Southwestern Atlantic equatorial deep-sea coral communities. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 103344.

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• Vaga, C. F., Kitahara, M. V., Nascimento, K., Migotto, A. E. 2020. Genetic diversity of the Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) complex: new insights from Brazil. Marine Biodiversity 50: 68.

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• Carpinelli, A. N., Cordeiro, R. T., Neves, L. M., Moura, R. L., Kitahara, M. V. 2020. Erythropodium caribaeorum (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860) (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea), an additional alien coral in the Southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 4822: 175-190.

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• Zanotti, A. A., Gregoracci, G. B., Capel, K. C. C., Kitahara, M. V. 2020. Microbiome of the Southwestern Atlantic invasive scleractinian coral, Tubastraea tagusensis. Animal Microbiome 2: 1-8.

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• Quattrini, Andrea M., Rodríguez, E., Faircloth, Brant C., Cowman, Peter F., Brugler, Mercer R., Farfan, Gabriela A., Hellberg, Michael E., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Morrison, Cheryl L., Paz-García, David A., Reimer, James D., Mcfadden, Catherine S. 2020. Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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• Kitahara, M. V., Jaimes-Becerra, A., Gamero-Mora, E., Padilla, G., Doonan, L. B., Ward, M., Marques, A. C., Morandini, A. C., Long, P. F. 2020. Reciprocal transplantation of the heterotrophic coral Tubastraea coccinea (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) between distinct habitats did not alter its venom toxin composition. Ecology and Evolution. 

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• Vaga, C. F., Santos, M. E. A., Migotto, A. E., Reimer, J., Kitahara, M. V. 2020. Octocoral-associated Parazoanthus cf. swiftii from the southwestern Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity 50: 17. 

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• Capel, K. C. C., López, C., Moltó-Martín, I., Zilberberg, C., Creed, J. C., Knapp, I. S. S., Hernández, M., Forsman, Z. H., Toonen, R. J., Kitahara, M. V. 2020. Atlantia, a new genus of Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the eastern Atlantic. PeerJ 8: e8633. 

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2019

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• Silva, R., Vinagre, C., Kitahara, M. V., Acorsi, I. V., Mizrahi, D., Flores, A. A. V. 2019. Sun-coral invasion of shallow rocky reefs: effects on mobile invertebrate assemblages in Southeastern Brazil. Biological Invasions. 

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• Banha, T., Capel, K. C., Kitahara, M. V., Francini-Filho, R. B., Francini, C. L. B., Sumida, P. Y. G., Mies, M. 2019.Low coral mortality during the most intense bleaching event ever recorded in subtropical Southwestern Atlantic reefs. Coral Reefs. 

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• Capel, K. C., Creed, J. C., Kitahara, M. V. 2019. Invasive corals trigger seascape changes in the southwestern Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science. 

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• Capel, K. C., Kitahara, M. V., Creed, J. C., Zilberberg, C. 2019. Multiple introductions and secondary dispersion of Tubastraeaspp. in the Southwestern Atlantic. Scientific Reports 9: 1-11. 

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• Santos, M. E. A., Faria Junior, E., Aued, A. W., Peluso, L., Kitahara, M. V., Pires, D. O., Zilberberg, C. 2019.Benthic Cnidaria community in the oceanic archipelago of Trindade and Martin Vaz, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 33: 100895. 

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2018

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• Luz, B. L., Capel, K. C. C., Zilberberg, C., Flores, A. A. V., Migotto, A. E., Kitahara, M. V. 2018.A polyp from nothing: The extreme regeneration capacity of the Atlantic invasive sun corals Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis(Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 503: 60-65. 

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• Pereira Filho, G. H., Shintate, G. S. I., Kitahara, M. V., Moura, R. L., Amado-Filho, G. M., Bahia, R. G., Moraes, F. C., Neves, L. M., Francini, C. L. B., Gibran, F. Z., Motta, F. S. 2018. The southernmost Atlantic coral reef is off the subtropical island of Queimada Grande (24ºS), Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science.

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• Prathapan, K. D. Pethiyagoda, R. Bawa, K. S. Raven, P. H. Rajan, P. D. Acosta, L. E. Adams, B. Adl, S. Ahyong, S. T. Anderson, R. Arango, C. P. Arnedo, M. A. Armbruster, J. W. Avila, L. J. Azevedo, C. O. Baldo, D. Barclay, M. V. L. Baron-Szabo, R. Bauer, A. M. Bentlage, B. Bezdě Bird, G. Blagoderov, V. Bocak, L. Bonaldo, A., et al.2018. When the cure kills - CBD limits biodiversity research. Science 360: 1405-1406.

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• Luz, B. L., Capel, K. C. C., Zilberberg, C., Flores, A. A. V., Migotto, A. E. & Kitahara, M. V. 2018. A polyp from nothing: the extreme regeneration capacity of the Atlantic invasive sun corals Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 530: 60-65.

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2017

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• Luz, B. L. & Kitahara, M. V. 2017. Could the invasive scleractinians Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis replace the dominant zoantharian Palythoa caribaeorum in the Brazilian subtidal?. Coral Reefs.

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• Chuang, Y., Kitahara, M. V., Fukami, H., Tracey, D., Miller, D. J. & Chen, A. C. 2017. Loss and gain of group I introns in the mitochondrial cox1 gene of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa). Zoological Studies. 56: 1-18. 

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• Capel, K. C. C., Toonen, R. J., Rachid, C. T. C. C., Creed, J. C., Kitahara, M. V., Forsman, Z. & Zilberberg, C. 2017. Clone wars: asexual reproduction dominates in the invasive range of spp. (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the South-Atlantic Ocean. PeerJ 5, p. e3873.

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2016

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• Frankowiak, K., Wang, X. T., Sigman, D. M., Gothmann, A. M., Kitahara, M. V., Mazur, M., Meibom, A. & Stolarski, J. 2016. Photosymbiosis and the expansion of shallow-water corals. Sci. Adv. 2, e1601122. 

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• Lin, M. F., Chou, W. H, Kitahara, M. V., Chen, C. A., Miller, D. J. & Forêt, S. 2016. Corallimorpharians are not ‘‘naked corals’’: insights into relationships between Scleractinia and Corallimorpharia from phylogenomic analyses. PeerJ 4:e2463.

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• Capel, K. C., Migotto, A. E., Lin, M.-F., Zilberberg, C., Forsman, Z., Miller, D. J. & Kitahara, M. V. 2016. Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of Atlantic representatives of the invasive Pacific coral species Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae): Implications for species identification. Gene (Amsterdam).

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• Mizrahi, D., Kitahara, M. V., Barbosa, A. C. C. & Flores, A. A. V. 2016. Possible interference competition involving established fish and a sun coral incursion. Marine Biodiversity.

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• Wang, X. T., Sigman, D. M., Cohen, A. L., Sinclair, D. J., Sherrell, R. M., Cobb, K. M., Erler, D. V., Stolarski, J., Kitahara, M. V. & Ren, H. 2016. Influence of open ocean nitrogen supply on the skeletal δ15N of modern shallow-water scleractinian corals. Earth and Planetary Letters 441: 123-132.

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• Frankowiak, K., Kret, S., Mazur, M., Meibom, A., Kitahara, M. V. & Stolarski, J. 2016. Fine-scale skeletal banding can distinguish symbiotic from asymbiotic species among modern and fossil scleractinian corals. Plos One 11: e0147066.

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2015

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• Santos, M. E. A., Kitahara, M. V., Lindner, A. & Reimer, J. D. 2015. Overview of the order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in Brazil. Marine Biodiversity.

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• Luz, B. L. P., Capel, K. C. C., Stampar, S. N. & Kitahara, M. V. 2015. Description of the mitochondrial genome of the tree coral Dendrophyllia arbuscula (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Mitochondrial DNA 6: 1-2.

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2014

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• Janiszewska, K., Stolarski, J., Kitahara, M. V., Neuser, R. D. & Mazur, M. 2014. Microstructural disparity between basal micrabaciids and other Scleractinia: new evidence from Neogene. Lethaia 48(3): 417-428.

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• Capel, K. C., Migotto, A. E., Zilberberg, C. & Kitahara, M. V. 2014. Another tool towards invasion? Polyp "bail-out" in Tubastraea coccinea. Coral Reefs (Online) 1-1.

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• Lin, M.-F., Kitahara, M. V., Forêt, S., Miller, D. J. & Chen, A. C. 2014. Mitochondrial genome rearrangements in the Scleractinia / Corallimorpharia complex: implications for coral phylogeny. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6(5):1086-1095.

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• Kitahara, M. V., Lin, M.-F., Forêt, S., Huttley, G., Miller, D. J. & Chen, C. A. 2014. The Naked Coral Hypothesis Revisited - Evidence for and Against Scleractinian Monophyly. Plos One, v. 9, p. e94774, 2014.

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• Stampar, S. N., Maronna, M. M., Kitahara, M. V., Reimer, J. & Morandini, A. C. 2014. Fast-Evolving Mitochondrial DNA in Ceriantharia: A Reflection of Hexacorallia Paraphyly? Plos One, v. 9, p. e86612.

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2013

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• Kitahara, M. V., Cairns, S. D., Stolarski, J. & Miller, D. J. 2013. Deltocyathidae, an early-diverging family of Robust corals: molecular and morphological support. Zoologica Scripta, 42: 201-212.

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2012

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• Kitahara, M. V., Stolarski, J., Cairns, S. D., Benzoni, F., Stake, J. L. & Miller, D. J. 2012. The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. Invertebrate Systematics 26: 303-305.

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• Cairns, S. D. & Kitahara, M. V. 2012. An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), with an attached glossary. ZooKeys 227: 1-47.

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• Lin, M.-F., Kitahara, M. V., Tachikawa, H., Fukami, H., Miller, D. J. & Chen, A. C. 2012. Novel organization of the mitochondrial genome in the deep-sea coral, Madrepora oculata (Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, Oculinidae) and its taxonomic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 323-328.

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• Attenborough, R., Hayward, D., Kitahara, M. V., Miller, D. J. & Ball, E. 2012. A neural enzyme in non-bilaterian animals and algae: Pre-neural origins for peptidylglycine-amidating monooxygenase (PAM). Molecular Biology and Evolution 5: 1-15.

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• Carranza, A., Recio, A. M., Kitahara, M. V., Scarabino, F., López, G., Franco-Fraguas, P., Mello, C., Acosta, J., Fontan, A. 2012. Deep-water coral reefs from the Uruguayan outer shelf and slope. Marine Biodiversity.

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• Cordeiro, R. T., Kitahara, M. V. & Amaral, F. M. D. 2012. New records and range extensions of azooxanthellate scleractinians (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records 5: 1-16.

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• Lin, M.-F., Kitahara, M. V., Tachikawa, H., Keshavmurthy, S. & Chen, A. C. 2012. A new shallow-water species, Polycyathus chaishanensis sp. nov. (Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae) from Chaishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and its conservation concerns. Zoological Studies 51 (2): 213-221.

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2011

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• Kitahara, M. V. 2011. Morphological and molecular systematics of scleractinian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with emphasis on deep-water species. PhD dissertation. School of Pharmacy and Molecular Biology, James Cook University. 591 pp.

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• Stolarski, J., Kitahara, M. V., Miller, D. J., Cairns, S. D., Mazur, M. & Meibom, A. 2011. The ancient evolutionary origins of Scleractinia revealed by azooxanthellate corals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 2-15.

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• McEnnulty, F. R., Gowlett-Holmes, K. L., Williams, A., Althaus, F., Fromont, J., Poore, G. C. B., O'Hara, T. D., Marsh, L., Kott, P., Slack-Smith, S., Alderslade, P. & Kitahara, M. V. 2011. The deepwater invertebrate megafauna on the western Australian continental margin (100 1100 m depths): composition, distribution and novelty. Records of the Western Australian Museum 80: 1-191.

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• Janiszewska, K., Stolarski, J., Benzerara, K., Meibom, A., Mazur, M., Kitahara, M. V. & Cairns, S. D. 2011. A unique skeletal microstructure of the deep-sea micrabaciid scleractinian corals. Journal of Morphology 272: 191-203.

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2010

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• Kitahara, M. V., Cairns, S. D., Stolarski, J., Blair, D. & Miller, D. J. 2010. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial CO1 sequence data. Plos One 5: e11490.

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• Kitahara, M. V., Cairns, S. D. & Miller, D. J. 2010. Monophyletic origin of the Caryophyllia (Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae), with description of six new species. Systematics and Biodiversity8: 91-118.

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2009

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• Kitahara, M. V. & Cairns, S. D. 2009. A revision of the genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema 31: 233-248.

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• Kitahara, M. V. 2009. The deep-sea demersal fisheries and the azooxanthellate corals from southern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 9: 1-10.

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• Kitahara, M. V., Capitoli, R. R. & Horn Filho, N. O. 2009. Distribution of deep-sea azooxanthellate scleractinians from southern Brazilian waters. Iheringia. Série Zoologia 99: 223-236.

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2008

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• Kitahara, M. V., Horn Filho, N. P. & Abreu, J. G. N. 2008. Utilização de registros de corais de profundidade (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) para prever a localização e mapear tipos de substratos na plataforma e talude continental do sul do Brasil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 48: 11-18.

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• Kitahara, M. V. & Cairns, S. D. 2008. New records of the genus Crispatotrochus (Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 1940: 59-68.

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2007

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• Oliveira, U. R., Melo, A. T., Ribeiro, D., Ribeiro, D. S., Neves, J., Pietro Filho, J., Mudat, J. E., Kitahara, M. V. & Horn Filho, N. O. 2007. Características granulométricas do sistema praia duna frontal do trecho da Folha Sombrio, sul do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Geosul 22: 123-146.

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• Kitahara, M. V. 2007. Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science 81: 497-518. PDF Kitahara, M. V. 2006. Novas ocorrências de corais azooxantelados (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) na plataforma e talude continental do sul do Brasil. Biotemas 19: 55-63.

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2005

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• Kitahara, M. V. & Cairns, S. D. 2005. Monohedotrochus capitolii, a new genus and species of solitary azooxanthellate coral (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from southern Brazil. Figs 1-3. Zoölogische Mededelingen 79(2): 117-123.

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• Sampaio, C., Nunes, A. & Kitahara, M. V. 2005. Ampliação de ocorrência de Palinurellus gundlachi Von Martens, 1878 (Decapoda, Synaxidae) no litoral brasileiro. Revista Nordestina de Zoologia 2: 59-65.

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• Kitahara, M. V. 2005. Sobre a ocorrência dos crustáceos Bathynectes longispina Stimpson, 1871 (Portunidae) e Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881 (Nephropidae) no sul do Brasil. Comunicações do Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS. Série Zoologia 18: 63-66.

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2004

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• Mincarone, M. M., Lima, A. T., Kitahara, M. V, Consulin, C. E. N., Silva, C. M. L., Soto, J. M. R. S., Souza Filho, M. B. & Neves, R. D. 2004. Demersal fishes sampled by onboard observers off southern Brazil. Mare Magnum 3: 127-144.