33. Pujolar JM, Gardiner CEC, von der Heyden S, Robalo JI, Castilho R, Cunha RL, Henriques R, Nielsen EE (2025) Resolving the Population Structure and Demographic History of the European Anchovy in the Northeast Atlantic: Tracking Historical and Contemporary Environmental Changes. Molecular Ecology (early online). PDF


32. Koivunen AMA, Cunha RL, Quimbayo JP, Otero-Ferrer F, Freitas R, Mallmann AIM, Fauvelot C, Bramanti L, Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT (2025) Environmental and geographical drivers of reef fish beta diversity across the depth gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 752: 21-34.  PDF



31. Meyer L, Barry P, Riquet F, Foote A, Der Sarkissian C, Cunha RL, Arbiol C, Cerqueira F, Desmarais E, Bordes A, Bierne N, Guinand B, Gagnaire PA (2024) Divergence and gene flow history at two large chromosomal inversions underlying ecotype differentiation in the long-snouted seahorse. Molecular Ecology, e17277. PDF


30. Cunha RL, Robalo JI, Francisco SM, Farias I, Castilho R, Figueiredo I (2024) Genomics goes deeper in fisheries science: the case of the blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in the northeast Atlantic. Fisheries Research 270, 106891. PDF


29. Cunha RL, Faleh AB, Francisco S, Šanda R, Vukic J, Corona L, Dia M, Glavičić I, Kassar A, Castilho R*, and Robalo JI.* (2022). Three mitochondrial lineages and no Atlantic-Mediterranean barrier for the bogue Boops boops across its widespread distribution Scientific Reports 12: 22124. PDF


28. Cunha RL, Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, Madeira C, McQuaid CD, Cox CJ and Castilho R (2022). Comparative mitogenomic analyses and gene rearrangements reject the alleged polyphyly of a bivalve genus. PeerJ 10: e1395. PDF


27. Cunha RL, Costa A, Godinho F, Santos C, Castilho R (2022). Hidden diversity of the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) from Angola, West Africa. Conservation Genetics, 23: 429–433. PDF


26. Cunha RL, Sala J, Machado M, Boix D, Madeira C, Madeira PM, Cristo M, Fonseca LC and Castilho R (2021). Distinctive genetic signatures of two fairy shrimp species with overlapping ranges in Iberian temporary ponds. Freshwater Biology, 66, 1680– 1697. PDF


25. Egger C, Neusser TP, Norenburg J, Leasi F, Buge B, Vannozzi A, Cunha RL, Cox CJ Jöger KM Uncovering the shell game with barcodes: diversity of meiofaunal Caecidae snails (Truncatelloidea, Caenogastropoda) from Central America (2020) ZooKeys 968:1-42. PDF


24. Cunha RL, Forsman ZH, Beldrock R, Knapp ISS, Castilho R, Toonen RJ (2019). Rare coral under the genomic microscope: timing and relationships among Hawaiian Montipora. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19 (153). PDF


23. Morim T, Bigg GR, Madeira PM, Palma J, Duvernell D, Gisbert E, Cunha RL and Castilho R (2019). Invasive genetics of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus): recent anthropogenic introduction in Iberia. PeerJ. PDF


22. Coscia I, Castilho R, Massa-Gallucci A, Sacchi C, Cunha RL, Stefanni S, Helyar SJ, Knutsen H, Mariani S (2018). Genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea grenadier Macrourus berglax across the North Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research Part I:1–0. PDF


21. Cunha RL, Patrão C and Castilho R (2017). Different diversity-dependent declines in speciation rate unbalances species richness in terrestrial slugs. Scientific Reports, 7: 18198. PDF


20. Silva G, Cunha, RL, Ramos A and Castilho R (2017). Wandering behaviour prevents inter and intra-oceanic speciation in a coastal pelagic fish. Scientific Reports, 7: 2893. PDF


19. Castilho R, Cunha RL, Faria C, Velasco, EM, Robalo, JI (2017). Asymmetrical dispersal and putative isolation-by-distance of an intertidal blenniid across the Atlantic–Mediterranean divide. PeerJ, 5:e3195–22. PDF


18. Madeira PM, Chefaoui RM, Cunha RL, Moreira F, Dias S, Calado G and Castilho R (2017). High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc. PeerJ, 5:e3069. PDF


17. Cunha RL, Assis JM, Madeira C, Seabra R, Lima FP, Lopes EP, Williams ST and Castilho R (2017). Drivers of Cape Verde archipelagic endemism in keyhole limpets. Scientific Reports, 7: 41817. PDF


16. Ranjbar MS, Zolgharnien H, Yavari V, Archangi B, Salari MA, Arnaud-Haond S, Cunha RL (2016). Rising the Persian Gulf black-lip pearl oyster to the species level: fragmented habitat and chaotic genetic patchiness in Pinctada persica. Evolutionary Biology, 43(1):131-143. PDF


15. Cunha RL, Lima FP, Tenorio MJ, Ramos AA, Castilho R and Williams ST (2014). Evolution at a different pace: distinctive phylogenetic patterns of Cone snails from two ancient oceanic archipelagos. Systematic Biology, 63 (6), 971–987. PDF


14. Cunha RL, Nicastro KN, Costa J, McQuaid, CD, Serrão EA, Zardi GI (2014) Wider sampling reveals a non-sister relationship for geographically contiguous lineages of a marine mussel. Ecology and Evolution, 4 (11): 2070-2081. PDF


13. Teixeira S, Olu K, Decker C, Cunha RL, Hourdez S, Serrão EA and Arnaud-Haond S (2013) High connectivity across fragmented chemosynthetic ecosystems of the deep Atlantic Equatorial Belt: efficient dispersal mechanisms or questionable endemism? Molecular Ecology, 22(18): 4663-4680. PDF


12. Cunha, RL, Coscia I, Madeira C, Mariani S, Stefanni S and Castilho R (2012). Ancient divergence in the trans-oceanic deep-sea shark Centroscymnus crepidater. PLoS One, 7(11): e49196. PDF


11. Correia AT, Ramos AA, Barros F, Silva G, Hamer P, Morais P, Cunha RL and Castilho R (2012) Population structure and connectivity of the European conger eel (Conger conger) across the Northeastern-Atlantic and Western-Mediterranean: integrating molecular and otolith elemental approaches. Marine Biology 159 (7): 1509-1525. PDF


10. Decker, C., Olu, K. Cunha, RL, Arnaud-Haond, S. (2012) Phylogeny and diversification patterns among vesicomyid bivalves. PLoS ONE, 7(4): e33359. PDF


9. González EG, Cunha RL, Sevilla  RG, Ghanavi HR, Krey G, and Bautista JM (2011) Evolutionary history of the genus Trisopterus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62:1013-1018. PDF


8. Reis DM, Cunha RL, Patrão C, Rebelo R, Castilho R (2011). Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) in Portugal: not all black and yellow. Genetica 139:1095-1105. PDF


7. Cunha RL, Verdú JR, Lobo J, Zardoya, R. (2011) Ancient origin of endemic earth-boring dung beetles (Geotrupidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59: 578-586. PDF


6. Cunha RL, Lopes EP, Reis DM, Castilho R (2011). Genetic structure of Brachidontes puniceus populations in Cape Verde archipelago show signature of expansion during the last glacial maximum. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 175-181. PDF


5. Aires T, Marbà N, Cunha RL, Kendrick GA, Walker DI, Serrão EA, Duarte CM, Arnaud-Haond S (2011) Evolutionary history of the seagrass genus Posidonia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 421: 117-130. PDF


4. Cunha RL, Blanc F, Bonhomme F, Arnaud-Haond S (2011) Evolutionary patterns in pearl oysters of the genus Pinctada (Bivalvia: Pteriidae). Marine Biotechnology, 13: 181-192. PDF


3. Cunha RL, Grande C, Zardoya R (2009) Neogastropod phylogenetic relationships based on entire mitochondrial genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9, 210. PDF


2. Cunha RL, Tenório MJ, Afonso C, Castilho R and Zardoya R (2008). Replaying the tape: recurring biogeographical patterns in Cape Verde Conus after 12 million years. Molecular Ecology, 17 (3): 885-901. PDF


1. Cunha RL, Castilho R, Rüber R and Zardoya R (2005). Patterns of cladogenesis in  the venomous marine gastropod genus Conus from the Cape Verde Islands. Systematic Biology, 54(4):634–650. PDF

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