Background Marine species can demonstrate strong genetic differentiation and population
structure despite the hypothesis of open seas and high connectivity. Some suggested …

Anthropogenic drivers and global warming are altering the occurrence of infectious marine
diseases, some of which produce mass mortalities with considerable ecosystemic and …

A devastating mass mortality event (MME) very likely caused by the protozoan
Haplosporidium pinnae first detected in 2016 in the Western Mediterranean Sea, is pushing …

The pen shell Pinna nobilis (also known as the fan mussel) is an endemic bivalve of the
Mediterranean Sea. Threatened by human activities, it has been listed as an endangered …

Pinna nobilis is undergoing one of the most dramatic events suffered by an endangered
species. An emerging disease has relegated its populations to coastal lagoons or estuaries …

Populations of the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis have progressively decreased
over the last decades as a result of anthropogenic activities. The rate of decline has strongly …

In 2019, the status of the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis was elevated to 'Critically
Endangered'on the IUCN Red List, in response to the pandemic caused by the parasite …

A long-term experimental approach was undertaken to assess viability and resilience of the
endangered Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis. Artificial and natural recruitment …

The fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, is a critically endangered
species facing mass mortality events in almost all of its populations, following the …

A mass mortality event that started in 2016 has put the fan mussel Pinna nobilis close to the
brink of extinction, leading to the species being classified as Critically Endangered in the …