Analysis of the skeletal pattern of paired fins and their respective GIRDLES in species of Chondrichthyes restricted to international collections

• Grant number: 12/22692-9
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): February 20, 2013
• Effective date (End): July 19, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Morphology of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho
• Grantee: João Paulo Capretz Batista da Silva
• Supervisor abroad: Luiz A. Rocha
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Local de pesquisa : California Academy of Sciences, United States

Abstract

The fishes of the class Chondrichthyes correspond to an ancient and well succeeded group that has shown significant modifications on skeletal structure of fins from the Paleozoic until the present day. The morphology of fins has important consequences in the manner that its representatives explore the resources on the environment. A thorough anatomical analysis based on the skeletal structure of paired fins and their girdles in Chondrichthyes is necessary to understand certain factors that influenced their evolution. The doctorate project entailed to the present proposal aims to describe and illustrate the skeletal structure of paired fins and girdles of representatives of families of Chondrichthyes and raise new skeletal characters that can be phylogenetically informative to the elucidation of the interrelationships within the class. The viability of this project depends thus in the realization of collection studies in international institutions for the analysis of pertinent material consisting of taxa not represented in national collections, covering all possible families within Chondrichthyes.In the present proposal is presented the request for international grant research program (BEPE) for the realization of anatomical study in the California Academy of Sciences (CAS). From the CAS, the candidate will request the loan of pertinent material as well as the realization of short visits to other North American institutions for the analysis of comparative material. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CAPRETZ BATISTA DA SILVA, JOAO PAULO; DATOVO, ALESSIO. A reappraisal of the pectoral skeleton of lantern sharks (Elasmobranchii: Squaliformes: Etmopteridae). Journal of Morphology, v. 282, n. 3 JAN 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

CAPRETZ BATISTA DA SILVA, JOAO PAULO; SILVA LOBODA, THIAGO; DE SOUZA ROSA, RICARDO. A new synapomorphy in the pelvic girdle reinforces a close relationship of Zanobatus and Myliobatiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Journal of Anatomy, NOV 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SILVA, JOAO PAULO CAPRETZ BATISTA DA; DATOVO, ALESSIO. The coracoid bar and its phylogenetic importance for elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes). ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 287, p. 167-177, JUL 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

DA SILVA, JOAO PAULO C. B.; VAZ, DIEGO F. B.; DE CARVALHO, MARCELO R. Phylogenetic inferences on the systematics of squaliform sharks based on elasmobranch scapular morphology (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 182, n. 3, p. 614-630, MAR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

DE CARVALHO, MARCELO R.; LOBODA, THIAGO S.; DA SILVA, JOAO PAULO C. B. A new subfamily, Styracurinae, and new genus, Styracura, for Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) and Himantura pacifica (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes). Zootaxa, v. 4175, n. 3, p. 201-221, OCT 14 2016. Web of Science Citations: 13.

DA SILVA, JOAO PAULO C. B.; VAZ, DIEGO F. B.; DE CARVALHO, MARCELO R. Systematic Implications of the Anterior Pectoral Basals in Squaliform Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Copeia, v. 103, n. 4, p. 874-885, DEC 2015. Web of Science Citations: 3.

DA SILVA, JOAO PAULO C. B.; DE CARVALHO, MARCELO R. Morphology and phylogenetic significance of the pectoral articular region in elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 175, n. 3, p. 525-568, NOV 2015. Web of Science Citations: 9.