Dr. Juan Moles

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsSystematics and Morphology (Zoology)
Keywordshistorical biogeography, deep-sea speciation, Mollusca systematics, Antarctica, tectonic and oceanographic events

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CityBadalona

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Michael SchrödlZoologische Staatssammlung München, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2020

Programme(s)

2018Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Moles, Juan and Giribet, Gonzalo: {A polyvalent and universal tool for genomic studies in gastropod molluscs (Heterobranchia)}. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155, 2021, 106996
2021Moles, Juan and Derkarabetian, Shahan and Schiaparelli, Stefano and Schr{\"{o}}dl, Michael and Troncoso, Jes{\'{u}}s S. and Wilson, Nerida G. and Giribet, Gonzalo: {An approach using ddRADseq and machine learning for understanding geographic and bathymetric patterns of speciation in Antarctic gastropods (Mollusca)}. In: Scientific Reports, 2021,
2021Moles, Juan and Berning, Maria I and Hooker, Yuri and Padula, Vinicius and Wilson, Nerida G and Schr{\"{o}}dl, Michael: {Due South: the evolutionary history of Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Tritoniidae nudibranchs}. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2021,
2021Cardona, Luis and Lloret-Lloret, E and Moles, Juan and Avila, Conxita: {Latitudinal changes in the trophic structure of benthic coastal food webs in the Antarctic Peninsula}. In: Marine Environmental Research, 2021,
2021Salvador, Xavier and Fern{\'{a}}ndez-Vilert, Robert and Moles, Juan: {On the presence of elusive sea slugs and snails in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda): new records}. 2021,
2021Rossi, M E and Avila, C and Moles, J: {Orange is the new white: taxonomic revision of Tritonia species (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from the Weddell Sea and Bouvet Island}. In: Polar Biology, 2021,
2021Moles, Juan and Cunha, Tauana Junqueira and Lemer, Sarah and Combosch, David J. and Giribet, Gonzalo: {Tightening the girdle: Phylotranscriptomics of Polyplacophora}. In: Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2021,
2020Fern{\'{a}}ndez-Vilert, R and Giribet, G and Salvador, X and Moles, J: {Assessing the systematics of Tylodinidae in the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean: resurrecting Tylodina rafinesquii Philippi, 1836 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Umbraculida)}. In: Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2020, 1--16
2020Riesgo, Ana and Taboada, Sergi and Kenny, Nathan J and Santodomingo, Nadia and Moles, Juan and Leiva, Carlos and Cox, Eileen and Avila, Conxita and Cardona, Luis and Maldonado, Manuel: {Recycling resources: silica of diatom frustules as a source for spicule building in Antarctic siliceous demosponges}. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, 1--18
2019Moles, Juan and Riesgo, Ana: {A junior freckled nudibranch: chromatic variability in {\textless}i{\textgreater}Felimida{\textless}/i{\textgreater} species from the Eastern Atlantic}. In: Spixiana, 42, 2019, 193--202
2019Moles, Juan and Avila, Conxita and Malaquias, Manuel Ant{\'{o}}nio E.: {Unmasking Antarctic mollusc lineages: novel evidence from philinoid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea)}. In: Cladistics, 35, 2019, 487--513
2018N{\'{u}}{\~{n}}ez-Pons, Laura and Work, Thierry M. and Angulo-Preckler, Carlos and Moles, Juan and Avila, Conxita: {Exploring the pathology of an epidermal disease affecting a circum-Antarctic sea star}. In: Scientific Reports, 8, 2018, 11353
2018Fern{\'{a}}ndez-Vilert, Robert and Gim{\'{e}}nez, Joan and Mas, Guillem and Figueroa, Irene and Moles, Juan: {First records of the Red Sea alien mollusc Haminoea cyanomarginata (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in the Western Mediterranean}. In: Journal of Natural History, 52, 2018, 1817--1823
2018Avila, Conxita and N{\'{u}}{\~{n}}ez-Pons, Laura and Moles, Juan: {From the tropics to the poles: chemical defensive strategies in sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia)}. In: Puglisi, Melany P and Becerro, Mikel A, Chemical Ecology: The Ecological Impacts of Marine Natural Products. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018. 71--163
2018Koutsouveli, Vasiliki and Taboada, Sergi and Moles, Juan and Cristobo, Javier and Rı, Pilar and Bertran, Andrea and Sol, Joan and Avila, Conxita and Riesgo, Ana: {Insights into the reproduction of some Antarctic dendroceratid, poecilosclerid, and haplosclerid demosponges}. In: PLoS ONE, 13, 2018, e0192267
2018Angulo-Preckler, Carlos and Figuerola, Blanca and N{\'{u}}{\~{n}}ez-Pons, Laura and Moles, Juan and Mart{\'{i}}n-Mart{\'{i}}n, Rafael and Rull-Lluch, Jordi and G{\'{o}}mez-Garreta, Amelia and Avila, Conxita: {Macrobenthic patterns at the shallow marine waters in the caldera of the active volcano of Deception Island, Antarctica}. In: Continental Shelf Research, 157, 2018, 20--31
2018Moles, Juan and Avila, Conxita and Malaquias, Manuel Ant{\'{o}}nio E: {Systematic revision of the Antarctic gastropod family Newnesiidae (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) with the description of a new genus and a new abyssal species}. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 183, 2018, 763--775
2017Moles, Juan and W{\"{a}}gele, Heike and Schr{\"{o}}dl, Michael and Avila, Conxita: {A new Antarctic heterobranch clade is sister to all other Cephalaspidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)}. In: Zoologica Scripta, 46, 2017, 127--137
2017Moles, Juan and Mas, Guillem and Figueroa, Irene and Fern{\'{a}}ndez-Vilert, Robert and Salvador, Xavier and Gim{\'{e}}nez, Joan: {As fast as a hare: colonization of the heterobranch Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Anaspidea) into the western Mediterranean Sea}. In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 58, 2017, 341--345
2017Moles, Juan and W{\"{a}}gele, Heike and Uhl, Gabriele and Avila, Conxita: {Bipolarity in sea slugs: a new species of {\textless}i{\textgreater}Doridunculus{\textless}/i{\textgreater} (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Onchidoridoidea) from Antarctica}. In: Organisms Diversity {\&} Evolution, 17, 2017, 101--109
2017Figuerola, Blanca and Angulo-Preckler, Carlos and N{\'{u}}{\~{n}}ez-Pons, Laura and Moles, Juan and Sala-Comorera, Laura and Garc{\'{i}}a-Aljaro, Cristina and Blanch, Anicet R. and Avila, Conxita: {Experimental evidence of chemical defence mechanisms in Antarctic bryozoans}. In: Marine Environmental Research, 129, 2017, 68--75
2017Moles, Juan and W{\"{a}}gele, Heike and Cutignano, Adele and Fontana, Angelo and Ballesteros, Manuel and Avila, Conxita: {Giant embryos and hatchlings of Antarctic nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)}. In: Marine Biology, 164, 2017, 114
2016Moles, Juan and W{\"{a}}gele, H and Cutignano, A and Fontana, A and Avila, C: {Distribution of granuloside in the Antarctic nudibranch Charcotia granulosa (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Charcotiidae)}. In: Marine Biology, 163, 2016, 1--11
2016Nuzzo, G. and Cutignano, A. and Moles, J. and Avila, C. and Fontana, A.: {Exiguapyrone and exiguaone, new polypropionates from the Mediterranean cephalaspidean mollusc Haminoea exigua}. In: Tetrahedron Letters, 57, 2016, 71--74
2016Moles, Juan and W{\"{a}}gele, Heike and Ballesteros, Manuel and Pujals, {\'{A}}lvaro and Uhl, Gabriele and Avila, Conxita: {The end of the cold loneliness: 3D comparison between {\textless}i{\textgreater}Doto antarctica{\textless}/i{\textgreater} and a new sympatric species of {\textless}i{\textgreater}Doto{\textless}/i{\textgreater} (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)}. In: PLoS ONE, 11, 2016, e0157941
2015Moles, Juan and Avila, Conxita and Kim, Il-Hoi: {Anthessius antarcticus n. sp. (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Anthessidae) from Antarctic waters living in association with Charcotia granulosa (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Charcotiidae)}. In: Journal of Crustacean Biology, 35, 2015, 97--104
2015Moles, Juan and N{\'{u}}{\~{n}}ez-Pons, Laura and Taboada, Sergi and Figuerola, Blanca and Cristobo, Javier and Avila, Conxita: {Anti-predatory chemical defences in Antarctic benthic fauna}. In: Marine Biology, 162, 2015, 1813--1821
2015Moles, Juan and Figuerola, B and Campany{\`{a}}, N and Monle{\'{o}}n-Getino, T and Taboada, S and Avila, C: {Distribution patterns in Antarctic and Subantarctic echinoderms}. In: Polar Biology, 38, 2015, 799--813
2015Cutignano, Adele and Moles, Juan and Avila, Conxita and Fontana, Angelo: {Granuloside, a unique linear homosesterterpene from the Antarctic nudibranch Charcotia granulosa}. In: Journal of Natural Products, 78, 2015, 1761--1764
2014Moles, Juan and Torrent, Anna and Alcaraz, M. Jos{\'{e}} and Ruh{\'{i}}­, Ramon and Avila, Conxita: {Anti-inflammatory activity in selected Antarctic benthic organisms}. In: Frontiers in Marine Science, 1, 2014, 1--5
2013Figuerola, Blanca and N{\'{u}}{\~{n}}ez-Pons, Laura and Moles, Juan and Avila, Conxita: {Feeding repellence in Antarctic bryozoans}. In: Naturwissenschaften, 100, 2013, 1069--1081
n.n.Moles, Juan and Giribet, Gonzalo: {Decoding the “myzostomid trap” while disentangling the Annelida tree of life}. In: In prep., n.n.,
n.n.Moles, Juan and Malaquias, Manuel Ant{\'{o}}nio E. and Derkarabetian, Shahan and Giribet, Gonzalo: {Genus-level phylogeny of bubble snails using target enrichment of ultra-conserved elements (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea)}. In: In prep., n.n.,