Carlos Leiva

University of Guam — GU

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

10h-index281citations30works1.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Marine Biology and Ecology Research(11), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(9), Marine Sponges and Natural Products(7), Genetic diversity and population structure(6), Marine and coastal plant biology(5)

Publications30 total

Sponge genomes reveal a pre-metazoan origin of the sex determination toolkit and sex chromosomes
2026Open Access
Data from: Genomic insights from natural history collections reveal cryptic speciation in coral-guard crabs (family: Trapeziidae)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Data from: Genomic insights from natural history collections reveal cryptic speciation in coral-guard crabs (family: Trapeziidae)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Nautilus sex determination is unique among cephalopods
Current Biology·2025
Genomic analyses support locally derived crown-of-thorns seastar outbreaks in the Pacific
BMC Biology·2025Open Access
The accordion worm: a new genus and species of heteronemertean (Nemertea, Pilidiophora) from Galicia (Spain)
Royal Society Open Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
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2025
Rapid Evolution in Action: Environmental Filtering Supports Coral Adaptation to a Hot, Acidic, and Deoxygenated Extreme Habitat
Global Change Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Genomic Insights From Natural History Collections Reveal Cryptic Speciation in Coral Guard Crabs (Family: <i>Trapeziidae</i> )
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Comparative Genomics Points to Ecological Drivers of Genomic Divergence Among Intertidal Limpets
Molecular Ecology Resources·2025· 3 cited
Data from: Genomic insights from natural history collections reveal cryptic speciation in coral-guard crabs (family: Trapeziidae)
DRYAD·2025Open Access
Photosymbiosis shaped animal genome architecture and gene evolution as revealed in giant clams
Communications Biology·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Photosymbiosis Shaped Animal Genome Architecture and Gene Evolution as Revealed in Giant Clams
2024Open Access
Comparative genomics points to ecological drivers of genomic divergence among intertidal limpets
2024· 1 cited
Exceptional population genomic homogeneity in the black brittle star Ophiocomina nigra (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) along the Atlantic-Mediterranean coast
Scientific Reports·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Genomic signatures suggesting adaptation to ocean acidification in a coral holobiont from volcanic CO2 seeps
Communications Biology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Synergistic genomic mechanisms of adaptation to ocean acidification in a coral holobiont
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Long distance dispersal and oceanographic fronts shape the connectivity of the keystone sponge Phakellia ventilabrum in the deep northeast Atlantic
Frontiers in Marine Science·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Guiding marine protected area network design with comparative phylogeography and population genomics: An exemplary case from the Southern Ocean
Diversity and Distributions·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Sex-Specific Transcriptomic Differences in the Immune Cells of a Key Atlantic-Mediterranean Sea Urchin
Frontiers in Marine Science·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Sergi Taboada(14), Ana Riesgo(12), Sarah Lemer(12), Conxita Àvila(4), Rocío Pérez‐Portela(4), Kenzie N. Pollard(4), Nathan J. Kenny(3), David J. Combosch(3), Gonzalo Giribet(3), Vasiliki Koutsouveli(3), María Belén Arias(3), Juan Junoy(3), Aída Verdes(3), María Conejero(3), Heloise Rouze(3), Cristina Díez‐Vives(2), Kathrin Busch(2), Ute Hentschel(2), María Bas(2), Patricia Álvarez‐Campos(2)