Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.61.1.8

First record of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae), a non-indigenous species in the central/southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Carlo Pipitone ; CNR-IAS, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149 Palermo, Italy
Arturo Zenone orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-7148 ; CNR-IAS, via Giovanni da Verrazzano 17, 91014 Castellammare del Golfo, Italy
Fabio Badalamenti ; CNR-IAS, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149 Palermo, Italy
Giovanni D’Anna ; CNR-IAS, via Giovanni da Verrazzano 17, 91014 Castellammare del Golfo, Italy

Abstract

Four individuals of the non-indigenous blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) were collected during commercial trammel net operations in fall 2019 and winter 2020 along the coast of NW Sicily. The crabs were collected in very shallow waters on a sandy bottom close to the coast. Although blue crabs are now widespread along most eastern, western and northern Mediterranean coasts, this is the first record of this species from the central and southern Tyrrhenian Sea.

Keywords

Alien species; invasive species; Mediterranean Sea

Hrčak ID:

240398

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/240398

Publication date:

30.6.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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