Short communication, Note

First record of the Atlantic crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) in Abruzzi waters, central Adriatic Sea

Luca CASTRIOTA orcid.org/0000-0002-3349-9501 ; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), c/o Marbela Residence, via Salvatore Puglisi 9, 90143 Palermo, Italy
Franco ANDALORO ; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), c/o Marbela Residence, via Salvatore Puglisi 9, 90143 Palermo, Italy
Roberto COSTANTINI ; Via Risorgimento 14, Silvi Marina (Te)-Teramo, Italy
Adriano DE ASCENTIIS ; Riserva Naturale Regionale Oasi WWF “Calanchi di Atri”, Piazza Duchi D’Acquaviva, 64032 Atri (Te), Italy

Abstract

For the first time, one female individual of blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, a species native to the western Atlantic coasts, is reported from Abruzzi waters (central Adriatic Sea). This species has widely invaded European Atlantic coasts and several areas of the Mediterranean, probably brought by ballast waters; yet, it has not settled in the study area.

Keywords

Abruzzi; Adriatic Sea; ballast waters; Callinectes sapidus; first record; immigration; non indigenous species; Portunidae

Hrčak ID:

97278

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/97278

Publication date:

30.12.2012.

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