scholarly journals First record of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Segura River mouth (Spain, southwestern Mediterranean Sea)

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 615-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes GONZÁLEZ-WANGÜEMERT ◽  
Juan Antonio PUJOL
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Blue Crab ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
First Record

scholarly journals The return of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, after 70 years from its first appearance in the Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea, Italy (Decapoda: Portunidae)

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2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Manfrin ◽  
Giovanni Comisso ◽  
Andrea Dall’Asta ◽  
Nicola Bettoso ◽  
J. Sook Chung
Keyword(s):  
Blue Crab ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Blue Crabs ◽  
Northern Adriatic Sea ◽  
Northern Adriatic ◽  
Gulf Of Trieste

Since August 2015, an increasing number of Blue Crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, have been reported in the Marano and Grado Lagoon, Gulf of Trieste, in the northern Adriatic Sea. This species is not a new introduction and in fact the first record of C. sapidus in Italy and the entire Adriatic Sea dates back to 1949 in the Grado Lagoon. Interestingly, no other records of C. sapidus have been reported since the first record. Here, we note the re-appearance of C. sapidus in the Gulf of Trieste.

scholarly journals Invasive portunid crabs in Libyan waters: first record of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 and range expansion of the swimming blue crab Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 885-893
Author(s):  
Maria Corsini-Foka ◽  
Abdulghani Abdulghan ◽  
Sara Al Mabruk ◽  
Abdulrraziq Abdulrraziq ◽  
Sami Ibrahim ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Blue Crab ◽  
Range Expansion ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Portunus Segnis

scholarly journals Larvae of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Balearic Archipelago (NW Mediterranean Sea)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Png-Gonzalez ◽  
Vanesa Papiol ◽  
Rosa Balbín ◽  
Joan Enric Cartes ◽  
Aina Carbonell
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Blue Crab ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
Maritime Transport ◽  
Surface Currents ◽  
Introduction Pathways ◽  
Nw Mediterranean ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nw Mediterranean Sea

AbstractThe invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus has been frequently recorded during the last years along the NW Mediterranean Sea, leading to established populations. Two megalopae of C. sapidus were found during two different oceanographic surveys in open waters of the Balearic Archipelago, in July 2005 and October 2011, previous to the first reference of adult specimens documented in the Balearic sub-basin. The analyzed environmental conditions of the sampling periods allowed us to hypothesize the likely introduction pathways, namely by maritime transport and surface currents. Furthermore, the recorded megalopae seem to enlarge the life history of C. sapidus in regard to its native area, where spawning peaks occur in late July and early August.

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

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Carlo Pipitone ◽  
Arturo Zenone ◽  
Fabio Badalamenti ◽  
Giovanni D'Anna
Keyword(s):  
Blue Crab ◽  
Callinectes Sapidus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Tyrrhenian Sea ◽  
Blue Crabs ◽  
Sandy Bottom ◽  
Southern Tyrrhenian Sea ◽  
Non Indigenous Species

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

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