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A new record of the American blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), from the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

Diego Castejón, G. Guerao

2013BioInvasions Records

DOI: 10.3391/bir.2013.2.2.08

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Two specimens of the invasive American blue crab Callinectes sapidus were captured recently in the Ebro Delta, Spain, constitute the first documented records of the species from Mediterranean waters of the Iberian Peninsula.

Abstract

Two specimens of the invasive American blue crab Callinectes sapidus were captured recently in the Ebro Delta, Spain. These constitute the first documented records of the species from Mediterranean waters of the Iberian Peninsula.

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CASTEJÓN, Diego; GUERAO, G. A new record of the american blue crab, callinectes sapidus rathbun, 1896 (decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), from the mediterranean coast of the iberian peninsula. BioInvasions Records, 2013, 2: 141–143.