Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist
Decapod crustaceans are ecologically and commercially important members of marine communities. Faunal surveys constitute essential tools for the understanding of local diversity, especially in areas subjected to significant alterations of community composition due to climate changes, anthropogenic i...
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| author | Gerasimos Kondylatos Fabio Crocetta Maria Corsini-Foka Carlo Froglia |
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| description | Decapod crustaceans are ecologically and commercially important members of marine communities. Faunal surveys constitute essential tools for the understanding of local diversity, especially in areas subjected to significant alterations of community composition due to climate changes, anthropogenic impacts, and biological invasions. Following a literature review and the study of new samples, we hereby update on the Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island area (Greece), situated in a key position in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Published data yielded records of 120 species, whereas 28 taxa are recorded here for the first time from the study area. Among them, the collection of <i>Liocarcinus bolivari</i> widens its distribution to the eastern Mediterranean. Details on material examined and distributional/faunal remarks are provided for the species newly recorded and for some other native and alien species rarely reported from Rhodes. The present paper raises the local decapod biodiversity to 148 species, accounting for ~50% of the Hellenic Aegean decapod fauna and provides a useful baseline for analysing the long-term changes in the local fauna and the westward spreading of Lessepsian species. Despite present advances, the lack of records of many common Mediterranean species may be still due to limited fieldwork in some habitats rather than a true absence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6235bb7327e54c73952649090f5eb2892023-11-20T03:55:32ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182020-06-0112624610.3390/d12060246Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated ChecklistGerasimos Kondylatos0Fabio Crocetta1Maria Corsini-Foka2Carlo Froglia3Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Cos Street, GR-85100 Rhodes, GreeceDepartment of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, I-80121 Naples, ItalyHellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Cos Street, GR-85100 Rhodes, GreeceC.N.R.—Institute for the Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), Largo Fiera della Pesca, I-60125 Ancona, ItalyDecapod crustaceans are ecologically and commercially important members of marine communities. Faunal surveys constitute essential tools for the understanding of local diversity, especially in areas subjected to significant alterations of community composition due to climate changes, anthropogenic impacts, and biological invasions. Following a literature review and the study of new samples, we hereby update on the Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island area (Greece), situated in a key position in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Published data yielded records of 120 species, whereas 28 taxa are recorded here for the first time from the study area. Among them, the collection of <i>Liocarcinus bolivari</i> widens its distribution to the eastern Mediterranean. Details on material examined and distributional/faunal remarks are provided for the species newly recorded and for some other native and alien species rarely reported from Rhodes. The present paper raises the local decapod biodiversity to 148 species, accounting for ~50% of the Hellenic Aegean decapod fauna and provides a useful baseline for analysing the long-term changes in the local fauna and the westward spreading of Lessepsian species. Despite present advances, the lack of records of many common Mediterranean species may be still due to limited fieldwork in some habitats rather than a true absence.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/6/246Decapodabiodiversitydistributionnative and alien species<i>Liocarcinus bolivari</i>Aegean Sea |
| spellingShingle | Gerasimos Kondylatos Fabio Crocetta Maria Corsini-Foka Carlo Froglia Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist Diversity Decapoda biodiversity distribution native and alien species <i>Liocarcinus bolivari</i> Aegean Sea |
| title | Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist |
| title_full | Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist |
| title_fullStr | Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist |
| title_short | Crustacea Decapoda from the Rhodes Island Area (Eastern Mediterranean): New Records and an Updated Checklist |
| title_sort | crustacea decapoda from the rhodes island area eastern mediterranean new records and an updated checklist |
| topic | Decapoda biodiversity distribution native and alien species <i>Liocarcinus bolivari</i> Aegean Sea |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/6/246 |
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