New Records of <i>Callinectes sapidus</i> (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean)

New Records of <i>Callinectes sapidus</i> (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean)

The current study provides new data on the known records of the Atlantic blue crab, <i>Callinectes sapidus</i> Rathbun, 1896, from the Maltese Islands through two ovigerous female specimens collected from Salini (Malta), a Natura 2000 site, in August 2020. Additional new records of the s...

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Main Authors: Adriana Vella, Enrico Giarrusso, Clara Monaco, Clare Marie Mifsud, Sandra Agius Darmanin, Alessandra Raffa, Carla Tumino, Iuri Peri, Noel Vella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
alien species
Atlantic blue crab
central Mediterranean
distribution
estuary
Natura 2000 sites
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/5/679

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