Macrophthalmus graeffei A. Milne Edwards, 1873 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae): a new Indo-Pacific guest off Rhodes Island (SE Aegean Sea, Greece) | Zendy

M.A. PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU | Zendy; Maria Corsini-Foka | Zendy; M. NALETAKI | Zendy

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Macrophthalmus graeffei A. Milne Edwards, 1873 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae): a new Indo-Pacific guest off Rhodes Island (SE Aegean Sea, Greece)

Author(s) -

M.A. PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU,

Maria Corsini-Foka,

M. NALETAKI

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

mediterranean marine science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1791-6763

pISSN - 1108-393X

DOI - 10.12681/mms.103

Subject(s) - turkish , oceanography , mediterranean sea , geography , mediterranean climate , indo pacific , geology , fishery , archaeology , biology , philosophy , linguistics

A new alien crab, the macrophthalmid Macrophthalmus graeffei , is reported from the eastern coastline of Rhodes Island. The species, of Indo-West Pacific origin, is known from muddy sediments up to about 80 m depth. In the Mediterranean, its presence has been observed along Levantine coasts as well as along the Turkish coast of the Aegean Sea. Macrophthalmus graeffei increases to twelve the number of alien brachyurans present in the Hellenic SE Aegean Sea, ten of them having Indo-Pacific origin.

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