Open AccessFirst record of the Northern brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus (Ives, 1891) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the South Adriatic Sea, Montenegro
Author(s) -
Olivera Marković,
Mehmet Gökoğlu,
Slavica Petović,
Milica Mandić
Publication year - 2013
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.673
Subject(s) - shrimp , bay , penaeidae , decapoda , fishery , montenegro , crustacean , biology , mediterranean sea , geography , alien , oceanography , mediterranean climate , ecology , geology , archaeology , law , regional science , politics , citizenship , political science
A single adult female specimen of the Northern brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus, a species native to the western Atlantic coasts, was caught in Boka kotorska bay (southern Adriatic Sea) on 19 September 2013. This is the first record of this alien species in the Adriatic Sea.