Ernesto Azzurro, Marco Milazzo, Francesc Maynou, Pere Abello, and Tarek Temraz (2010)

First record of Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Percnidae) from Egyptian waters

Aquatic Invasions, 5:123-125.

Abstract

On July 2010, the invasive crab Percnon gibbesi was photographed and captured along the coast of Alexandria (Egypt, Eastern Mediterranean Sea). This represents the first observation of this species in Egyptian waters and the easternmost record for the southern rim of the Mediterranean.

Keywords

Egypt, invasive species, Mediterranean, Percnidae, Percnon gibbesi

Note

WOS:000208390000025

Identifiers

DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.S1.025
ISSN: 1798-6540

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