A new alien crab for the Mediterranean Sea: Xanthias lamarckii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae)
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Jun 4, 2013
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Xanthias lamarckii Brachyura aliens Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea Rhodes.
Abstract
A single specimen of Xanthias lamarckii was collected on March 2013 from the shallow waters of Chtenia, a rocky islet near Rhodes Island, south-eastern Aegean Sea. The occurrence of this Indo-West Pacific species is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean waters and documents the ongoing process of biological invasion of the basin. The vector of introduction of X. lamarckii is unknown so far, waiting for future information on establishment and spread of the species in its new environment.
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CORSINI-FOKA, M., KONDYLATOS, G., & PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU, M. (2013). A new alien crab for the Mediterranean Sea: Xanthias lamarckii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae). Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2), 295–297. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.441
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Websites
Reeflex, 2013. Interactive Marine Aquarium Encyclopedia (http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/1175_Xanthias_lamarcki.htm) (Accessed 10 April 2013)
Corsini-Foka, M., Margies, P., Kondilatos, G., ,Economidis, P.S., 2010. Tetraodontid colonizers in the Aegean Sea; second record of the spiny blaasop, Tylerius spinosissimus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 40 (1), 71-74. DOI: 10.3750/AIP2010.40.1.10
Corsini-Foka, M., Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A., 2012. Inventory of Crustacea Decapoda and Stomatopoda from Rhodes island (Eastern Mediterranean Sea), with emphasis on rare and newly recorded species. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 19, 359-371.
Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. p. i-xiv, 1-641. In: Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 19.3B. A. Wells, W.W.K. Houston (Eds). CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Davie, P., 2012. Xanthias lamarckii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444335 (Accessed 15 April 2013)
Debelius, H., 1999. Guía de Crustáceos del mundo. Grupo Editorial M&G Difusión, S.L., Elche (Alicante), Spain, 321 pp.
Forest, J., Guinot, D., 1961. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de Tahiti et des Tuamotu. Vol. Préliminaire, p. i-xi, 1-195. In: Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Éditions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac, Paris.
Galil, B.S., 2011. The alien Crustaceans in the Mediterranean Sea: an historical review. p. 377-401. In: In the wrong place - alien marine Crustaceans: distribution, biology and impacts. B.S. Galil, P.F. Clark, Carlton J.T. (Eds). Springer, London.
Galil, B.S., Mendelson, M., 2013. A record of the moon crab Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781) (Crustacea; Decapoda; Matutidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. BioInvasions Records, 2 (1), 69-71.
Karhan, S.Ü., Yokeş, M.B., Clark, P.F., Galil, B.S., 2013. First Mediterranean record of Actaea savignii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae), an additional Erythraean alien crab. BioInvasions Records, 2, in press.
Legall, N., Poupin, J., 2013. Internet - CRUSTA: Database of Crustacea (Decapoda and Stomatopoda), with special interest for those collected in French overseas territories. http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr (Accessed 13 April 2013)
Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A., Raitsos, D.E., Corsini-Foka, M., 2012. Biological invasions and climatic warming: implications for South Eastern Aegean ecosystem functioning. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 92 (4), 777-789
Serène, R., 1984. Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge, Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par Crosnier (A): Carpiliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale, 24, 1-349. (In French) (Translated into English by R.W. Ingle).
Sewell, A., 2007. Ornamental crustaceans. Reefkeeping Magazine, 6 (4). http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-05/as/index.php (Accessed 17 April 2013)
Zaouali, J., Ben Souissi, J., Rifi, M., D'udekem D'acoz, C., 2013. First occurrence of a Hymenosomatid crab Elamena mathoei (Desmarest, 1823) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Barchyura) in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, in press
Zenetos Α., Gofas S., Morri C. et al., 2012. Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways. Mediterranean Marine Science, 13 (2), 328-352.
Websites
Reeflex, 2013. Interactive Marine Aquarium Encyclopedia (http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/1175_Xanthias_lamarcki.htm) (Accessed 10 April 2013)
