First record of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Segura River mouth (Spain, southwestern Mediterranean Sea)

Authors

MERCEDES GONZALEZ-WANGUEMERT
JUAN ANTONIO PUJOL

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1511-23

Abstract

A single male individual of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) was collected on 6 December 2014 in the Segura River mouth in southeastern Spain. Information on collection site, DNA barcoding, and its present distribution and dispersal strategies are provided.

Keywords

Blue crab, invasive species, DNA barcoding, COI gene, Segura River, southeastern Spain

First Page

615

Last Page

619

Recommended Citation

GONZALEZ-WANGUEMERT, MERCEDES and PUJOL, JUAN ANTONIO (2016) "First record of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Segura River mouth (Spain, southwestern Mediterranean Sea)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 40: No. 4, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1511-23
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol40/iss4/17