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

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.

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1511-23

Keywords

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

First Page

615

Last Page

619

Recommended Citation

GONZALEZ-WANGUEMERT, M, & PUJOL, J. A (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 40 (4): 615-619. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1511-23