CIESM Atlas of Exotic Crustaceans in the Mediterranean

 
 
The data base of Exotic Crustaceans in the Mediterranean Sea was developed by a CIESM task force of four biologists: Drs Bella Galil (Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa), Carlo Froglia (Istituto di Ricerche sulla Pesca Marittima, Ancona) and Pierre Y. Noël (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris), with the assistance of the CIESM Editorial Panel.
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Check-list of exotic species (total: 63)

Origin:
AA = American Atlantic, BA = Boreal Atlantic, TA = Tropical Atlantic, EP = Eastern Pacific, IP = Indo-Pacific, WP = Western Pacific.

Status:
A = Alien: considered non-established on the basis of a single reliable record so far.
E = Established: presumed established on the basis of at least two reliable records distinct in time and/or space.

Last update:
Red indicates a recent update on the species sheet.
An asterisk signals a new species added since the 2002 edition of the printed volume.

  • Only those exotic species of Indo-Pacific origin that were recorded after 1920 and of Atlantic origin that were recorded after 1950 are considered.

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    Taxon Origin Status Last Update
    DECAPODA, DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS
    Penaeidae (penaeid prawns)
    Marsupenaeus japonicus IP E Nov 2002
    Melicertus hathor IP E Aug 2006
    Metapenaeopsis aegyptia IP E Feb 2005
    Metapenaeopsis mogiensis consobrina IP E Aug 2006
    Metapenaeus monoceros IP E Sep 2003
    Metapenaeus stebbingi IP E Nov 2002
    Penaeus semisulcatus IP E Nov 2002
    IP E Feb 2005
    Solenoceridae (solenocerid prawns)
    Solenocera crassicornis IP A Nov 2002
    Luciferidae (luciferid shrimps)
    Lucifer hanseni IP A Nov 2002
    Pasiphaeidae (pasiphaeid shrimps)
    Leptochela aculeocaudata IP A Nov 2002
    Leptochela pugnax IP E Nov 2002
    Palaemonidae (rock shrimps)
    Palaemonella rotumana IP E Nov 2002
    Periclimenes calmani IP A Nov 2002
    Alpheidae (snapping shrimps)
    Alpheus audouini IP E Sep 2003
    Alpheus inopinatus IP E Aug 2006
    Alpheus migrans IP E Nov 2002
    Alpheus rapacida IP E Nov 2002
    Hippolytidae (sea grass shrimps)
    Merhippolyte ancistrota TA A Nov 2002
    Ogyrididae (ogyridid shrimps)
    Ogyrides mjoebergi IP E Nov 2002
    Processidae (processid shrimps)
    Processa macrodactyla TA A Nov 2002
    Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)
    Panulirus ornatus IP A Nov 2002
    Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters)
    Scyllarus caparti TA A Nov 2002
    Scyllarus posteli TA A Nov 2002
    Dromiidae (sponge crabs)
    Dromia spinirostris TA A Nov 2002
    Raninidae (frog crabs)
    Notopus dorsipes IP A Nov 2002
    Dorippidae
    Dorippe quadridens Feb 2005 *
    Matutidae (matutine crabs)
    Ashtoret lunaris IP A Nov 2002
    Calappidae (box crabs)
    Calappa hepatica     Feb 2005 *
    Calappa pelii TA E Nov 2002
    Cryptosoma cristatum TA A Nov 2002
    Leucosiidae (pebble crabs)
    Ixa monodi IP E Feb 2005
    Leucosia signata IP E Aug 2006
    Myra subgranulata IP E Aug 2006
    Majidae (spider crabs)
    Herbstia nitida TA E Nov 2002
    Hyastenus hilgendorfi IP E Nov 2002
    Libinia dubia AA E Feb 2005
    Menaethius monoceros IP A Sep 2003
    Micippa thalia IP E Aug 2006
    Portunidae (swimming crabs)
    Callinectes danae AA A Nov 2002
    Callinectes sapidus AA E Aug 2006
    Charybdis feriata IP A Aug 2006 *
    Charybdis helleri IP E Feb 2005
    Charybdis longicollis IP E Feb 2005
    Portunus pelagicus IP E Aug 2006
    Thalamita gloriensis IP E Nov 2002
    Thalamita poissonii IP E Feb 2005
    Carupa tenuipes IP A Feb 2005 *
    Panopeidae (panopeid stone crabs)
    Dyspanopeus sayi AA E Feb 2005
    Rhithropanopeus harrisii AA E Feb 2005
    Pilumnidae (bristle crabs)
    Actumnus globulus IP A Aug 2006 *
    Halimede tyche IP A Nov 2002
    Heteropanope laevis IP E Nov 2002
    Pilumnopeus vauquelini IP E Feb 2005
    Pilumnus hirsutus IP A Nov 2002
    Xanthidae (xanthid stone crabs)
    Atergatis roseus IP E Feb 2005
    Dairidae
    Daira perlata IP A Sep 2003
    Eriphiidae
    Sphaerozius nitidus IP A Sep 2003
    Goneplacidae
    Eucrate crenata IP E Feb 2005
    Varunidae
    Eriocheir sinensis BA,WP A Aug 2006
    Hemigrapsus sanguineus IP A Feb 2005
    Grapsidae (rock crabs)
    Percnon gibbesi AA,TA,EP E Aug 2006
    Plagusia squamosa IP A Sep 2003
    Ocypodidae (ocypodid crabs)
    Macrophthalmus graeffei IP A Feb 2005
    STOMATOPODA, MANTIS SHRIMPS
    Squillidae
    IP E Feb 2005
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