CIESM Atlas of Exotic Crustaceans in the Mediterranean
 
The data base of Exotic Crustaceans —Decapods and Stomatopods— in the Mediterranean Sea was developed by a CIESM task force of three 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: 67)

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

    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.

    NEW!    Full Atlas bibliography (400 refs) — updated on Dec. 2008; download in pdf format

     
    Taxon
    * An asterisk signals a new species added since the 2002 edition of the printed volume.     		Origin Status
    Last update
    of the species sheet
    DECAPODA, DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS
    Penaeidae (penaeid prawns)
    Fenneropenaeus merguiensis * IP, WP A
    Oct 2008
    Marsupenaeus japonicus IP E
    Oct 2008
    Melicertus hathor IP E
    Aug 2006
    Metapenaeopsis aegyptia IP E
    Oct 2008
    Metapenaeopsis mogiensis consobrina IP E
    Aug 2006
    Metapenaeus monoceros IP E
    Sep 2003
    Metapenaeus stebbingi IP E
    Oct 2008
    Penaeus semisulcatus IP E
    Nov 2002
    IP E
    Oct 2008
    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
    Oct 2008
    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
    Oct 2008
    Alpheus migrans IP E
    Nov 2002
    Alpheus rapacida IP E
    Oct 2008
    Hippolytidae (sea grass shrimps)
    Merhippolyte ancistrota TA A
    Nov 2002
    Ogyrididae (ogyridid shrimps)
    Ogyrides mjoebergi IP E
    Oct 2008
    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 * IP, WP E
    Feb 2005
    Matutidae (matutine crabs)
    Ashtoret lunaris IP A
    Nov 2002
    Calappidae (box crabs)
    Calappa hepatica * IP A
    Feb 2005
    Calappa pelii TA E
    Nov 2002
    Cryptosoma cristatum TA A
    Nov 2002
    Leucosiidae (pebble crabs)
    Ixa monodi IP E
    Oct 2008
    Coleusia signata IP E
    Oct 2008
    Myra subgranulata IP E
    Oct 2008
    Majidae (spider crabs)
    Herbstia nitida TA E
    Nov 2002
    Hyastenus hilgendorfi IP E
    Oct 2008
    Libinia dubia AA E
    Feb 2005
    Menaethius monoceros IP A
    Sep 2003
    Micippa thalia IP E
    Oct 2008
    Portunidae (swimming crabs)
    Callinectes danae AA A
    Nov 2002
    Callinectes sapidus AA E
    Oct 2008
    Charybdis feriata * IP A
    Oct 2008
    Charybdis helleri IP E
    Oct 2008
    Charybdis longicollis IP E
    Oct 2008
    Portunus pelagicus IP E
    Oct 2008
    Thalamita gloriensis IP E
    Nov 2002
    Thalamita indistincta * IP E
    Oct 2008
    Thalamita poissonii IP E
    Oct 2008
    Carupa tenuipes * IP A
    Oct 2008
    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
    Oct 2008
    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)
    Grapsus granulosus * IP A
    Oct 2008
    Percnon gibbesi AA,TA,EP E
    Oct 2008
    Plagusia squamosa IP A
    Oct 2008
    Ocypodidae (ocypodid crabs)
    Macrophthalmus graeffei IP A
    Feb 2005
    STOMATOPODA, MANTIS SHRIMPS
    Squillidae
    Clorida albolitura * IP, WP E
    Oct 2008
    IP E
    Oct 2008
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