Further range expansion of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in Turkish waters, Northern Aegean Sea: insight into distribution depth


DABAN İ. B., CENGİZ Ö., TUNÇER S.

CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE, vol.57, no.2, pp.175-178, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 57 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Journal Name: CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.175-178
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new record of Callinectes sapidus from the northern eastern part of the Aegean Sea is presented, based on a live single female sampled off northern part of the Gokceada (Imbroz) Island. Surprisingly, the individual which is known shelf-estuarine species was sampled at 220 m depth with a bottom trawl on November 15th, 2015.