the crab that came in from the cold first record of paralithodes camtschaticus tilesius 1815 in the mediterranean sea
On August 2008, a single individual of the red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus, a boreal species indigenous to the North Pacific, was caught by a gill net in the Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean. The crab weighed 4 kg and it is estimated it was ten years old. Transport in ballast water seems t...
| Published in: | Aquatic Invasions |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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2009
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| Online Access: | https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/60720 https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2009.4.4.22 |
| Summary: | On August 2008, a single individual of the red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus, a boreal species indigenous to the North Pacific, was caught by a gill net in the Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean. The crab weighed 4 kg and it is estimated it was ten years old. Transport in ballast water seems the most likely way of introduction. If true, the implication is that this cold-water species is capable of surviving and growing to adulthood in a warm-temperate sea. |
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