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A new record of Callinectes sapidus in a western European estuary (Portuguese coast)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Filipe Ribeiro Open the ORCID record for Filipe Ribeiro [Opens in a new window]  and
Ana Veríssimo
Filipe Ribeiro*
Affiliation:
Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências daUniversidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal
Ana Veríssimo
Affiliation:
CIBIO-U.P., Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Greate Road, Route 1208, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
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Correspondence should be addressed to: F. Ribeiro, Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências daUniversidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal email: fmvribeiro@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper confirms the occurrence of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, in a Portuguese estuary (Sado estuary), demonstrating a full south-western extension of the species distribution along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts bordering the European continent. The present record associated with current and previous anecdotal occurrence reports suggests that the blue crab has established a population in the Sado estuary but with low census size.

Keywords

marine invasionshuman-mediated introductionsPortunidaeeastern North Atlantic
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e36
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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