First record of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Segura River mouth (Spain, southwestern Mediterranean Sea)

Authors: MERCEDES GONZALEZ-WANGUEMERT, JUAN ANTONIO PUJOL

Abstract: A single male individual of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) was collected on 6 December 2014 in the Segura River mouth in southeastern Spain. Information on collection site, DNA barcoding, and its present distribution and dispersal strategies are provided.

Keywords: Blue crab, invasive species, DNA barcoding, COI gene, Segura River, southeastern Spain

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