The Indo-Pacific brachyuran Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) paucidentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) (Brachyura, Portunidae) in the Cyclades, Aegean Sea

Authors: GERASIMOS KONDYLATOS, THODOROS KAMPOURIS, VASILIS KOULOUMPERIS, MARIA CORSINI FOKA

Abstract: The occurrence of the alien Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) paucidentatus is reported from Santorini Island after repeated underwater surveys carried out in 2014-2015. The findings constitute the first record of an Indo-Pacific brachyuran in the south-central Aegean Sea, showing the successful expansion of this portunid recently introduced into the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords: Alien, Portunidae, Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) paucidentatus, Aegean Sea, East Mediterranean

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