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Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Arthropoda » Decapoda » Portunidae » Charybdis hellerii
Common name (English)
Spiny hands swimming crab
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Aegean Sea 692 2; Aegean Sea 65481 0; Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone 732 3; Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone 75994 0; Brazil 709 0; Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone 738 3; Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone 65132 0; Caribbean Sea 644 2; Caribbean Sea 17342 0; Columbia 1368 0; Comores 16247 0; Cuba 188 1; Cuba 83 0; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 763 3; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 65217 0; FAO fishing area 34 73710 0; FAO fishing area 47 73709 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; French Guiana Exclusive Economic Zone 783 3; French Guiana Exclusive Economic Zone 174914 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 330 0; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone 9224 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Israel 459 1; Israel 2017 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mozambique Channel 656 2; Mozambique Channel 64779 0; Natal 3793 0; New Caledonia 441 1; New Caledonia 169 0; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 858 3; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 5842 0; New Zealand 5 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; North Pacific Ocean 681 2; North Pacific Ocean 379 0; South Africa (country) 3792 0; South Atlantic Ocean 679 2; South Atlantic Ocean 347 0; South Mozambique 73722 0; South Pacific Ocean 693 2; South Pacific Ocean 344 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 331 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 19906 0; United States 5117 0; United States Exclusive Economic Zone 934 3; United States Exclusive Economic Zone 4465 0; United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Hawaii) 4462 0; Venezuela 569 1; Venezuela 80 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Invasive

First detection year
1999
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107382
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in microscopic stage of life history; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: State of Palestine

References

Lewinsohn CH, Holthuis LB (1986) The Crustacea Decapoda of Cyprus. Zoologische Verhandelingen 230: 1-64.

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10(2): 109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113

Galil BS, Froglia C, Noel PY (2002) CIESM Atlas of Exotic Crustaceans in the Mediterranean. Volume 2: Crustacean Decapods and Stomatopods, Briand F (Ed). Monaco: CIESM Publishers. "Zibrowius pers. comm (in Galil et al. 2002)"

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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