Metapenaeus monoceros

(Fabricius, 1798)

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Common name (English)

Speckled shrimp

Common name (Turkish)

Erkek karides

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Eastern Atlantic Ocean 2186 0; Indo-West Pacific 2259 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1961

Online resource

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=9…

Pathway

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Demetropoulos A, Neocleous D (1969) The fishes and crustaceans of Cyprus. Fisheries Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fisheries Department 1: 1-21.

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

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