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Percnon gibbesi

(H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
Arthropoda » Decapoda » Percnidae » Percnon gibbesi
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Aegean Sea 692 2; Aegean Sea 65481 0; Ascensin 36841 0; Atlantic Ocean 36967 0; Brazil 709 0; California 111 1; California 1502 0; Cape Verde 189 1; Cape Verde 194 0; Chile 324 0; Coasts of America 73748 0; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 763 3; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 65217 0; East Atlantic 65134 0; FAO fishing area 34 73710 0; FAO fishing area 47 73709 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; Ghana 228 1; Ghana 181 0; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone 9224 0; Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 65628 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 9237 0; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 843 3; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 36868 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 611 2; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 4481 0; Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone 852 3; Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone 36863 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; North Pacific Ocean 681 2; North Pacific Ocean 379 0; Odemira 73747 0; Pacific Ocean 9243 0; Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (Azores) 66267 0; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (Canary Islands) 73746 0; Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone 927 3; Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone 65681 0; Tyrrhenian Sea 689 2; Tyrrhenian Sea 19902 0; West Atlantic 17379 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic: (status unresolved)

First detection year
2006
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107458
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in larval stages; attachment to ship hulls

Other notes

1st Med record: 1999

1st Med country: Italy

References

Katsanevakis S, Poursanidis D, Yokes MB, Macic V, Beqiraj S, Kashta L, Sghaier YR, Zakhama-Sraieb R, Benamer I, Bitar G, Bouzaza Z, Magni P, Bianchi CN, Tsiakkiros L, Zenetos A (2011) Twelve years after the introduction of the crab Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) in the Mediterranean: current distribution and invasion rates. Journal of Biological Research 16: 224-236.  

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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