Callinectes sapidus

Rathbun, 1896

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Common name (English)

Atlantic blue crab

Common name (Greek)

Μπλε καβούρι

Common name (Turkish)

Mavi yengeç

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Adriatic Sea 690 2; Adriatic Sea 65113 0; Aegean Sea 692 2; Aegean Sea 65481 0; Albania 28 1; Albania 1839 0; Atlantic Europe 346 0; Baltic sea 6617 0; Bay of Biscay 619 2; Bay of Biscay 4475 0; Black Sea 614 2; Black Sea 6005 0; Danish Exclusive Economic Zone 764 3; Danish Exclusive Economic Zone 1581 0; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone 769 3; Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone 6616 0; East American Coast 184537 0; East Coast of England 65120 0; Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1732 0; English Channel 618 2; English Channel 4472 0; French Exclusive Economic Zone 782 3; French Exclusive Economic Zone 4473 0; German Exclusive Economic Zone 789 3; German Exclusive Economic Zone 9253 0; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone 9224 0; Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 65628 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 9237 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 332 0; Japan 287 0; Kattegat 621 2; Kattegat 6615 0; Knokke 73823 0; Knokke-Heist 34727 0; Ligurian Sea 688 2; Ligurian Sea 66277 0; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 843 3; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 36868 0; Marmara Sea 65669 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; Mexico 1992 0; North Atlantic 19899 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; North Pacific Ocean 681 2; North Pacific Ocean 379 0; North Sea 623 2; North Sea 4485 0; Nova Scotia 435 1; Nova Scotia 1494 0; Oostduinkerke 36861 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 256 0; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 910 3; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 4480 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 331 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 19906 0; United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone 933 3; United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone 4464 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; Uruguay 565 1; Uruguay 88 0; West Atlantic 17379 0; Wimereux 4602 0

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Habitat detail

Found at depths between 0-90m on muddy and sandy bottoms.

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1964

Online resource

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107379

Pathway

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast

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

Pathway detail

Accidental introduction from aquaculture; transported in ballast water in larval stages

Other notes

1st Med record: 1900

1st Med country: France

References

Demetropoulos A, Neoclecous 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