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

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

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

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