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Carupa tenuipes

Dana, 1852
Arthropoda » Decapoda » Portunidae » Carupa tenuipes
Common name (English)
Violet-eyed swimming crab
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Comores 15853 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 21448 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 71777 0; Madagascar 23 0; Mediterranean Sea 2614 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 2613 0; Mozambique Channel 656 2; Mozambique Channel 67419 0; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 858 3; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 67417 0; Seychelles 1594 0; South Pacific Ocean 693 2; South Pacific Ocean 2489 0; Turkey 331 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Casual

First detection year
2016
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208760
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

References

Savva I, Kleitou P (2017) On three alien species from Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea). In Gerovasileiou et al.(2017) New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July, 2017). Mediterranean Marine Science 18(2): 355-384. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.13771

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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Akrotiri Environment

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