Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Arthropoda » Decapoda » Portunidae » Charybdis hellerii

Common name (English)

Spiny hands swimming crab

Ηabitat

Global distribution

Aegean Sea 692 2; Aegean Sea 65481 0; Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone 732 3; Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone 75994 0; Brazil 709 0; Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone 738 3; Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone 65132 0; Caribbean Sea 644 2; Caribbean Sea 17342 0; Columbia 1368 0; Comores 16247 0; Cuba 188 1; Cuba 83 0; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 763 3; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 65217 0; FAO fishing area 34 73710 0; FAO fishing area 47 73709 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; French Guiana Exclusive Economic Zone 783 3; French Guiana Exclusive Economic Zone 174914 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 330 0; Greek Exclusive Economic Zone 9224 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Israel 459 1; Israel 2017 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mozambique Channel 656 2; Mozambique Channel 64779 0; Natal 3793 0; New Caledonia 441 1; New Caledonia 169 0; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 858 3; New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone 5842 0; New Zealand 5 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; North Pacific Ocean 681 2; North Pacific Ocean 379 0; South Africa (country) 3792 0; South Atlantic Ocean 679 2; South Atlantic Ocean 347 0; South Mozambique 73722 0; South Pacific Ocean 693 2; South Pacific Ocean 344 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 331 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 19906 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; Venezuela 569 1; Venezuela 80 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

Invasive

First detection year

1999

Online resource

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107382

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 microscopic stage of life history; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: State of Palestine

References

Lewinsohn CH, Holthuis LB (1986) The Crustacea Decapoda of Cyprus. Zoologische Verhandelingen 230: 1-64.

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

Zibrowius pers.comm in Galil et al. 2002