Percnon gibbesi
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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Cryptogenic: (status unresolved)
Transported in ballast water in larval stages; attachment to ship hulls
1st Med record: 1999
1st Med country: Italy
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/
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