Abstract
Two adult specimens of Arcania brevifrons, a leucosiid crab native to the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, were recently collected off the southern Israeli coast, at the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Molecular analyses based on the mitochondrial barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase sub unit I (COI) revealed two closely related haplotypes and suggest the species has entered the Mediterranean on at least two separate occasions. This is the fourth Erythraean leucosiid species recorded in the Mediterranean Sea. The presence of an ovigerous female may indicate the existence of an established population.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 249-253 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | BioInvasions Records |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 The Author(s). Journal compilation and 2017 REABIC.
Keywords
- Barcoding
- Erythraean invasion
- Mediterranean
- Non-indigenous species
- Red Sea
- Suez Canal
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Ecology