The first record of the banana prawn Fenneropenaeus merguiensis (De Man, 1888) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 286-288

  Özcan, Tahir ^a   Galil, Bella S ^b   Bakir, Kerem ^a   Kataǧan, Tuncer ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alien; Aquaculture; Decapoda; Fenneropenaeus merguiensis; Mediterranean; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349086032     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.4.13     Document Type: Article

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