The capture of the Indo-Pacific crab Charybdis feriata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-16

  Abelló, Pere ^a   Hispano, Coral ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b L'Aquàrium ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Charybdis feriata; First record; Invasive species; Mediterranean Sea; Shipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650140209     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.1.4     Document Type: Article

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