RT journal article
T1 Westward range expansion of the blue swimmer crab Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) into Atlantic European waters
A1 Freire de Carvalho Souza, Gustavo
A1 Cuesta, J.A
A1 Arana Mesa, Diego
A1 Lobato, Cristóbal
A1 González-Ortegón, Enrique
A2 Física Aplicada
K1 citizen science
K1 exotic
K1 first record
K1 gillnetter
K1 Iberian Peninsula
K1 larvae
K1 portunid
K1 transport
AB The introduction of non-indigenous species to aquatic ecosystems is one of the main threats to global biodiversity. This paper reports the occurrence of the blue swimmer crab Portunus segnis in southwestern European waters (i.e., the Gulf of Cadiz). We discuss the invasive potential of P. segnis and possible mechanisms of its expansion into this new region. The detection of this species also highlights the importance of involving citizen scientists in the reporting of non-indigenous species.
PB Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre
SN 2242-1300
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31481
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31481
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026