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Invasive species are organisms that are introduced to a new environment via natural or
anthropogenic means and cause damage to the native biota through interactions with the …

In an experiment carried out in 2003, live specimens of male mudskipper, 8.2-11.9 cm in
body length and 9.0-29.6 g, were collected from the intertidal zones of the Jiulong River and …

Aconsiderable amount of endemic species inhabit the Maltese Islands. The Maltese
freshwater crab (Qabru in Maltese) is one of them. In the 50s, the invertebrate was so …

A recent study by Griffen et al. drew a link between invasiveness and breeding strategy
(income or capital breeding), a hitherto unconsidered life-history trait, in crabs. The methods …

Sperm ultrastructure and some steps of spermatogenesis of the serpulids Hydroides
dianthus, Serpula vermicularis and Vermiliopsis infundibulum are reported. In all the species …

Abstract Green crabs (Carcinus, Portunidae) include two species native to Europe—
Carcinus aestuarii (Mediterranean species) and Carcinus maenas (Atlantic species). These …

Callinectes sapidus is native to the Atlantic coasts of the Americas. In the Mediterranean, it
appeared around 1949 and though that it is established in East Mediterranean waters …

Introduction Charybdis hellerii (Indo-Pacific swimming crab, Milne-Edwards 1867) is a
decapod crustacean in the family Portunidae. Its native range extends from Madagascar …

We report evidence of the occurrence of the alien invasive crab Callinectes sapidus along
the coast of Latium (central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). Original data refer to five adult females …