Abstract
A specimen of Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) from the eastern coastline of Rhodos Island is reported from under stones of a rocky substrate with low vegetation coverage at 0.5 m. Carupa tenuipes is considered to be a well established alien decapod species in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Highlights
Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) is widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea, East Africa and Madagascar to Japan, Australia, French Polynesia, and Hawaii (Apel and Spiridonov 1998). Galil (2004) reported the first occurrence of this portunid species in the Mediterranean Sea, from near Tel Aviv
The presence of Carupa tenuipes has been recorded from the Turkish coast off Kas Peninsula (Yokes and Galil 2004), and recently from between Iskenderun and Fethiye (Yokes and Galil 2006) and Datça Peninsula, separated by a narrow strait from Rhodos Island (Yokes et al 2007)
In the Mediterranean it has been reported from rocky bottoms (Yokes and Galil 2004) and off a submerged sandstone ridge on biogenic rubble (Galil 2004). It seems that the species shows a great capability of adaptation to new and different habitats
Summary
Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) is widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea, East Africa and Madagascar to Japan, Australia, French Polynesia, and Hawaii (Apel and Spiridonov 1998). Galil (2004) reported the first occurrence of this portunid species in the Mediterranean Sea, from near Tel Aviv. Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) is widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea, East Africa and Madagascar to Japan, Australia, French Polynesia, and Hawaii (Apel and Spiridonov 1998). Galil (2004) reported the first occurrence of this portunid species in the Mediterranean Sea, from near Tel Aviv.
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