New Records of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Area of Study
2.2. Specimens Collection
2.3. Morphological and Genetic Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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SMM015 | SMM016 | SM9 | SM10 | SM11 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sampling location 1 | Malta | Malta | Sicily | Sicily | Sicily |
Sampling date | 1 August 2020 | 2 August 2020 | 30 August 2022 | 30 August 2022 | 30 August 2022 |
Weight 2 | 164.7 | 157.9 | 364.0 | 466.0 | 408.0 |
Maximum carapace width 3 | 149 | 134 | 200 | 205 | 210 |
Carapace length | 61 | 57 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
Abdomen width | 49 | 45 | 40 | 44 | 37 |
Left pollex length | 69 | 59 | 90 | 100 | 100 |
Left pollex width | 15 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
Left pollex depth | 18 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 30 |
Left dactyl length | 37 | 31 | 50 | 50 | 55 |
Right pollex length | 56 | 62 | 97 | 110 | 100 |
Right pollex width | 10 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 28 |
Right pollex depth | 15 | 19 | 30 | 35 | 28 |
Right dactyl length | 37 | 31 | 55 | 55 | 50 |
Sex | Female (ovigerous) | Female (ovigerous) | Male | Male | Male |
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Vella, A.; Giarrusso, E.; Monaco, C.; Mifsud, C.M.; Darmanin, S.A.; Raffa, A.; Tumino, C.; Peri, I.; Vella, N. New Records of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean). Diversity 2023, 15, 679. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050679
Vella A, Giarrusso E, Monaco C, Mifsud CM, Darmanin SA, Raffa A, Tumino C, Peri I, Vella N. New Records of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean). Diversity. 2023; 15(5):679. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050679
Chicago/Turabian StyleVella, Adriana, Enrico Giarrusso, Clara Monaco, Clare Marie Mifsud, Sandra Agius Darmanin, Alessandra Raffa, Carla Tumino, Iuri Peri, and Noel Vella. 2023. "New Records of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean)" Diversity 15, no. 5: 679. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050679