Understanding the feeding behavior of Portunidae crabs with different baits can improve bait selection and is crucial for improving the effectiveness of crab fishing gear. This study, conducted in indoor experimental tanks, used trajectory tracking s...
The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, is classified as one of the world’s most invasive and difficult species to control once introduced. This study reports the first confirmed occurrence of this species in Mauritanian wate...
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The shore crab or European green crab, Carcinus maenas (L. 1758) , is one of the most widely studied crustaceans in the world and considered a valuable model for ecotoxicologi- cal research [...]
The current study provides new data on the known records of the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, from the Maltese Islands through two ovigerous female specimens collected from Salini (Malta), a Natura 2000 site, in August 2020....
Diatoms are among the most common epibionts and have been recorded on the surfaces of various living substrates, either plants or animals. However, studies on them are still scarce in view of the many substrata available. In this study, epibiotic dia...
This study aimed to supply three foods to the crab Callinectes sapidus in its juvenile stage and compare their effects on its growth. For that, crab larvae were cultured from oviparous adult female crabs. The larvae (z1–z8) were fed with rotife...
Charybdis (Gonioneptunus) bimaculata (Miers, 1886), C. (Charybdis) japonica (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861), and C. (Charybdis) miles (De Haan, 1835) are dominant target species harvested by small-scale artisanal fisheries in the coastal waters of China. Ch...
The current invasion of the Mediterranean Sea by the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus requires the implementation of effective strategies of control and management. In native areas, the species is highly appreciated as a hard- and soft-shell se...
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, is an invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea, where it has gained particular attention since 2023 due to its negative ecological and economic impacts. This study aimed to define a standardized method for hemolym...
Information regarding the oceanic environment is crucial for determining species distributions and their habitat preferences. However, in studies on crustaceans, especially swimming crabs, such information remains poorly utilized, and its effects on...
The objective was to analyse the relative growth and size structure of Achelous spinicarpus associated with trawling in Veracruz. The organisms came from shrimp trawls carried out in July 2013. There were 45 trawls organized in two depth intervals (B...
The American blue crab Callinectes sapidus is a particularly successful invader in estuarine ecosystems worldwide. Despite increasing awareness of its potential harm, the invasion history and underlying genetic diversity of this species within the Me...
Background/Objectives: The swimming crab Charybdis feriata is an important commercial fishery species and a major economic contributor to the southeast coastal fishing communities in China. Under the scenario of resource decline and shortage in the m...
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, relevant studies are limited. The aim of the present study is to repor...
Crabs within the family Portunidae are important marine species in both aquaculture and fishery sectors. The current aquaculture status of most portunids, however, still relies on wild-caught fisheries due to the lack of essential knowledge regarding...
Shrimp trawl fishery is of significant importance in Saudi Arabia’s marine capture fishery sector. Al Qunfudhah and Jizan are the only ports along the southern Saudi Arabian coast of the Red Sea dedicated to shrimp fishing. This study evaluates...