New records of the genus Pachygrapsus (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the central Mediterranean Sea with a review of its Mediterranean zoogeography

The occurrence of Pachygrapsus maurus and Pachygrapsus transversus is reported from the Maltese Islands for the first time on the basis of one specimen of P. maurus collected in 1990 and numerous recent specimens, and the distribution of the two species is mapped. The controversial presence of P. ma...

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Main Authors: F. CROCETTA, S. MIFSUD, P. PAOLINI, J. PISCOPO, P.J. SCHEMBRI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 2011-04-01
Series:Mediterranean Marine Science
Online Access:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12027