On the presence of the non-native estuarine shrimp, Palaemon longirostris H.Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Decapoda, Caridea), in the Black Sea

Abstract

The non-native estuarine shrimp, Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837, is reported for the first time on the Sinop Peninsula coast (southern Black Sea).The species is previously known to occur in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Mediterranean including the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.