A new record of the American blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), from the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

Two specimens of the invasive American blue crab Callinectes sapidus were captured recently in the Ebro Delta, Spain. These constitute the first documented records of the species from Mediterranean waters of the Iberian Peninsula.