Invasive Callinectes sapidus and Portunus segnis in Libyan waters
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Figure 2. Dorsal and ventral view of Callinectes sapidus specimens A and B, collected at the Umm-Hufayn Lagoon, Libya, in
2020 and 2021, respectively (A. Black bar = 10 mm). Photos by H. Al Mozini.
Figure 3. Views of the Umm-Hufayn Lagoon, Libya, where Callinectes sapidus specimens were collected. Photos by A. Abdulghani.
marine and coastal environment (Shakman and Kinzelbach 2007; IUCN
2011; Shakman 2017). The P. segnis specimens were not retained;
consequently, sex determination and the collection of their morphometric
measurements was not possible.
Discussion
To the east of Libya, the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus has been
recorded in Egyptian waters, in the Bardawil Lagoon, Sinai Peninsula, where
Corsini-Foka et al. (2021), BioInvasions Records 10(4): 885–893, https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2021.10.4.13
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Figure 2. Dorsal and ventral view of Callinectes sapidus specimens A and B, collected at the Umm-Hufayn Lagoon, Libya, in
2020 and 2021, respectively (A. Black bar = 10 mm). Photos by H. Al Mozini.
Figure 3. Views of the Umm-Hufayn Lagoon, Libya, where Callinectes sapidus specimens were collected. Photos by A. Abdulghani.
marine and coastal environment (Shakman and Kinzelbach 2007; IUCN
2011; Shakman 2017). The P. segnis specimens were not retained;
consequently, sex determination and the collection of their morphometric
measurements was not possible.
Discussion
To the east of Libya, the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus has been
recorded in Egyptian waters, in the Bardawil Lagoon, Sinai Peninsula, where