Research on the coast of Somalia. Portunidae (Crustacea Brachyura)

Authors
Vannini, M Innocenti, G
Citation
M. Vannini et G. Innocenti, Research on the coast of Somalia. Portunidae (Crustacea Brachyura), TROP ZOOL, 13(2), 2000, pp. 251-298
Citations number
91
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
TROPICAL ZOOLOGY
ISSN journal
03946975 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
251 - 298
Database
ISI
SICI code
0394-6975(200011)13:2<251:ROTCOS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
From 1970 to 1997, 482 Portunidae were collected from various intertidal en vironments along the southern Somalian coast and, to a lesser extent, from Kenya and the Mascarene Islands. The material belongs to 39 species of whic h 13 are new for the Somalian coast, 5 for the East African coast and 2 for the western Indian Ocean: Charybdis hawaiensis Edmondson 1954 previously k nown only for Hawaii and Carupella banlaensis Tien 1969 only known for the Tonkin Gulf.