Species Regional Summary
Callinectes sapidus
None ( NEA-V )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: France/Gironde estuary (1960, Armieu and Le Dantec 1960, cited by Vincent 1999)

Geographic Extent

France/Gironde estuary (1960, Armieu and Le Dantec 1960, cited by Vincent 1999); Lisbon/Portugal/Tagus River (1978, Gaudencio and Guerra 1979, cited by Cabal et al. 2006; Chainho et al. 2015); Port of El Musel, Gijon/Spain/Bay of Biscay (2004, Cabal et al. 2006); Spain/Guadalquivir estuary (Adena, 2002, cited by Cabal et al. 2006; Morais et al. 2019, established); Portugal/Ria Formosa estuary (2016, Morais et al. 2019, established); scattered locations along the Algarve coast and in the Ria Formosa lagoon/Portugal/Gulf of Cadiz (2018-2019, Vasconcelos, et al. 2019); 5 locations/Spain-Portugal/Gulf of Cadiz (2016-2018, Izquierdo-Gomez 2022)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)

Regional Impacts

References

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