First record of Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Decapoda: Grapsidae) in freshwater habitat
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| Date | 2017 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Arai Tammy Iwasa1, Brandao Costa Manoela 2, Freire Andrea Santarosa2 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Dept Invertebrados, Lab Carcinol, BR-20940040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 2 : Univ Fed Santa Catarina, CCB, Dept Ecol & Zool, Lab Crustaceos Plancton, Campus Univ Trindade, BR-88010970 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. |
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| Source | Nauplius (2358-2936) (Soc Brasileira Carcinologia), 2017 , Vol. 25 , P. e2017032 (4p.) | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1590/2358-2936e2017032 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Trindade Island, Grapsoidea, salinity, inland, South Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||
| Abstract | The sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758), has been recorded from the oceanic islands off Brazil, as well as from the Caribbean, in coastal rocky shores in the Eastern Pacific, and in Galapagos. We report the first observation of G. grapsus in freshwater habitat, registered in a stream at Trindade Island, Brazil. |
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