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Much can change in a year: The massawan mantis shrimp, erugosquilla massavensis (Kossmann, 1880) in sicily, Italy
Alan DeidunBella S. GalilGianni InsaccoPaola GianguzzaBruno Zavasubject
Fisheries -- Italy -- SicilyArthropodaDistribution (economics)Introduced speciesDistributionPopulation dynamicPopulation densityInvasive speciesErugosquillaMantis shrimpShrimps -- Italy -- SicilySquilla -- Italy -- SicilyMalacostracaSquillidaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsbiologyCompetitionEcologybusiness.industrybiology.organism_classificationShrimp populations -- Italy -- SicilyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicFisheryGeographyIntroduced organisms -- Italy -- SicilyFishery resourceSquilla mantis -- Italy -- SicilybusinessInvasive alien specieSquilla mantidescription
A flourishing population of the Massawan mantis shrimp, Erugosquilla massavensis, an Erythraean species, is recorded off Sicily, Italy, one year after the very first specimen was collected off the eastern coast of the island. The species is already established as a minor, albeit valuable, fishery resource. Once its population increases, however, it may compete with the native Mediterranean spot-tail mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis. This article presents the results of a joint effort between members of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Comiso and local fishermen to monitor non-indigenous species in Sicilian waters.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-01 |