Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Yokes, Baki & Galil, Bella S., 2006, New records of alien decapods (Crustacea) from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, with a description of a new palaemonid species, Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 747-755 : 754

Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

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MATERIAL PHOTOGRAPHED. — Tekirova, 7 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, VIII.2001.

REMARKS

Charybdis hellerii is easily differentiated from the congeneric Erythrean invasive C. longicollis Leene, 1938 in its prominently cut teeth on frontal margin of carapace, large spines on anterior margin of cheliped merus, and chela bearing four spines on superior surface, and a single spine near the carpal articulation. A westward extension of its range, as it was reported before only from southeastern Turkey ( Kocataş 1981). The species is quite common off Tekirova.

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, B, Urocaridella pulchella n. sp.; A, Güvercin Ada, Kaş, 12 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, VIII.2003; B, Kaş, 10-15 m depth,rocky bottom,night dive,XI.2003;C, Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad,1959), Tatlisu Limani, 4 m depth, sand, night dive,IX.2002; D, Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil, 1990, Fakdere, Kaş, 4 m depth, Posidonia meadow, night dive, IX.2002; E, Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851, Dalyan, Muğla, 8 m depth,in a cave, night dive, 30.X.1996; F, Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867), Tekirova, 7 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, VIII.2001.