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First GB records of the invasive Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus from Glamorgan, Wales and Kent, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2015

Becky Seeley ,
Jack Sewell  and
Paul F. Clark
Becky Seeley
Affiliation:
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, Devon, UK
Jack Sewell*
Affiliation:
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, Devon, UK
Paul F. Clark
Affiliation:
Invertebrates Division, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Sewell, The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, Devon, UK email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The present contribution reports on the capture of two adult male specimens of the Asian/Japanese shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus (de Haan, 1835) from Glamorgan, south Wales and Kent, southern England. These represent the first records of this species from mainland Great Britain.

Keywords

Asian shore crabJapanese shore crabHemigrapsus sanguineusinvasive speciesSouth Walessouthern England
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e102
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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