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Decapod crustaceans new to the fauna of Cyprus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2009

Magdalini Christodoulou*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
Theodoros Tzomos
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
Niki Chartosia
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
Miltiadis-Spyridon Kitsos
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Christodoulou, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece email: magchris@bio.auth.gr
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Abstract

Four decapod species, Plesionika narval, Processa elegantula, Macropipus tuberculatus and Parthenope expansa are recorded for the first time from Cyprus. The crab, P. expansa is also recorded for the first time from the Levantine Basin. The geographical distribution of each species is given. The discovery of these four species raises the known decapod species number from Cyprus to 151.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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