An unexpected record of an African mangrove crab, Perisesarma alberti Rathbun, 1921, (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) in European waters
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Background: Finding of a single female specimen of the African mangrove crab Perisesarma alberti Rathbun, Bull Am Mus Nat Hist 43: 379–474, 1921, in the intertidal zone of the eastern part of the Bay of Seine, English Channel, France. Result: Identification and description of the recorded crab, photographs and measurements of the single specimen. Comparison with reports from West African mangroves. Conclusion: It is unlikely to assume an African origin of the collected species. It is more likely a species escaped from an aqua-terrarium, even if the common species in the French aquarium trade have an Australasian origin.
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