“…Among the numerous species considered to be invasive in coastal environments around the world, many decapod crustaceans have been recorded, such as Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Geller et al ., 1997); Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Stasolla & Innocenti, 2014; Garcia et al ., 2018); Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) (Campos & TĂŒrkay, 1989; Mantelatto & Luiz-Diaz, 1999; Dineen et al ., 2001; Evans et al ., 2018); Lysmata lipkei Okuno & Fiedler, 2010 (Alves et al ., 2018); Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860) (Abdelsalam, 2018; Alves et al ., 2018, 2019); and Nikoides sibogae De Man, 1918 (Levitt et al ., 2014). However, the invasive potential of a species depends on morphological, reproductive, metabolic and life-history aspects, which are related to the phenotypic plasticity of the species (Lardies & Bozinovic, 2008; Lenz et al ., 2018; Negri et al ., 2018).…”