Role of ships’ hull fouling and tropicalization process on European carcinofauna: new records in Galician waters (NW Spain)

Cuesta, José A.; Almón, Bruno; Pérez-Dieste, Jacinto; Trigo, Juan E.; Bañón, Rafael

doi:10.1007/s10530-015-1034-9

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“…The first plausible possibility would be ship ballast mediation and dispersal during the larval phase (Wonham et al 2000, Brito et al 2011, Galil et al 2011). Many small benthic marine fishes, chordate species, small-sized invertebrates and plankton (introduced as eggs, larvae or juveniles) are first recorded from regions with major commercial ports, and the method of transport associated is via the large amounts of ballast water carried by international shipping (Wonham et al 2000, Lockett andGomon 2001) or ship's hull fouling (Cuesta et al 2016).…”

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“…After decades of ocean warming, an increasing number of works have postulated a tropicalization of species assemblages in temperate biogeographic transition zones such as southwestern Australia (Wernberg et al 2016), some parts of the Mediterranean (Horta Costa et al 2014), the NW of the Iberian Peninsula (Cuesta et al 2016) and the Macaronesian archipelagos in the northeastern Atlantic (Brito et al 2005, Wirtz et al 2008, Afonso et al 2013). This process has been associated with global warming in many cases (Perry et al 2005, Occhipinti-Ambrogi 2007, Wernberg et al 2016.…”

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Northernmost record of the pantropical portunid crab <em>Cronius ruber</em> in the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands): natural range extension or human-mediated introduction?

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Summary:The pantropical crab Cronius ruber (Lamarck, 1818) (Brachyura: Portunidae) is recorded for the first time from the Canary Islands. Previously known from off Cape Verde Islands and Senegal, this is the northernmost record of the species in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Crabs have been caught by means of a collecting small trap for sampling in shallow waters, and then identified by both morphological characters and DNA barcoding (16S). Cytochrome c oxidase I partial sequence has been obtained for this species for the first time. This relatively large and very aggressive crab species seems to be rapidly occupying both hard substrates (sublittoral caves) and soft substrates (sand with seagrass meadow) adjacent to shallow rocky bottoms, at depths between 2 and 10 m, in the warm southern waters of Gran Canaria Island. The reasons for this species' occurrence are discussed herein. Among them, natural range extension may be a consequence of tropicalization in the eastern Atlantic. Also, a human-mediated introduction could be based on the heavy traffic of ships (ballast waters or oil platforms) arriving at the Canary Islands from African countries and from Brazil in the last decade.Keywords: zoogeography; natural expansion; anthropogenic introduction; Brachyura; crab; Cronius ruber; Canary Islands; eastern Atlantic; DNA barcoding. Cita más septentrional del cangrejo portúnido pantropical Cronius ruber en el Atlántico oriental (Islas Canarias): ¿expansión natural o por causas antropogénicas?Resumen: El cangrejo pantropical Cronius ruber (Lamarck, 1818) (Brachyura: Portunidae) es citado por primera vez en las Islas Canarias. Previamente conocido de las Islas Cabo Verde y Senegal, el presente constituye el registro más septentrional de esta especie en el Atlántico oriental. Los cangrejos fueron recolectados mediante un arte de trampa (pequeña nasa usada para muestreo en aguas someras) y posteriormente identificados a partir de sus caracteres morfológicos y mediante código de barras genético (DNA barcoding (16S)). La secuencia parcial del gen de la citocromo c oxidasa I de esta especie fue obtenida por primera vez. Este cangrejo de relativo gran tamaño y gran agresividad parece estar ocupando rápidamente tanto sustratos duros (cuevas sublitorales) como blandos (arena con pradera de fanerógamas) adyacentes a fondos rocosos someros, a profundidades comprendidas entre 2 y 10 m, en aguas cálidas de la costa meridional de la isla de Gran Canaria. Se discuten en este trabajo diferentes causas que explican la aparición de esta especie en Canarias. Entre otras, la expansión natural como consecuencia del proceso de tropicalización en el Atlántico oriental. Además, una introducción por causas antropogénicas puede estar basada en la intensificación del tráfico pesado de naves (aguas de lastre o plataformas petrolíferas), que llegan hasta Canarias desde países africanos y Brasil en la última década.Palabras clave: zoogeografía; expansión natural; introducción antropogénica; Brachyura; cangrejo; Cronius ruber; Islas Canarias; Atlán...

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Northernmost record of the pantropical portunid crab <em>Cronius ruber</em> in the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands): natural range extension or human-mediated introduction?

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“…In an Amazon estuary, P. gracilis and other brachyurans (principally ocypodids and grapsoids) suffer high rates of predation by the Pemecou sea catfish Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794), known locally as the guribu, which uses Amazonian mangroves as nurseries and feeds predominantly on brachyurans throughout its life cycle (Giarrizzo and Saint-Paul, 2008). The available data on P. gracilis include studies of the development of its larvae (Ingle, 1987;Brossi-Garcia and Rodrigues, 1993), megalopae juveniles (Arruda and Abrunhosa, 2011), megalopal transport mechanisms , the abundance of the larvae (Vieira, 2006), the production of spermatophores and seminal fluid (Tiseo et al, 2014;, hull fouling (Cuesta et al, 2016) and general occurrence records (Hartnoll, 1965;Powers, 1977;Coelho and Ramos-Porto, 1980;Melo, 1996;Almeida and Coelho, 2008;Melo, 2008;Gain et al, 2017;Briones-Fourzan et al, 2020).…”

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Spatio-temporal variation of the population structure and density of the shore crab Pachygrapsus gracilis (Grapsidae) in an estuary on the Brazilian Amazon coast

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The present study investigates the spatio-temporal variation in the density of the adults and larvae of the shore crab Pachygrapsus gracilis and identifies the reproductive period and the population structure of the species in the Marapanim estuary, in northern Brazil, in order to describe the biological characteristics of this equatorial population on the Atlantic coast. Specimens were collected manually every month over the course of a year. Adults were collected at four rocky outcrops in the upper and lower mid-littoral. Larvae were sampled at six points using horizontal trawls of the surface water. The sampling points represent the inner and outer estuary, its two margins, and varying gradients of salinity. The density of the zoea I and adults were higher on the margins with the highest sediment deposition rates and salinity. Only the density of the adults correlated significantly with salinity. Although ovigerous females were only collected in the rainiest periods, the presence of juveniles throughout the year indicates that the species reproduces continuously. The population parameters indicate that the density of P. gracilis was related to salinity, and that part of the life cycle of these crabs is completed in the Marapanim estuary. This species reproduces in the estuary, exports zoea I to the coastal waters and then probably returns as megalopae, responding to local conditions through systematic shifts in its distribution and abundance over time and space. The population was relatively stable and able to adjust to the considerable variation in abiotic factors that are typical of this estuary.

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“…Other decapod crustacean species such as Ogyrides rarispina Holthuis, 1951, Brachynotus atlanticus Forest, 1957,Xaiva mcleayi (Barnard, 1947 and Afropinnotheres monodi Manning, 1993, support the known African influence in this geographic region (Hothuis 1977;García Raso 1985;García Raso and Manjón-Cabeza 1996;Subida et al 2011). Moreover, the distribution of several marine organisms is currently shifting in latitude, likely as a response to a changing climate, with the present finding likely being an example of an ongoing process of tropicalization (Cuesta et al 2016;Encarnação et al 2019). However, the recent record in the south coast of Brazil (as L. arvoredensis by Giraldes et al 2018) could also be related with human-mediated introduction of nonnative species.…”

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Atlantic expansion of the African caridean shrimp Lysmata uncicornis Holthuis & Maurin, 1952 (Caridea: Lysmatidae)

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The present study reports the occurrence of several specimens of the African caridean shrimp Lysmata uncicornis Holthuis and Maurin, 1952 in the NE Atlantic coast (Gulf of Cadiz, Spain and the Algarve, Portugal). Lysmata uncicornis is a poorly studied species that has been originally described from the Atlantic waters of Morocco, where it was first collected inside the port of Casablanca in a rocky bottom at 4-5 m depth. While no scientific publication has previously reported this species outside the waters of Morocco, several specimens have been collected in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Cadiz and the Algarve. This species may be able to expand successfully northward along European waters, probably favoured by global warming. It is possible that this expansion may also be enhanced through the marine aquarium trade. Recently, Lysmata arvoredensis Giraldes, Macedo, Brandão, Baeza and Freire, 2018 a new species of shrimp from the south coast of Brazil was described. However, morphological and genetic comparisons revealed no differences between L. uncicornis and L. arvoredensis. Therefore, L. arvoredensis should be considered as a junior synonym of L. uncicornis. While L. uncicornis may well be an amphi-Atlantic species, such as L. grabhami (Gordon 1935), for now, the introduction of L. uncicornis in Brazilian waters cannot be ruled out.

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Role of ships’ hull fouling and tropicalization process on European carcinofauna: new records in Galician waters (NW Spain)

Cited by 23 publications

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Northernmost record of the pantropical portunid crab <em>Cronius ruber</em> in the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands): natural range extension or human-mediated introduction?

Northernmost record of the pantropical portunid crab <em>Cronius ruber</em> in the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands): natural range extension or human-mediated introduction?

Spatio-temporal variation of the population structure and density of the shore crab Pachygrapsus gracilis (Grapsidae) in an estuary on the Brazilian Amazon coast

Atlantic expansion of the African caridean shrimp Lysmata uncicornis Holthuis & Maurin, 1952 (Caridea: Lysmatidae)

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