Abstract

The study analyses the composition, distribution and structure of CrustaceanDecapods in Varano lagoon (S. Italy) for ten months. Samplings monthlyof Decapod Crustaceans were carried out from May 2012 to march 2012in three different stations within the Varano lagoon (Capojale and Varanomouths and San Nicola Imbuti) . In each station the main environmentalparameters were recorded by mean multiparametric probe (T °C, S psu).Were found a total 254 specimens Crabs belong to five several families:Portunidae (86%), Grapsidae (4%), Menippidae (2%), Panopeidae (3%),Varunidae (5%). Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847 (Portunidae) was themost abundant and widespread among the species found during the studyperiod in all stations considered. A total 218 specimens of C. aestuarii (205males and 13 females) were caught. The station abounding in fish, in termsof crabs, seems to be called Capoyale, near the mouth of the northwest.Among the species found there is the presence of an alien species of originNorth-West Atlantic, the Panopeidae Dyspanopeus sayi (Smith, 1869). Thiswork contributes to the knowledge of Decapod Crustaceans populations inone of the largest lagoons in the Mediterranean. control of these populationsalso in terms of composition could be a good method of indirect control ofthe environment.

Autore Pugliese

• Cilenti Lucrezia , Scirocco Tommaso

Tutti gli autori

• L. Cilenti; T. Scirocco

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2013

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