Prvi nalaz plavog raka Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) u središnjem i južnom Tirenskom moru

Four individuals of the non-indigenous blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) were collected during commercial trammel net operations in fall 2019 and winter 2020 along the coast of NW Sicily. The crabs were collected in very shallow waters on a sandy bottom close to the coast. Although blue crabs are now widespread along most eastern, western and northern Mediterranean coasts, this is the first record of this species from the central and southern Tyrrhenian Sea.Četiri jedinke authtonog plavog raka, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) prikupljena su tijekom komercijalnog ulova u jesen 2019. i zimu 2020. uz obalu sjevernozapadne Sicilije. Jedinke su sakupljane u vrlo plitkim vodama, na pješčanom dnu, te u blizini obale. Iako su plavi rakovi danas rašireni duž većine istočne, zapadne i sjeverne obale Sredozemlja, ovo je prvi nalaz ove vrste iz središnjeg i južnog Tirenskog mora