Title
Expansion of southern distributional range of Ucides occidentalis (Decapoda: Ucididae) and Cardisoma crassum (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)
Other title
Ampliación de la distribución sur de Ucides occidentalis (Decapoda: Ucididae) y Cardisoma crassum (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)
Date Issued
01 April 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Fac. Of Biological Sci.
Abstract
Is recorded the species of crabs brachyuran Ucides occidentalis (mangrove crab) and Cardisoma crassum (Blue crab or without mouth) in the mangroves of San Pedro (Piura), expanding its geographical distribution south of Tumbes, which was the known limit. The habitat of these species is characterized by the presence of two varieties of mangrove trees, Jeli white (Laguncularia racemosa) and salty Jeli (Avicenia germinans) and halophytic shrub called glass (Batis maritima), it observing that the depth of the burrows is shallow (<60 cm). Biometric information and some biological aspects of the collected specimens are also presented.
Start page
107
End page
110
Volume
24
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85018184461
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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