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- Title
Exotic species of freshwater decapod crustaceans in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: records and possible causes of their introduction.
- Authors
Célio Magalhães; Sérgio Luiz S. Bueno; Georgina Bond-Buckup; Wagner Cotroni Valenti; Humberto L. Melo da Silva; Fábio Kiyohara; Emerson C. Mossolin; Sérgio S. Rocha
- Abstract
Abstract Based on recent surveys of the freshwater decapod fauna, distributional data of five exotic species of freshwater decapod crustaceans for the hydrographic basins of the state of São Paulo are presented, as part of a large initiative for a comprehensive survey of the state’s biodiversity (BIOTA-FAPESP Program). These species are the North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard) (Cambaridae), the crab Dilocarcinus pagei Stimpson (Trichodactylidae) from the Amazon and Paraguay/lower Paraná River Basins, and the palaemonid shrimps Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man), from the Indo-Pacific region, Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller) and Macrobrachium jelskii (Miers), both from the Orinoco, Amazon and the Paraguay/lower Paraná River Basins. Possible modes by which their introduction might have occurred are commented upon and potential consequences are discussed.
- Subjects
SOUTH America; FRESHWATER ecology; DECAPODA; BIODIVERSITY
- Publication
Biodiversity & Conservation, 2005, Vol 14, Issue 8, p1929
- ISSN
0960-3115
- Publication type
Article