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Massimiliano Angelico

  • Biodiversity Journal, 10 (4): 405-408 - MONOGRAPH

    Danilo Scuderi, Alberto Villari & Massimiliano Angelico
    Massive beaching record along the sandy coast of Catania (E-Sicily) of the rare “mole crab” Albunea carabus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda Anomura Hippoidea)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2019.10.4.405.408

    ABSTRACT
    After a winter storm, with sirocco wind, hundreds of specimens of the “mole crab” Albunea carabus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda Anomura Hippoidea) were beached along the sandy coast of “Playa” Catania (E-Sicily). Even though this species was previously recorded in some scattered localities of the Mediterranean, among which a couple were found in Sicily, the present record appears relevant on account of the massive finding of specimens, which is a quite rare event according to literature data. Considerations on the reasons of this wide beaching complete the present note.