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First Record of Percnon gibbesi in Turkey by yaysh15 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document reports the first record of the crab species Percnon gibbesi from the Levantine coast of Turkey. An ovigerous female specimen was collected in July 2006 in Kaş-Antalya, Turkey. The crab is an invasive species that was first recorded in the Mediterranean in 1999 and has since spread rapidly, possibly through larval transport by surface currents and shipping.

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