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The spiny spider crab Maja goltziana (Crustacea: Majidae) in south Lebanese waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

S. Lelli ,
P. Carpentieri ,
F. Colloca  and
G.D. Ardizzone
S. Lelli
Affiliation:
RC—Ricerca e Cooperazione—NGO, via Savona, 13/a, 00182 Rome, Italy
P. Carpentieri*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
F. Colloca
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
G.D. Ardizzone
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Carpentieri, Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy email: paolo.carpentieri@uniromal.it
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Abstract

A total of 52 specimens (45–115 mm carapace length) of Maja goltziana d'Oliveira 1888, was collected along the Lebanese coasts (south-eastern Mediterranean Sea) in 2006–2007. This species, till now considered rare in the Mediterranean Sea, is common and abundant along the deep shelf-upper Lebanese coast where a local population is present.

Keywords

Maja goltzianaLebanonMediterranean
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e83
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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