The Occurrence of Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) and Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Southern Mississippi, U.S.A. (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-1980
Department
Biological Sciences
School
Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Abstract
The authors note the occurrence of Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) in Mississippi, U.S.A. No specimens of the former species and only one specimen of the latter species have been previously reported in the scientific literature from waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico east of Texas, U.S.A. It is suggested that probably neither species is a recent immigrant to the northcentral Gulf of Mexico. The authors feel it is unlikely that significant populations of these two species live in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico.
Publication Title
Crustaceana
Volume
39
Issue
1
First Page
90
Last Page
94
Recommended Citation
Anderson, G.,
Fillingame, J. A.
(1980). The Occurrence of Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836) and Macrobrachium carcinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Southern Mississippi, U.S.A. (Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Crustaceana, 39(1), 90-94.
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