DecaNet taxon details
original description
Holthuis, L. B.; Gottlieb, E. (1958). An annotated list of the decapod Crustacea of the Mediterranean coast of Israel, with an appendix listing the Decapoda of the eastern Mediterranean. <em>Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel, Section B. Zoology.</em> 7, 1-126. [details] Available for editors
basis of record
Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Little can be said about the origin of the present species. The fact that no species of Automate has ever been reported from the Mediterranean is an argument in favour of the supposition that A. branchialis actually is an Indo-West Pacific species, which entered the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. On the other hand, the fact that until now relatively little attention has been paid to the smaller bottom dwelling Crustacea of the Mediterranean, does not exclude the possibility « ,that the new species is a true Mediterranean form. It is up to future workers to solve this problem [details]
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