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AuthorGiraldes, Bruno Welter
AuthorSmyth, David
AuthorChatting, Mark
Available date2018-03-18T07:28:28Z
Publication Date2016-01-01
Publication NameMarine Biodiversity Records
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0044-3
CitationGiraldes, B. W., Smyth, D., & Chatting, M. (2016). Modern problems in marine biodiversity records–illustrated by the case of the Caribbean Pelia mutica (Gibbes, 1850) confirmed in Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9(1), 54.
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/6431
AbstractThis report confirms the presence of Pelia mutica in Brazil, extending its range by approximately 4000 km south to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean from its most southerly recorded distribution. The presence of this small ornamental marine crab with cryptic habits and native to Caribbean waters raises some challenging questions about modern problems in marine biodiversity records. This case is an excellent example in relation to the importance of diligent biodiversity monitoring. It highlights why the skills of taxonomists are paramount when identifying silent biological invasion of supposedly irrelevant alien species in a modern Anthropocene epoch within an alarming scenario of defaunation and mass extinction.
Languageen
PublisherCambridge University Press
SubjectCoastal reefs
Majoidea: Pisinae
Nocturnal survey
Ornamental decapod
Scuba diving
Silent bioinvasion
Teardrop crab
TitleModern problems in marine biodiversity records-illustrated by the case of the Caribbean Pelia mutica (Gibbes, 1850) confirmed in Brazil
TypeArticle
Issue Number1
Volume Number9
ESSN1755-2672


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