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Stranding and mortality of pelagic crustaceans in the western Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2015

Evgeny V. Romanov ,
Michel Potier ,
R. Charles Anderson ,
Jean Pascal Quod ,
Frédéric Ménard ,
Shahaama A. Sattar  and
Peter Hogarth
Evgeny V. Romanov*
Affiliation:
PROSPER Project (PROSpection et habitat des grands PElagiques de la ZEE de La Réunion), CAP RUN – ARDA, Magasin n°10 – Port Ouest, 97420, Le Port, Île de la Réunion, France
Michel Potier
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 248 MARBEC (IRD/IFREMER/UM/CNRS), Avenue Jean Monnet, CS 30171, 34203 Sète Cedex, France
R. Charles Anderson
Affiliation:
Manta Marine Pvt. Ltd, P.O. Box 2074, Malé, Republic of Maldives
Jean Pascal Quod
Affiliation:
Agence pour la Recherche et la Valorisation Marines (ARVAM-Pareto), 16 rue Albert Lougnon, Technopole de la Réunion, 97490, Sainte Clotilde, Île de la Réunion, France
Frédéric Ménard
Affiliation:
IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS/IRD/Université de Toulon), 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
Shahaama A. Sattar
Affiliation:
Marine Research Centre, H. Whitewaves, Malé, Republic of Maldives
Peter Hogarth
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: E.V. Romanov, PROSPER Project (PROSpection et habitat des grands PElagiques de la ZEE de La Réunion), CAP RUN – ARDA, Magasin n°10 – Port Ouest, 97420, Le Port, Île de la Réunion, France email: evgeny.romanov@ird.fr
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Abstract

Recent observations of unusual mass stranding and mortality of two Indian Ocean crustacean species, the swimming crab Charybdis smithii and the mantis shrimp Natosquilla investigatoris, are documented and analysed. Strandings of C. smithii were observed for the first time in the equatorial Indian Ocean, the main area of its pelagic distribution. Strandings of mantis shrimps are reported from throughout the western Indian Ocean; occurrences of mass stranding in the Maldives Archipelago mark an extension of the known range of N. investigatoris into the central Indian Ocean. Mortality of crabs probably represents a ‘catastrophic event’. In contrast, mantis shrimp strandings, which were always associated with a sudden increase of its biomass (‘blooms’), are apparently post-reproduction mortalities indicating potential semelparity for this species.

Keywords

Charybdis smithiiNatosquilla investigatorisstrandingmortalitynew recordsrange extension
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 95 , Issue 8 , December 2015 , pp. 1677 - 1684
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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