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Table 1 Dromia personata. Historic catches and recent observations in the North Sea

From: First records of the sponge crab Dromia personata (Brachyura) in the Netherlands and its historical findings in the North Sea

Date

Name in reference

Location

Depth

n

Sex

Carapace width

(x length)

Reference

Co-ordinate

Remark

N

E

1824

D. mediterranea, Leach

Whitstable Bay

    

Anonymous 1824

  

Found among Oysters from Whitstable Bay at Billingsgate market, London.

Communicated by Mr. J.E. Gray and presented at June 22, 1824

1880

D. vulgaris Edw.

deep water in open sea off the Belgian coast

deep

1

 

almost 110 mm

Pelseneer 1881

?

?

 

late Dec. 1912

D. vulgaris

‘Galloper’ light-vessel

    

Patterson 1913

51° 43,9’

001° 57,8’

Taken by the Lowestoft sailing-trawler ‘Giralda’, skipper J. Stead.

Specimen presented by Mr. F.C. Cook. Co-ordinate from internet

29–05-1937

D. vulgaris Milne Edwards

Sandettie bank (SW-end)

19–20 fathom

= 35–37 m

1

50 × 40 mm

Leloup 1941

51° 11′ 30”

001° 52’

Dredged. Sandettie Bank rises up to −20 m, so catch must have been next to this bank. Specimen presented by Cyriel Pecceu, Nieuwpoort

June 1937

D. vulgaris Milne Edwards

White Bank

~30 m

2

40 × 35 &

85 × 65 mm

Leloup 1941 footnote

NW 55° 15′

SE 54° 30’

006° 00′

006° 3′

Reported by letter 22 June, 1937 by Cyriel Pecceu, Nieuwpoort

1949 to 1964

D. vulgaris H. Milne- Edwards

within 5 nautical miles from the Belgian coast between Middelkerke & Wenduine

 

>1?

  

Leloup and Gilis 1965

  

Bycatch experimental shrimp fishery.

abundance cat. (3) = ‘assez rare’

16–12-1953

D. personata (Linnaeus, 1758)

approximately near Fairy bank

 

1

 

Adema 1981, 1991

NW 51° 24′ 00”

SE 51° 21′ 10”

002° 18′ 30″

002° 22′ 10″

In collection Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels

?

D. personata (Linnaeus, 1758)

2 locations Kent coast and 1 location Norfolk coast

Wash and Thames

    

Adema 1991: map 1

Ingle 1983

   

11–08 to 30–10

2016

D. personata (Linnaeus, 1758)

16 records at 3 location in Eastern Scheldt, Netherlands

3–13 m

≥5

♂ & ♀

~ 55 mm

this study

see text

  

09–04 to 02–08

2017

D. personata (Linnaeus, 1758)

3 records at 2 location in Eastern Scheldt, Netherlands

4–7 m

≥2

  

this study

see text