Occurrence of Periclimenes scriptus (Risso, 1822) (Decapoda, Caridea, Pontoniinae) in Portuguese waters.

The article presents information on the occurrence of Periclimenes (P.) scriptus in areas close to the Mediterranean Sea. P. scriptus may be observed on gorgonians in the Mediterranean and it is possible that the Portuguese P. scriptus were associated with gorgonians, too. However the species has also been recorded in association with the sea anemone, Condylactis aurantiaca. Whilst the occurrence of P. scriptus in the eastern Atlantic is demonstrated, there is so far no evidence that the species occurs elsewhere in Atlantic Ocean than along the southern region of the Iberian Peninsula.