Distribution and abundance of the Atlantic mud shrimp, Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1816) (Decapoda, Solenoceridae) in northern and central Adriatic Sea

Data on the distribution and abundance of the Atlantic mud shrimp, Solenocera membranacea in the northern and central Adriatic Sea were collected by bottom trawl during I I cruises of the "Pipeta" Expedition in the Adriatic Sea from 1985 to 1994. The expedition sampled approximately 59,000 km(2) of the continental shelf at predetermined permanent stations over different sediment types at depths of 10 to 430 m. The shrimp were found in depths of 55 to 289 m. The highest mean abundance was observed in the 50 to 100 m depth layer and from "relict" sand (sediment settled during the last glacial, and that was resedimented during the Holocene transgression) and clayey "relict" sand sediments.