WoRMS taxon details
Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853
AphiaID: 107451
AphiaID: 107451
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Thoracotremata (Subsection) > Grapsoidea (Superfamily) > Varunidae (Family) > Varuninae (Subfamily) > Eriocheir (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Eriocheir De Haan, 1835 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Eriocheir sinensis f. acutifrons Panning, 1938 (synonym) Eriocheir sinensis f. rostratus Panning, 1938 (synonym) Eriocheir sinensis f. rotundifrons Panning, 1938 (synonym) Eriocheir sinensis f. trilobata Panning, 1938 (synonym) Grapsus nankin Tu, Tu, Wu, Ling & Hsu, 1923 Grapsus nankin Lin, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Forma Eriocheir sinensis f. acutifrons Panning, 1938 accepted as Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Forma Eriocheir sinensis f. rostratus Panning, 1938 accepted as Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Forma Eriocheir sinensis f. rotundifrons Panning, 1938 accepted as Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Forma Eriocheir sinensis f. trilobata Panning, 1938 accepted as Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic Europe [details] Baltic sea [details] Bay of Biscay [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belt Sea [details] Black Sea [details] Blankenberge [details] British Isles [details] California [details] China [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Elbe [details] English Channel [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] German Bight [details] German Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Knokke [details] Knokke-Heist [details] Korea Island [details] Lake Erie [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mississippi [details] Netherlands [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North East Baltic Sea [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Scandinavia [details] Schelde estuary [details] Stroombank [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] Zeeschelde [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Eriocheir sinensis Global invasive species database - Eriocheir sinensis Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets To GenBank (156615 nucleotides; 489 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Alien species: The Chinese mitten crab already appears in Belgium from 1933. The crab originates from the Far East and was presumably brought to Europe as a larva in the ballast water of ships. From Germany, the species spread through Northern- and Western-Europe. The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis predominantly lives in rivers, but migrates seaward in the late summer to breed in the brackish part of the estuaries. The egg-carrying females spend the winter at sea, and return to the brackish part of the estuary in spring to release the larvae in the water which then develop to juvenile crabs. These juveniles migrate back up the rivers, streams and canals to complete the life cycle. [details] Authority: H. Milne Edwards, 1851 [details] Distribution: Introduced to Europe in 1912 by shipping trade with China. A pest species, causing damage to river banks and fishing nets. [details] Distribution: The species spends most of its time in freshwater, but has to return to the sea for reproduction. [details] Publication date: Milne-Edwards, 1844 [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107451 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107451 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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