Specimen Information

Apocorophium lacustre
(scud)
Crustaceans-Amphipods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1446611
GroupCrustaceans-Amphipods
GenusApocorophium
Specieslacustre
Common Namescud
StateIL
CountyGrundy
LocalityIllinois River, near Dresden Island
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Illinois
HUC8 Number07120005
HUC10 NameWaupecan Creek-Illinois River
HUC10 Number0712000507
HUC12 NameHeidecke Lake-Illinois River
HUC12 Number071200050701
Map
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Collection Day10
Collection Month7
Collection Year2015
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water | dispersed | hitch hiker
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31006
Author:Keller, R.P., G. Habeeb, T. Henry, and J. Brenner
Date:2017
Title:Non-native amphipod, Apocorophium lacustre (Vanhoffen, 1911), in the Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System
Journal:Management of Biological Invasions
Volume:8
Issue:3
Pages:377-82
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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