Specimen Information

Echinogammarus ischnus
Echinogammarus ischnus
(scud)
Crustaceans-Amphipods
Exotic

Specimen ID1464146
GroupCrustaceans-Amphipods
GenusEchinogammarus
Speciesischnus
Common Namescud
StateWV
CountyHancock
LocalityOhio River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Ohio
HUC8 Number05030101
HUC10 NameKings Creek-Ohio River
HUC10 Number0503010111
HUC12 NameHardin Run-Ohio River
HUC12 Number050301011106
Map
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Collection Year2005
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31483
Author:Angradi, T.R.
Date:2018
Title:Nonindigenous mollusks and amphipods in the upper Mississippi drainage.
Publisher:US Environmental Protection Agency
Reference 2
Ref. Number:27544
Author:Grigorovich, I.A., T.R. Angradi, E.B. Emery, and M.S. Wooten.
Date:2008
Title:Invasion of the upper Mississippi River system by saltwater amphipods.
Journal:Fundamental and Applied Limnology
Volume:173
Issue:1
Pages:67-77
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected3


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