Specimen Information

Apocorophium lacustre
(scud)
Crustaceans-Amphipods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1886448
GroupCrustaceans-Amphipods
GenusApocorophium
Specieslacustre
Common Namescud
StateIL
CountyWill
LocalityDes Plaines River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameDes Plaines
HUC8 Number07120004
HUC10 NameDes Plaines River
HUC10 Number0712000409
HUC12 NameDes Plaines River
HUC12 Number071200040905
Map
Collection Day22
Collection Month8
Collection Year2019
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed | shipping ballast water
CommentsRecord published in Updated occurrence data and species distribution modeling of the invasive amphipod Apocorophium lacustre in North America RM Egly, EM O'Shaughnessey, RP Keller - Freshwater Science, 2021
Record TypeNAS sighting report
VerifierRachel Egly (Loyola University Chicago)
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2025]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [12/19/2025].

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