Specimen ID | 4248 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crabs |
Genus | Eriocheir |
Species | sinensis |
Common Name | Chinese mitten crab |
Country | Canada |
State | ON |
Locality | Detroit River at their water-intake pipe opposite Belle Isle at Windsor, Ont. |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Detroit |
HUC8 Number | 04090004 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 4 |
Collection Month | 10 |
Collection Year | 1965 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
Status | unknown |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 1378 |
Author: | Nepszy, S.J., and J.H. Leach |
Date: | 1973 |
Title: | First records of the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, (Crustacea:Brachyura) from North America. |
Journal: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 12 |
Pages: | 1909-1910 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 1377 |
Author: | Cohen, A.N. |
Date: | 1995 |
Title: | Chinese mitten crabs in North America. |
Journal: | Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest |
Publisher: | Freshwater Foundation. |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 20-21 |
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Comments | male specimen |
Record Type | Literature |
Disposal | National Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa, Canada) |
Museum Cat Number | NMNS ------ |
Verifier | J. Winner, U. of Windsor; Dr. Chace, Smithsonian |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 male |
Size | 68.2 mm width, 59.3 mm length |