| Specimen ID | 4965 |
| Group | Crustaceans-Crabs |
| Genus | Eriocheir |
| Species | sinensis |
| Common Name | Chinese mitten crab |
| Country | Canada |
| State | ON |
| Locality | Lake Erie, north shore at Port Stanley, Ontario |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Erie |
| HUC8 Number | 04260000 |
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| Collection Day | 24 |
| Collection Month | 5 |
| Collection Year | 1973 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
| Status | unknown |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 1379 |
| Author: | Horwath, J.L. |
| Date: | 1989 |
| Title: | Importation or shipment of injurious wildlife: mitten crabs. |
| Journal: | U.S. Federal Register |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Issue: | 98 |
| Pages: | 22286-89 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 9299 |
| Author: | Nepszy, S.J., and J.H. Leach |
| Date: | 1973 |
| Title: | Chinese mitten crabs in lake Erie |
| Journal: | Ontario Fish and Wildlife Review |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 1-2 |
| Pages: | 17-18 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 17068 |
| Author: | Tepolt, C.K., M.J. Blum, V.A. Lee, and E.D. Hanson |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Title: | Genetic analysis of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) introduced to the North American Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. |
| Journal: | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 658-667 |
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| Record Type | Literature |
| Verifier | Dr. D. Barr, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 male |
| Size | 68.7 width, 60 mm length, 145.8 g |
