First record of the North American invasive crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus from the Kanto region, Tone River basin, central Japan: A range expansion to a warm water area

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 165-168

  Nakata, Kazuyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Norio ^b   Ozaki, Masumi ^c   Ohtaka, Akifumi ^d   Miwa, Junji ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Chiba Biodiversity Center   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branchiobdellida; Invasive alien species; Pacifastacus leniusculus; Sathodrilus attenuatus; Signal crayfish

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOME RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEECH; NEW RECORD; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIMEN BANK; SYMBIONT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHIBA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TONE BASIN;

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; BRANCHIOBDELLIDA; BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE; CLITELLATA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; SATHODRILUS ATTENUATUS;

EID: 78751480367     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.5.165     Document Type: Article

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