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Eriocheir sinensis   Milne-Edwards, 1853

Chinese mitten crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Canada country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from St. Lawrence River and Lake Erie (Ref. 73227). C: Refs. 120663, 125864; O: Ref. 74657.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cangrejo chino, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Varunidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 25 m (Ref. 81172).   Temperate; 5°C - 27°C (Ref. 8003); 44°N - 21°N, 112°E - 135°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Northwest Pacific: Native from Valdivostok Russia, to the west coast of North Korea south to Hong Kong, China. Introduced to central and western Europe.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm CW maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3159)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Catadromous (Ref. 101972). Maximum depth from Ref. 104445.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Life cycle: Eggs are carried until hatched and the adults die afterwards. The larvae undergo five zoeal stages. Juveniles migrate from the estuary to the freshwater to develop into adults. Adults migrate downstream, mating occurs in saline water.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Ray, G.L. 2005. (Ref. 3159)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - Acquacoltura: production, species profile; pesca: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Acquacoltura: species profile; pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.1 - 23.2, mean 20 (based on 109 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.