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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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France country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Introduce in Northern France (Ref. 8783). Recorded from Golfe de Gascogne (Ref. 8777). Recorded but to established in Languedoc-Roussillon, a Mediterranean district of southern France (Ref. 8787).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herborg, L.M., S.P. Rushton, A.S. Clare and M.G. Bentley, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cangrejo chino, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; sötvatten; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 25 m (Ref. 81172).   Temperate; 5°C - 27°C (Ref. 8003); 44°N - 21°N, 112°E - 135°E

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

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 / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3159)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - Vattenbruk: produktion, species profile; fiskeri: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Verktyg

E-book | Fälthandbok

Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Vattenbruk: species profile; fiskeri: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | 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.