Pontastacus leptodactylus, Danube crayfish : fisheries

Pontastacus leptodactylus   (Eschscholtz, 1823)

Danube crayfish
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Astacidae

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

; sötvatten; brackvatten.  Temperate; 4°C - 30°C (Ref. 126950)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Ponto-Caspian Region.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm 9.0, range 7 - ? cm Max length : 18.3 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 126964); 15.6 cm TL (female); publicerad maxvikt: 178.93 g (Ref. 126964); publicerad maxvikt: 178.93 g

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

This species is native and widely distributed in lakes, ponds and rivers throughout of Turkey. Introduced in many European countries until 1986, before the crayfish plague was observed in 1985 (Ref. 126939).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - Vattenbruk: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet-källor

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

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.