Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-27gpq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-27T05:48:21.112Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

First confirmed record of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) from the River Tyne, United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2002

L.-M. Herborg
Affiliation:
School of Marine Science and Technology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
M.G. Bentley
Affiliation:
School of Marine Science and Technology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
A.S. Clare
Affiliation:
School of Marine Science and Technology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

Abstract

Two specimens of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) were caught in the River Tyne, north-east England during 2001. The specimens were brought back to the laboratory, sexed, measured and stored in 95% ethanol. Unconfirmed reports of this species' occurrence in the River Tyne were first circulated in 1997.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)