Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-3-2015
Abstract
Ireland is one of the few locations in Europe where non-indigenous North American crayfish species have not been introduced, and is a refuge for endangered white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet, 1858). The parthenogenetic crayfish species Marmorkrebs, Procambarus fallax f. virginalis (Hagen, 1870), is sold in the pet trade in Ireland within the recorded range of A. pallipes. Marmorkrebs risk being introduced into Irish waters, where they could threaten A. pallipes populations, particularly as a vector for crayfish plague.
Recommended Citation
Faulkes, Z. (2015). A bomb set to drop: Parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs for sale in Ireland, a European location without non-indigenous crayfish. Management of Biological Invasions, 6(1), 111–114. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2015.6.1.09
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First Page
111
Last Page
114
Publication Title
Management of Biological Invasions
DOI
10.3391/mbi.2015.6.1.09