Note: Intro -- In the Wrong Place - Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: In the Beginning -- The Global Dispersal of Marine and Estuarine Crustaceans -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Vectors -- 3 History of Recognition of Human-Altered Biogeography of Marine Crustaceans -- 4 The Scale of Modern-Day Recognition of Crustacean Invasions -- 5 Discussion -- References -- Part II: Global Dispersal -- Human-Mediated Spread of Alien Crabs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Alien Marine Crabs -- 3 Regional Invasions (See Table 3, Fig. 6) -- 3.1 The North Sea -- 3.2 North Atlantic -- 3.3 Mediterranean and Black Sea -- 3.4 South Atlantic -- 3.5 Indian Ocean -- 3.6 North West Pacific -- 3.7 South West Pacific -- 3.8 North East Pacific -- 3.9 Hawaiian Islands -- 3.10 South East Pacific -- 3.11 Southern Ocean -- 4 Vectors and Routes (Fig. 7) -- 5 Most Significant Alien Crab Species Worldwide -- 5.1 Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896, Blue Crab -- 5.1.1 Distribution -- 5.1.2 Habitat -- 5.1.3 Biology -- 5.1.4 Impact -- 5.2 Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847, Mediterranean Green Crab -- 5.2.1 Distribution -- 5.2.2 Habitat -- 5.2.3 Biology -- 5.2.4 Impact -- 5.3 Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758), European Shore Crab, Green Crab -- 5.3.1 Distribution -- 5.3.2 Habitat -- 5.3.3 Biology -- 5.3.4 Impact -- 5.3.5 Management -- 5.4 Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii (A. Milne Edwards, 1867) -- 5.4.1 Distribution -- 5.4.2 Habitat -- 5.4.3 Biology -- 5.4.4 Impact -- 5.5 Charybdis (Charybdis) japonica (A. Milne Edwards, 1861), Asian Paddle Crab, Lady Crab -- 5.5.1 Distribution -- 5.5.2 Habitat -- 5.5.3 Biology -- 5.5.4 Uses -- 5.5.5 Impact -- 5.6 Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius, 1788), Snow Crab -- 5.6.1 Distribution -- 5.6.2 Habitat -- 5.6.3 Biology -- 5.6.4 Impact -- 5.7 Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853, Chinese mitten crab. , 5.7.1 Distribution -- 5.7.2 Habitat -- 5.7.3 Biology -- 5.7.4 Impact -- 5.7.5 Management -- 5.8 Hemigrapsus sanguineus (de Haan, 1853), Japanese, Asian Shore Crab -- 5.8.1 Distribution -- 5.8.2 Habitat -- 5.8.3 Biology -- 5.8.4 Impact -- 5.8.5 Management -- 5.9 Hemigrapsus takanoi Asakura and Watanabe, 2005 -- 5.9.1 Distribution -- 5.9.2 Habitat -- 5.9.3 Biology -- 5.9.4 Impact -- 5.10 Metacarcinus novaezelandiae (Hombron and Jacquinot, 1846), Pie-Crust Crab -- 5.10.1 Distribution -- 5.10.2 Habitat -- 5.10.3 Biology -- 5.10.4 Impact -- 5.11 Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787), Marbled Crab -- 5.11.1 Distribution -- 5.11.2 Habitat -- 5.11.3 Biology -- 5.11.4 Impact -- 5.12 Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815), Red King Crab -- 5.12.1 Distribution -- 5.12.2 Habitat -- 5.12.3 Biology -- 5.12.4 Impact -- 5.13 Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853), Sally Lightfoot -- 5.13.1 Distribution -- 5.13.2 Habitat -- 5.13.3 Biology -- 5.13.4 Impact -- 5.14 Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes, 1850), Green Porcelain Crab -- 5.14.1 Distribution -- 5.14.2 Habitat -- 5.14.3 Biology -- 5.14.4 Impact -- 5.15 Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758), Blue Swimming Crab -- 5.15.1 Distribution -- 5.15.2 Habitat -- 5.15.3 Biology -- 5.15.4 Impact -- 5.16 Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877), Spider Crab -- 5.16.1 Distribution -- 5.16.2 Habitat -- 5.16.3 Biology -- 5.16.4 Impact -- 5.17 Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841), Dwarf Crab, Harris Mud Crab -- 5.17.1 Distribution -- 5.17.2 Habitat -- 5.17.3 Biology -- 5.17.4 Impact -- 5.17.5 Management -- 5.18 Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775), Mangrove Crab -- 5.18.1 Distribution -- 5.18.2 Invasion History -- 5.18.3 Habitat -- 5.18.4 Biology -- 5.18.5 Impact -- 6 Life History Trends and Body Size of Alien Crabs -- 7 Discussion -- 7.1 Regional Observations -- 7.2 Dominant Alien Brachyuran Groups (Fig. 10). , 7.3 Invasion Dynamics of Alien Brachyurans -- 7.4 Alien Crab Fisheries -- 7.4.1 Cancer pagurus -- 7.4.2 Chionoecetes opilio -- 7.4.3 Eriocheir sinensis -- 7.4.4 Paralithodes camtschaticus -- 7.4.5 Portunus pelagicus -- 7.4.6 Scylla serrata -- 7.5 Role of Live Exports and the Aquarium Trade in the Spread of Alien Crabs -- 7.6 Pest Management Options for Alien Brachyuran Crabs -- 8 Summary -- References -- The Global Spread of the Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Life History and Physiology -- 3 Routes of Introduction and Capacity to Spread -- 4 The Chinese Mitten Crab in Continental Europe -- 5 Introduction to the UK -- 6 Introduction to West Coast USA -- 7 Recent Introductions and Rate of Spread -- 8 Economic Importance and Transmission of Human Pathogens -- 9 Riparian Degradation -- 10 The Future -- References -- The Japanese Skeleton Shrimp Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda): A Global Invader of Coastal Waters -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biology and Ecology of Caprella mutica -- 2.1 Morphology -- 2.2 Life History and Seasonal Population Dynamics -- 2.3 Habitat Preference -- 2.4 Environmental Tolerance Limits -- 2.5 Feeding -- 2.6 Intraspecific Behaviour and Aggression -- 2.7 Interspecific Interactions -- 3 Distribution and Dispersal -- 3.1 Current Distribution -- 3.2 Dispersal Vectors -- 3.3 Future Spread -- 4 Risk Assessment and Potential Management Options -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Alien Faunas by Region -- Barnacle Invasions: Introduced, Cryptogenic, and Range Expanding Cirripedia of North and South America -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Vectors That Transport Barnacles Across and Between Oceans -- 3 Introduced and Cryptogenic Cirripedia of the Americas -- 4 Balanomorpha: Balanidae: Amphibalaninae -- 4.1 Status of Amphibalanus eburneus and Amphibalanus improvisus on the Atlantic Coast of South America. , 4.2 Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) -- 4.3 Amphibalanus eburneus (Gould, 1841) -- 4.4 Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854) -- 4.5 Amphibalanus reticulatus (Utinomi, 1967) -- 4.6 Amphibalanus subalbidus (Henry, 1974) -- 4.7 Fistulobalanus pallidus (Darwin, 1854) -- 5 Balanomorpha: Balanidae: Balaninae -- 5.1 Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854 -- 5.2 Balanus trigonus (Darwin, 1854) -- 5.3 Balanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916 and Balanus spongicola Brown, 1844 -- 6 Balanomorpha: Balanidae: Megabalaninae -- 6.1 Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) -- 6.2 Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758) -- 7 Balanomorpha: Balanidae: Archaeobalanidae -- 7.1 Striatobalanus amaryllis (Darwin, 1854) -- 8 Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae -- 8.1 Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) -- 9 Intracontinental Range Expansions -- 9.1 Balanidae: Amphibalanus subalbidus (Henry, 1974) -- 9.2 Chthamalidae: Chthamalus fragilis Darwin, 1854 -- 9.3 Archaeobalanidae: Semibalanus balanoides (Linnaeus, 1758) -- 9.4 Tetraclitidae: Tetraclita rubescens (Darwin, 1854) -- 10 Balanidae Species Removed from Further Consideration -- 10.1 Paraconcavus pacificus (Pilsbry, 1916) -- 10.2 Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789 -- 11 Discussion -- 11.1 Temporal Patterns -- 11.2 Temporal Patterns: Post-Discovery Spreading -- 11.3 Temporal-Geographic Patterns -- 11.4 Geographic Patterns: Diversity and Origins -- 11.5 Geographic Patterns: Regional Diversity of Invaders -- 11.6 Galapagos Islands -- 11.7 The Panama Canal -- 11.8 Future Invasions -- References -- Marine Crustacean Invasions in North America: A Synthesis of Historical Records and Documented Impacts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Taxonomic and Geographic Distribution of Non-native Crustaceans -- 2.1 Number of Species by Coast -- 2.2 Salinity Distribution of Species by Coast -- 2.3 Taxonomic Distribution by Coast -- 2.4 Native Region by Coast. , 3 Impacts of Non-native Crustaceans -- 3.1 Impact Type -- 3.2 Information Type and Effect Magnitude -- 3.3 Certainty -- 4 Conclusions -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- References -- Alien Decapod Crustaceans in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Established Alien Decapods -- 2.1 Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) (Fig. 1b) -- 2.2 Eurypanopeus depressus (Smith, 1869) -- 2.3 Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 -- 2.4 Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) (Fig. 2a) -- 2.5 Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) (Fig. 2b) -- 3 Penaeid Shrimp Farming -- 3.1 Marsupenaeus japonicus (Bate, 1888) -- 3.2 Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798) -- 3.3 Fenneropenaeus penicillatus (Alcock, 1905) -- 3.4 Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1874) -- 3.5 Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Taxonomic Resolution and Patterns of Diversity and Geographic Distribution -- 4.2 Detection, Regulations and Management -- References -- The Alien and Cryptogenic Marine Crustaceans of South Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Inventory -- 3 Temporal Trends -- 4 Biogeographic Patterns -- 5 Main Pathways -- 5.1 Wood Boring -- 5.2 Dry Ballast -- 5.3 Fouling -- 5.4 Ballast Water -- 5.5 Aquaculture -- 6 Economic and Ecological Impacts -- 7 Future Trends -- References -- The Snow Crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Decapoda, Majoidea, Oregoniidae) in the Barents Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Barents Sea: Short Description -- 3 Distribution of Snow Crab in the Barents Sea -- 4 Size Distribution -- 5 Reproductive Characteristics -- 6 Predators -- 7 Diet -- 8 Genetics -- 9 Discussion -- References -- Alien Malacostracan Crustaceans in the Eastern Baltic Sea: Pathways and Consequences -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Study Area -- 3 Invasion History of Crustaceans in the Gulf of Finland, Curonian and Vistula Lagoons -- 4 Amphipods -- 5 Mysids. , 6 Isopods.

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