TY - JOUR
T1 - First records of alien crayfish of the Procambarus acutus species complex in Belgium
AU - Scheers, Kevin
AU - Boets, Pieter
AU - Abeel, Thomas
AU - Van den Neucker, Tom
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - We present the first Belgian records of potentially invasive alien crayfish of theProcambarus acutus species complex, including the first confirmed record of P. acutus acutus. The species complex was observed at four different sites in three provinces in the north of the country. Only at one site the presence of a form I male specimen made identification to species level possible, based on gonopod morphology. The other three observations are considered as belonging to the P. acutus species complex. Procambarus acutus acutus is the fifth alien crayfish species known to Belgium. In Europe, it was previously only known as an established alien species from the Netherlands and Great Britain.
AB - We present the first Belgian records of potentially invasive alien crayfish of theProcambarus acutus species complex, including the first confirmed record of P. acutus acutus. The species complex was observed at four different sites in three provinces in the north of the country. Only at one site the presence of a form I male specimen made identification to species level possible, based on gonopod morphology. The other three observations are considered as belonging to the P. acutus species complex. Procambarus acutus acutus is the fifth alien crayfish species known to Belgium. In Europe, it was previously only known as an established alien species from the Netherlands and Great Britain.
U2 - 10.3391/bir.2020.9.3.11
DO - 10.3391/bir.2020.9.3.11
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
VL - 9
SP - 562
EP - 569
JO - BioInvasions Records
JF - BioInvasions Records
IS - 3
ER -