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New records of Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 in Normandy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2015

Jean-Philippe Pezy ,
Jean-Claude Dauvin  and
Thierry Vincent
Jean-Philippe Pezy
Affiliation:
Normandie Université, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Laboratoire Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière, UMR M2C, 24 rue des Tilleuls, Caen F-14000, France CNRS UMR CNRS 6143M2C, 24 rue des Tilleuls, Caen 14000, France
Jean-Claude Dauvin*
Affiliation:
Normandie Université, France Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Laboratoire Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière, UMR M2C, 24 rue des Tilleuls, Caen F-14000, France CNRS UMR CNRS 6143M2C, 24 rue des Tilleuls, Caen 14000, France
Thierry Vincent
Affiliation:
Le Havre Unesco Ville d'Art et d'hist., 181 rue de Paris, Le Havre 76600, France
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.-C. Dauvin, University of Caen Basse-Normandie, UMR CNRS M2C, 24 rue de Tilleuls, F-14000 Caen, France email: jean-claude.dauvin@unicaen.fr
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Abstract

The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 is a native crab of East Asia. It is predominant in freshwater but migrates seawards to breed. It was found in Normandy, for the first time, in 1943 (Hoestlandt, 1943, 1948). Seventy-one years of observations along the Normandy coast and in the Seine estuary, as well as in the ship-canals and inner seaport of Le Havre, have recorded a total of 65 crabs at 33 locations. The observation of an E. sinensis juvenile in mussel beds along the Calvados coast indicates that this habitat can be a favourable location for larval settlement.

Keywords

Eriocheir sinensisChinese mitten crabEnglish ChannelSeine estuarysettlement area
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e15
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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