Maryland Biodiversity Project - Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca > Order Decapoda > Family Varunidae > Genus Eriocheir Chinese Mitten Crab - Eriocheir sinensis - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/18748

Please report any Maryland records of this non-native species.

There are 2 records in the project database.

A Chinese Mitten Crab in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/29/2009). Note: this individual is missing both claws. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

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