Invasive and Exotic Crustaceans
The following species have been listed on an invasive species list in North America. For more information on each species, including the listing sources, images, and publication links, click on the species.
19 Records
| Subject Name |
Scientific Name |
Family |
Order |
Class |
| European green crab |
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Portunidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| northern crayfish |
Orconectes virilis (Hagen, 1870) |
Cambaridae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| whiteleg shrimp |
Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) |
Penaeidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| Indo Pacific swimming crab |
Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards) |
Portunidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| green porcelain crab |
Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes, 1850) |
Porcellanidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| Bocourt swimming crab |
Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards |
Portunidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| water flea |
Daphnia lumholtzi G. O. Sars, 1885 |
Daphniidae |
Diplostraca |
Branchiopoda |
| barnacle |
Balanus reticulatus Utinomi, 1967 |
Balanidae |
Sessilia |
Maxillopoda |
| barnacle |
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854 |
Balanidae |
Sessilia |
Maxillopoda |
| blue shrimp |
Litopenaeus stylirostris (Stimpson, 1874) |
Penaeidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| mangrove boring isopod |
Sphaeroma terebrans Bate, 1866 |
Sphaeromatidae |
Isopoda |
Malacostraca |
| fouling isopod |
Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing, 1905 |
Sphaeromatidae |
Isopoda |
Malacostraca |
| striped barnacle |
Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854 |
Balanidae |
Sessilia |
Maxillopoda |
| Asian shore crab |
Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan) |
Varunidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| titan acorn barnacle |
Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) |
Balanidae |
Sessilia |
Maxillopoda |
| Chinese mitten crab |
Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 |
Varunidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| gray-speckled crayfish |
Orconectes palmeri creolanus (Creaser, 1933) |
Cambaridae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| isopod |
Paradella dianae (Menzies, 1962) |
Sphaeromatidae |
Isopoda |
Malacostraca |
| isopod |
Synidotea laticauda J. E. Benedict, 1897 |
Idoteidae |
Isopoda |
Malacostraca |
