Invasive and Exotic Crustaceans with Images
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.
17 Records
| Subject Name |
Scientific Name |
Family |
Order |
Class |
| Louisiana red crayfish |
Procambarus clarkii (Girard) |
Cambaridae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| rusty crayfish |
Orconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852) |
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 |
| 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 |
| isopod |
Paradella dianae (Menzies, 1962) |
Sphaeromatidae |
Isopoda |
Malacostraca |
| Giant Tiger Prawn |
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 |
Penaeidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| crawfish |
Procambarus spp. Ortmann, 1905 |
Cambaridae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| fishhook waterflea |
Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov, 1891) |
Cercopagididae |
Diplostraca |
Branchiopoda |
| red claw crayfish |
Cherax quadricarinatus Von Martens, 1868 |
Parastacidae |
Decapoda |
Malacostraca |
| bloody red shrimp |
Hemimysis anomala G.O. Sars, 1907 |
Mysidae |
Mysida |
Malacostraca |
| amphipod |
Echinogammarus ischnus (Stebbing, 1899) |
Gammaridae |
Amphipoda |
Malacostraca |
