Dikerogammarus haemobaphes
| Dikerogammarus haemobaphes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Gammaridae |
| Genus: | Dikerogammarus |
| Species: | D. haemobaphes |
| Binomial name | |
| Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841) | |
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes is a species of freshwater gammarid crustacean. It is native to the Ponto-Caspian region (around the Black Sea and Caspian Sea).[1] It has also become established in the Vistula River in Poland, and is common in parts of Austria.[2] In October 2012, it was discovered in the River Severn at Tewkesbury, Worcestershire.[3]
It is also known as the demon shrimp.[4]
References
| External identifiers for Dikerogammarus haemobaphes | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 3061904 |
| NCBI | 191520 |
| WoRMS | 234073 |
- ↑ Karolina Bacela, Alicja Konopacka & Michal Grabowski (2009). "Reproductive biology of Dikerogammarus haemobaphes: an invasive gammarid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) colonizing running waters in Central Europe". Biological Invasions 11 (9): 2055–2066. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9496-2.
- ↑ "Dikerogammarus haemobaphes". European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS). Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Relative of 'killer shrimp' found in Worcestershire waterways". BBC News. October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Claire Marshall (16 April 2014). "EU blacklist to stop spread of alien species". BBC News. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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