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- Title
First record of the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Chelicorophium robustum (G.O. Sars, 1895) in Great Britain with notes on the method of collection.
- Authors
Sibley, Peter; Ferreira, Martin; Innes, Claudia
- Abstract
The invasive non-native Ponto-Caspian amphipod Chelicorophium robustum has been recorded for the first time in Great Britain. In October 2021 a single specimen was found at a site on the River Thames near Hampton, London during a programme of surveys undertaken on behalf of Thames Water Utilities Ltd. The programme employed a novel method of multi-habitat survey devised to target the collection and identification of aquatic non-native species from a range of water body types. Surveys were conducted in accordance with a strict biosecurity protocol. Non-native taxa found alongside C. robustum included other Ponto-Caspian crustaceans, bivalve molluscs and a polychaete worm plus additional invasive macroinvertebrates from Asia, North America and New Zealand.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; AMPHIPODA; INTRODUCED aquatic species; POLYCHAETA; WATER utilities; BODIES of water; MOLLUSKS
- Publication
BioInvasions Record, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 3, p758
- ISSN
2242-1300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3391/bir.2022.11.3.17