Distribution

This is the current known distribution of Eriocheir sinensis based on occurrence data in the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, as well as distribution records in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Invasiveness

According to WoRMS, Eriocheir sinensis is reported to be invasive or of concern in the following areas:

Locality	Establishment	Invasiveness
United Kingdom part of the Celtic Sea	alien	invasive
United Kingdom part of the English Channel	alien	invasive
Sweden	alien	invasive
Canadian part of the Gulf of St-Lawrence	alien	of_concern
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean	alien	invasive
United Kingdom part of the North Sea	alien	invasive
Swedish part of the Baltic Sea	alien	of_concern
Swedish part of the Kattegat	alien	of_concern
Swedish part of the Skagerrak	alien	of_concern
United Kingdom part of the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland	alien	invasive
French part of the English Channel	alien	invasive
Iraqi part of the Persian Gulf	alien	invasive
Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone	alien	invasive

Recent detections

	Taxon	Area	Confidence	Best hit	Reads	Names	Risk	Status	Detected	Marker
No alerts found.

Risk analyses

Area-specific risk analyses for Eriocheir sinensis are listed below.

	Taxon	Area	Native	Introduced	Invasive	Global impact	Thermal	Priority list	Level
	Eriocheir sinensis Arthropoda > Malacostraca > Varunidae WoRMS: 107451 GISD: 38 CABI: 84120	Fiji						priority	high

Priority lists

Eriocheir sinensis is included in the following priority lists.

Name	URL	Species	Areas
The Australian Priority Marine Pest List	https://www.marinepests.gov.au/what-we-do/apmpl	7	Fiji
Top 25 Marine non-indigenous species for the Pacific region	https://brb.sprep.org/content/top-25-marine-non-indigenous-species-pacific-region	18	Fiji
PacMAN target species	https://pacman.obis.org/	10	Fiji