Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) – Rak luizjański – Red swamp crayfish

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range increasing

Invasive alien species

According to the decree of the Council of Ministers of December 9, 2022, on the list of invasive alien species of Union concern and the list of invasive alien species of Poland’s concern, remedial actions and measures aimed at restoring the natural state of ecosystems, the Red swamp crayfish is an alien species of Union concern subject to rapid eradication.

Occurrence

Map of occurrence

Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.

Information that could update the map of occurence of the species can be sent to ias@iop.krakow.pl

Earliest introduction/record

in 2009

Types of transport

• Intentional transport to Poland

Pathways of introduction

• Other intentional release

Type of release into natural environment

• Release in nature

References

• Maciaszek R., Bonk M., Strużyński W. 2019. New records of the invasive red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)(Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Poland Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 420. DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2019033 link

Life form: Crustacean

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae