Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1969Panama Invasion History:
Invasion history elsewhere in the world:
None
Description
None
Taxonomy
Taxonomic Tree
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea | |
| Class: | Malacostraca | |
| Subclass: | Eumalacostraca | |
| Superorder: | Eucarida | |
| Order: | Decapoda | |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata | |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura | |
| Superfamily: | Hymenosomatoidea | |
| Family: | Hymenosomatidae | |
| Genus: | Elamenopsis | |
| Species: | kempi |
Synonyms
(, )
Neorhynchoplax kempi (Sakai, 1938)
Rhynchoplax kempi (Lucas, 1980)
Neorhynchoplax kempi (Sakai, 1938)
Rhynchoplax kempi (Lucas, 1980)
Potentially Misidentified Species
Neorhynchoplax alcocki
Original identification of crabs in Panaman Canal. This species is native to estuaries in India.
Original identification of crabs in Panaman Canal. This species is native to estuaries in India.
Ecology
Food:
Submerged plants
Consumers:
Fishes
Trophic Status:
Herbivore
HerbHabitats
| General Habitat | Fresh (nontidal) Marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Grass Bed | None |
| General Habitat | Nontidal Freshwater | None |
| General Habitat | Tidal Fresh Marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Canals | None |
| Salinity Range | Limnetic | 0-0.5 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Oligohaline | 0.5-5 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Minimum Salinity (‰) | 0 | Field (Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Abele 1972) |
| Maximum Salinity (‰) | 8 | Field, Panama Canal (Mark Torchin, pers, comm, prefers 0-1 PSU); 2.7 PSU, Shat-al-Arab estuary, Iraq, (Ali et al. 1995). |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Subtropical-Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Limnetic-Oligohaline |
General Impacts
Regional Distribution Map
| Bioregion | Region Name | Year | Invasion Status | Population Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAN_PAC | Panama Pacific Coast | 1969 | Non-native | Established |
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
References
Abele, Lawrence E. (1972) Introductions of two freshwater decapod crustaceans (Hymenosomatidae and Atyidae) into Central and North America, Crustaceana 23(3): 209-218Abele, Lawrence G.; Kim, Won (1989) The decapod crustaceans of the Panama Canal, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 482: 1-50
Ali, Malik H.; Salman, Salman D.; Al-Adhub, A. Y. (1995) Population dynamics of the hymenosmatid crab Elamenopsis kempi in a brackish subtidal region of Basra, Iraq, Scientia Marina 59(1): 1-13
Kam, Yulang; Schlöder, Carmen; Roche, Dominique G.; Torchin, Mark E. (2011) The Iraqi crab, Elamenopsis kempi in the Panama Canal: distribution, abundance and interactions with the exotic North American crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, Aquatic Invasions 6: corrected proof
Salman D. Salman; Ali, Malik H. (1996) Larval development of Elamenopsis kempi (Chopra and Das (Brachyura, Hymenosomatidae) reared in the laboratory, Scientia Marina 60(2): 407-416