Invasion History

First Non-native North American Tidal Record:
First Non-native West Coast Tidal Record:
First Non-native East/Gulf Coast Tidal Record:

General Invasion History:

None

North American Invasion History:


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Class:   Malacostraca
Subclass:   Eumalacostraca
Superorder:   Eucarida
Order:   Decapoda
Suborder:   Pleocyemata
Infraorder:   Brachyura
Superfamily:   Majoidea
Family:   Majidae
Genus:   Pyromaia
Species:   tuberculata

Synonyms

Inachus tuberculatus (None, None)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

Food:

Consumers:

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Habitats



Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Broad Temperature RangeNoneWarm temperate-Subtropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
NEP-V Northern California to Mid Channel Islands 0 Native Estab
NEP-VI Pt. Conception to Southern Baja California 0 Native Estab
NEP-VII None 0 Native Estab
NEP-VIII None 0 Native Estab
NEP-IX None 0 Native Estab
SEP-H None 0 Native Estab
SEP-I None 0 Native Estab
NWP-3b None 1970 Def Estab
AUS-IV None 1978 Def Estab
AUS-VIII None 1990 Def Estab
NWP-4a None 0 Def Estab
NWP-3a None 0 Def Estab
NZ-IV None 1978 Def Estab
SA-II None 1985 Def Estab
SA-I None 2000 Def Estab
AUS-X None 0 Def Estab
NEA-V None 2017 Def Unk

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Ahyong, Shane T. (2005) Range extension of two invasive crab species in eastern Australia: Carcinus maenas and Pyromaia tuberculata, Marine Pollution Bulletin 50: 460-462

Ahyong, Shane T.; Wilkens, Serena L. (2011) In the wrong place- Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology, impacts, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 451-485

Brockerhoff, Annette; McLay, Colin (2011) In the wrong place- Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology, impacts, Springer, Dordrecht. Pp. 27-106

Doi, Waturu; Watanabe, Seiichi; Carlton, James T. (2011) In the wrong place- Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology, impacts, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 419-449

Furota, Toshio (1996) Life cycle studies on the introduced spider crab Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington) (Brachyura: Majidae). ii. Crab stage and reproduction., Journal of Crustacean Biology 16(1): 77-91

Huisman, John M.; Jones, Diana S.; Wells, Fred E.; Burton, Timothy S. (2008) Introduced marine biota in Western Australian waters., Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 1-44

Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge; Tuaty-Guerra; Miriam Maria José (2021) Integrative taxonomy reveals that the marine brachyuran crab Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) reached rastern Atlantic, Diversity 13(225): Published online

Poore, G. C. B.; Storey, M. (1999) Soft Sediment Crustacea of Port Phillip Bay, In: Hewitt, Campbell, Thresher & Martin(Eds.) Marine Biological Invasions of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. , Hobart, Tasmania. Pp. 150-170

Schejter, Laura; Spivak, Eduardo, D.; Luppi, Tomas A. (2002) Presence of Pyomaia tuberculata adults and larvae in the Argentine continental shelf, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115(3): 605-610

Tavares, Marco (2011) In the wrong place- Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology, impacts, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 251-268