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:
Competitors:
Trophic Status:
Habitats
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Warm temperate-Subtropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Polyhaline-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Regional Distribution Map
Non-native
Native
Cryptogenic
Failed
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Occurrence Map
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References
Ahyong, Shane T. (2005) Range extension of two invasive crab species in eastern Australia: Carcinus maenas and Pyromaia tuberculata, Marine Pollution Bulletin 50: 460-462Ahyong, 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