The perfect invader: a parthenogenic crayfish poses a new threat to Madagascar’s freshwater biodiversity

By Julia P. G. Jones, Jeanne Rasamy, Andrew Harvey, A. Toon, B. Oidtmann, Michele H. Randrianarison, N. Raminosoa, O. R. Ravoahangimalala. Biological Invasions, 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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A review of the ever increasing threat to European crayfish from non-indigenous crayfish species (2009, background): “The only country where it has become widely established is Madagascar (Jones et al., 2009).”
Red swamp crayfish: biology, ecology and invasion - an overview (2015, background): “…adaptation of its biology and life cycle to changing environmental conditions, high tolerance to salinity, oxygen and temperature variations, high somatic growth and reproductive output, short development time and flexible feeding strategy (Alcorlo et al., 2004; Gherardi, 2006; Jones et al., 2009).”
A global meta-analysis of the ecological impacts of nonnative crayfish (2013, background): “Experimental work on nonnative crayfish is needed from heavily invaded regions like China (Liu et al. 2011), and from regions like Madagascar where invasions threaten rare and imperiled native crayfish species (Jones et al. 2009).”
The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) (2010, background): “While populations of the Marmorkrebs seem well established in Madagascar because of its similar climatic conditions, we wonder how well P. fallax could persist in cold winters, for instance in northern or central European lakes or streams where temperatures drop to 4 o C under the ice for months.”
Gondwanan radiation of the Southern Hemisphere crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae): evidence from fossils and molecules (2010, background): “Several species of crayfish from Madagascar (Jones et al., 2007, 2009) and Australia (Horwitz, 1995; Merrick, 1995; Horwitz & Adams, 2000) are under threat from the introduction of invasive crayfish, clearing of riverine habitat and human water- use practices (e.g. dams, irrigation).”