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Chinese Mitten Crab
Eriocheir sinensis
Secondary host to oriental lung fluke, burrows cause bank erosion in estuaries and rivers; damages fishing nets and eats fish caught in nets
Additional Resources
MISC Invader of the Month press release. July 2007
Marine Invasions Research Lab. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Chinese Mitten Crab Alert. Maryland DNR
Photo: Lee Mecum
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