Killer shrimp Dikerogammarus villosus

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Dikerogammarus villosus
Author
(Sowinsky, 1894)
Vernacular names
  • killer shrimp (English)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.53039
Taxon rank
species
This species is invasive
EstablishmentDoes not occur in Finland
Regulatory Status
  • Finland’s National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species (GR 2012) ?
Expert
  • Risto Väinölä
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • MVL.39
  • Macrocrustaceans
  • Amphipods, isopods, opossum shrimps