The first record of translocated white-clawed crayfish from the Austropotamobius pallipes complex in Sardinia (Italy)

Submitted: 18 November 2014
Accepted: 3 March 2015
Published: 20 March 2015
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The white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes complex is native to Europe, being present in 18 European countries, Italy included. However, the number and abundance of its populations are today restricted and it has been recently classified as “endangered” by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). Here, we report the first record of this freshwater crayfish in Sardinia Island (Italy). Using a fragment of the mitochondrial DNA 16S rRNA gene, we identified three haplotypes that correspond to the A. italicus meridionalis subclade. We provide information about the sampling area, population density and finally discuss hypotheses about the occurrence of this population in Sardinia, comparing it with other Mediterranean populations. Our results improve the existing knowledge about the phylogeography of the taxon across Italy, confirming its complex pattern of distribution. In addition to the non-native status of the Sardinian A. i. meridionalis crayfish, we showed that the most proximal Mediterranean population of white-clawed crayfish existing in Corsica belongs to A. pallipes from Southern France.

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Julien Amouret, University of Iceland
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
Silvia Bertocchi, Università di Firenze
Dipartimento di Biologia
Sara Brusconi, Università di Firenze
Dipartimento di Biologia
Marco Fondi, Università di Firenze
Dipartimento di Biologia
Francesca Gherardi, Università di Firenze
Dipartimento di Biologia
Frédéric Grandjean, Université de Poitiers

Laboratoire Ecologie & Biologie des Interactions

Equipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose

Lorenzo A. Chessa, Università di Sassari
Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante-Ecologia
Elena Tricarico, Università di Firenze
Dipartimento di Biologia
Catherine Souty-Grosset, Université de Poitiers

Laboratoire Ecologie & Biologie des Interactions

Equipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose

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Amouret, Julien, Silvia Bertocchi, Sara Brusconi, Marco Fondi, Francesca Gherardi, Frédéric Grandjean, Lorenzo A. Chessa, Elena Tricarico, and Catherine Souty-Grosset. 2015. “The First Record of Translocated White-Clawed Crayfish from the Austropotamobius Pallipes Complex in Sardinia (Italy)”. Journal of Limnology 74 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1143.

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