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Killer Shrimp

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Killer shrimp
Killer shrimp - Photo by S. Giesen; NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Scientific Name: 

Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) (CABI)

Common Name: 
Killer shrimp
Native To: 

Eastern Europe (NAS Database)

Date of U.S. Introduction: 

Not introduced

Means of Introduction: 

Could enter the U.S. through ballast water discharge (NAS Database)

Impact: 

In Europe, killer shrimp populations have caused significant ecological disruption by reducing biodiversity (NAS Database)

Current U.S. Distribution: 
Not currently established

Images

Google Images - Killer shrimp
Google.

Videos

YouTube - #AlienInvaders: Killer Shrimp

Google. YouTube; Alien Invaders.

Selected Resources

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Partnership
GLANSIS - Killer Shrimp

DOC. NOAA. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; DOI. USGS. Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.

Invaders Factsheet: Killer Shrimp

Ontario's Invading Species Awareness Program (Canada).

Invasive Species Compendium - Dikerogammarus villosus
CAB International.
Non-native Species Information: Killer Shrimp
Great Britain Non-Native Species Secretariat.
Federal Government
Killer Shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus) Ecological Risk Screening Summary (Sep 2017) (PDF | 1.25 MB)

DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.

See also: Ecological Risk Screening Summaries for more species summaries

State and Local Government
Michigan Invasive Species - Killer Shrimp
Michigan.gov.
Professional
Killer Shrimp
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council (Michigan).
Meet the Species - Killer Shrimp

Invasive Species Centre (Ontario).

Citations

  • CABI. Invasive Species Compendium. Dikerogammarus villosus. CAB International. [Accessed Mar 5, 2015].

  • Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System and Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Fact Sheet - Killer Shrimp. USGS, Gainesville, FL. [Accessed Jul 19, 2016].