| Balanidae |
Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all the species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verrucidae, etc., etc., etc. The Ray Society, London, i-viii +1-684, pls. 1-30.) |
Reported for South American Pacific since 1999; introduced by ship transport, attached to hulls (Carlton et al., 2011Carlton, J.T.; Newman, W.A. and Pitombo, F.B. 2011. Barnacle invasions: Introduced, cryptogenic, and range expanding cirripedia of North and South America. p. 159-213. In: B.S. Galil, P.F. Clark and J.T. Carlton (eds), In the wrong place - Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology and impacts. Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, 6. Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Springer.). A cosmopolitan species on tropical coasts, and its presence is considered unlikely on the west coast of America (Darwin, 1854Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all the species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verrucidae, etc., etc., etc. The Ray Society, London, i-viii +1-684, pls. 1-30.; Bishop, 1950Bishop, M.W.H. 1950. Distribution of Balanus amphitrite Darwin var. denticulata Broch. Nature, 165: 409-410.). |
Indo-Pacific region (Carlton et al., 2011Carlton, J.T.; Newman, W.A. and Pitombo, F.B. 2011. Barnacle invasions: Introduced, cryptogenic, and range expanding cirripedia of North and South America. p. 159-213. In: B.S. Galil, P.F. Clark and J.T. Carlton (eds), In the wrong place - Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology and impacts. Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, 6. Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Springer.) |
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Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all the species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verrucidae, etc., etc., etc. The Ray Society, London, i-viii +1-684, pls. 1-30.) |
Native species in mainland Ecuador, but alien in the Galapagos since 1964-1966; introduced by ship transport, attached to hulls (Henry and McLaughlin, 1986Henry, D.P. and McLaughlin, P.A. 1986. The recent species of Megabalanus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) with special emphasis on Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus) sensu lato. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 235: 1-69.; Carlton et al., 2019Carlton, J. T.; Keith, I. and Ruiz, G.M. 2019. Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14: 1-20.). |
Indo-Pacific region (Carlton et al., 2011Carlton, J.T.; Newman, W.A. and Pitombo, F.B. 2011. Barnacle invasions: Introduced, cryptogenic, and range expanding cirripedia of North and South America. p. 159-213. In: B.S. Galil, P.F. Clark and J.T. Carlton (eds), In the wrong place - Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology and impacts. Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, 6. Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Springer.) |
| Cambaridae |
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852Girard, C.F. 1852. Revision of the North American Astaci, with observations on their habits and geographic distribution. Proceedings of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 87-91.) |
Observed in Ecuador since 1986-1989; introduced for aquaculture purposes (Hobbs et al., 1989Hobbs, H.H.; Jass, J.P. and Huner, J. V. 1989. A review of global crayfish introductions with particular emphasis on two North American species (Decapoda, Cambaridae). Crustaceana, 56: 299-316.; Romero, 1997Romero, X. 1997. Redclaw crayfish aquaculture in Ecuador: The new boom? Naga, The Iclarm Quaterly, 20: 18-21.; Riascos et al., 2018Riascos, L.; Geerts, A.N.; Oña, T.; Goethals, P.; Cevallos-Cevallos, J.; Vanden Berghe, W.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Bonilla, J.; Muylaert, K.; Velarde, E.; Boets, P. and Van der heyden, C. 2018. DNA-based monitoring of the alien invasive North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Andean lakes (Ecuador). Limnologica, 70: 20-25.). |
The southern and central United States of America, northeastern Mexico (Hobbs et al., 1989Hobbs, H.H.; Jass, J.P. and Huner, J. V. 1989. A review of global crayfish introductions with particular emphasis on two North American species (Decapoda, Cambaridae). Crustaceana, 56: 299-316.). |
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Procambarus alleni (Faxon, 1884Faxon, W. 1884. Descriptions of new species of Cambarus; to which is added a synonimical list of the known species of Cambarus and Astacus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 20: 107-158.) |
Reported as an aquarium species in Guayaquil in 2020 (Herrera et al., 2020bHerrera, I.; Espinoza, F.; Alvarez-Solas, S.; Gómez-Laporta, M.; Molineros-Ruiz, E.; Rodriguez, R.; Tejena, N.; Narváez, S.; Ferri, M. and Pagad, S. 2020b. Procambarus alleni (Faxon, 1884). GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Ecuador. Version 1.6. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG. Checklist dataset. Available at Available at https://www.gbif.org/species/168211857. Accessed on 11 January 2020.
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Florida, United States of America (Hobbs, 1984Hobbs, H.H. 1984. On the distribution of the crayfish genus Procambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 4: 12-24.). |
| Cymothoidae |
Artystone trysibia
Schioedte, 1866Schioedte, J.C. 1866. Krebsdyrenes Sugemund. I. Cymothoae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift: 168-206.
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Reported since 2016, as a fish parasite in the loricariid Chaetostoma dermorhynchum (Boulenger, 1887Boulenger, G.A. 1887. An account of the fishes collected by Mr. C. Buckley in eastern Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 55: 274-283.), Tena River, Amazon (Junoy, 2016Junoy, J. 2016. Parasitism of the isopod Artystone trysibia in the fish Chaetostoma dermorhynchum from the Tena River (Amazonian region, Ecuador). Acta Tropica, 153: 36-45.). The fish is a native species in Ecuador. |
Atlantic coast of the Americas (Junoy, 2016Junoy, J. 2016. Parasitism of the isopod Artystone trysibia in the fish Chaetostoma dermorhynchum from the Tena River (Amazonian region, Ecuador). Acta Tropica, 153: 36-45.). |
| Gecarcinidae |
Cardisoma crassum
Smith, 1870Smith, S.I. 1870. Notes on American Crustacea. Number I. Ocypodoidea. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2: 113-176, pls. 2-5.
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Native in mainland Ecuador, alien in the Galapagos since 1993 when the individuals were carried in as food (Hickman and Zimmerman, 2000Hickman, C.P. and Zimmerman, T.L. 2000. Guía de campo de los crustáceos de Galápagos: Guía de campo ilustrada sobre balanos, camarones, langostas y cangrejos comunes de las islas Galápagos. Lexington, USA, Sugar Spring Press, 156p.; Keith et al., 2016Keith, I.; Dawson, T.P.; Collins, K.J. and Campbell, M.L. 2016. Marine invasive species: Establishing pathways, their presence and potential threats in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Pacific Conservation Biology, 22: 377-385.). |
West coast of the Americas (Bright, 1966Bright, D.B. 1966. The land crabs of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical, 14: 183-203.). |
| Limnoriidae |
Limnoria tripunctata
Menzies, 1951Menzies, R.J. 1951. A new species of Limnoria (Crustacea: Isopoda) from southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 50: 86-88.
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Alien species in Galapagos since 1960s (Carlton et al., 2019Carlton, J. T.; Keith, I. and Ruiz, G.M. 2019. Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14: 1-20.). Reached the Galapagos from the continent by oceanic drift, including populated driftwood, wooden ships, and water ballast (Quayle, 1992Quayle, D.B. 1992. Marine borers in British Columbia. Canadian Special Publications in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 115: 1-55.; Gillespie et al., 2012Gillespie, R.G.; Baldwin, B.G.; Waters, J.M.; Fraser, C.I.; Nikula, R. and Roderick, G.K. 2012. Long-distance dispersal: A framework for hypothesis testing. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27: 47-56.). |
Circumtropical/warm-temperate species; in the eastern Pacific, from British Columbia (Canada) to Ecuador (Brusca and Iverson, 1985Brusca, R.C. and Iverson, E.W. 1985. A guide to the marine isopod Crustacea of Pacific Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 33: 1-77.). |
| Palaemonidae |
Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man, 1879de Man, J.G. 1879. On some species of the genus Palaemon Fabr. with descriptions of two new forms. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 41: 165-184.) |
Observed in Ecuador since 1978; introduced for aquaculture purpose (Alvarez-Galvez, 1984Alvarez-Galvez, M. 1984. Informe sobre el desarrollo de la acuicultura en el Ecuador. p. 138. In: M.P. Fernando-Criado (ed), Informes nacionales sobre el desarrollo de la acuicultura en America Latina. Roma, FAO, Informe de Pesca No 294, Suplemento 1.). |
South and southeastern Asia (Wowor and Ng, 2007Wowor, D. and Ng, P.K.L. 2007. The giant freshwater prawns of the Macrobrachium rosenbergii species group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 55: 321-326.; 2008Wowor, D. and Ng, P.K.L. 2008. Case 3428 Palaemon rosenbergii De Man, 1879 (currently Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Crustacea, Decapoda): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 65: 288-293.). |
| Parastacidae |
Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868von Martens, E. 1868. Über eine neue Art und Untergattung der Cyprinoiden, Homaloptera (Octonema) rotundicauda, über einige neue Crustaceen und über die neuholländischen Süsswasserkrebse. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalisch-mathematische Klasse, 1868: 607-619.) |
Observed in Ecuador since 1994; introduced for aquaculture purposes (Romero, 1997Romero, X. 1997. Redclaw crayfish aquaculture in Ecuador: The new boom? Naga, The Iclarm Quaterly, 20: 18-21.; Romero and Jiménez, 2002Romero, X. and Jiménez, R. 2002. Histopathological survey of diseases and pathogens present in redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (Von Martens), cultured in Ecuador. Journal of Fish Diseases, 25: 653-667.). |
Australia and southern New Guinea (Austin, 1996Austin, C.M. 1996. Systematics of the freshwater crayfish genus Cherax Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae) in northern and eastern Australia: Electrophoretic and morphological variation. Australian Journal of Zoology, 44: 259.). |
| Porcellionidae |
Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833Brandt, J.F. 1833. Conspectus monographiae crustaceorum oniscodorum Latreillii. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 4: 171-193.) |
Reported from Colombia and Ecuador (Preciado and Martínez, 2015Preciado, A.F. and Martínez, J.W. 2015. Estudio de isópodos terrestres (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) en tres localidades de Boyacá, Colombia. Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas, 31: 14-23.). |
Europe (Preciado and Martínez, 2015Preciado, A.F. and Martínez, J.W. 2015. Estudio de isópodos terrestres (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) en tres localidades de Boyacá, Colombia. Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas, 31: 14-23.). |
