Astacus leptodactylus

Basic information
Scientific name	Astacus leptodactylus	(No picture)
Common names	Turkish crayfish, Glacian crayfish
Higher taxon	Astacus, Astacidae, Decapoda, Malacostraca, Arthropoda
Natural range	Central Asia, West Asia, continental Europe
Habitat	Streams, lakes and ponds. Brackish habitat.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	This species was imported as a pet animal to Japan in past.
Impact	Potentially: Predation, competition, and damage on aquatic flora. Native organism(s) affected: Freshwater invertebrates and plants
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping of all the species of the genus Astacus are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	Uzbekistan and Wide area in Europe. Armenia; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland; United Kingdom

Reference	Notes
IUCN (2012) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Accessed on 2012-7-11) http://www.iucnredlist.org/ JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) Ministry of the Environment, Japan. The Invasive Alien Species Act (Accessed on 2012-7-11) http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/as.html