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: With picture| Higher Taxa | Scientific Name [Common name] |
Legal control | Distribution in Japan |
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| Procambarus fallax forma virginalis [マーブルクレイフィッシュ，マーモクレブス] |
Yes | ||
| Rhynchodemidae, Tricladida, Turbellaria, Platyhelminthes | Platydemus manokwari [Flatworm] |
Yes | Ryukyu Archipelago (Okinawajima, Kumejima, Miyakojima, Irabujima, Ikejima, Henzajima ... |
| Serpulidae, Canalipalpata, Polychaeta, Annelida | Ficopomatus enigmaticus | River mouses and ports of Miyagi, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Osaka, Oka ... | |
| Serpulidae, Canalipalpata, Polychaeta, Annelida | Hydroides elegans | coast of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Oki Islands, and Amamioshima Island. | |
| Theridiidae, Araneae, Arachnida, Arthropoda | Latrodectus geometricus [Brown widow spider] |
Yes | There are records in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Okayama, Yamaguchi, ... |
| Theridiidae, Araneae, Arachnida, Arthropoda | Latrodectus hasselti [redback widow spider] |
Yes | Recorded in All prefectures except 2 prefectures (Aomori and Akita prefs). Abundant i ... |
| Theridiidae, Araneae, Arachnida, Arthropoda | Latrodectus mactans [Black widow spider] |
Yes | Yamaguchi pref. |
| Thelyphonidae, Thelyphonida, Arachnida, Arthropoda | Typopeltis stimpsonii [Amami whipscorpion] |
Established on Hachijojima Is. (Izu Islands). The population in Ushibuka, Amakusa, Ku ... | |
| Eriophydae, Prostigmata, Aracnida, Arthropoda | Aculops lycopersici [Tomato russet mite] |
Okinawa, Aichi, Shizuoka, Saitama, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Tochigi, Gumma, Yamanashi, and Ni ... | |
| Paradoxosomatidae, Diplopoda, Arthropoda | Chamberlinius hualinensis | Okinawajima, Amamioshima, Tokunoshima, Yakushima, and Hachijojima Is., Kagoshima, Tok ... | |
| Atyidae, Decapoda, Malacostraca, Crustacea, Arthropoda | Neocaridina sp. | Yes | Hokkaido, Miyagi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Shiga Pref. |
| Cambaridae, Decapoda, Malacostraca, Arthropoda | Procambarus clarkii [red swamp crayfish] |
Entire Japan | |
| Inachoididae, Decapoda, Malacostraca, Arthropoda | Pyromaia tuberculata [tuberculate pear crab] |
Sendai Bay, Tokyo Bay, Sagami Bay, Lake Hamana Bay, Ise Bay, coast of Shima Peninsula ... | |
| Astacidae, Decapoda, Malacostraca, Arthropoda | Pacifastacus leniusculus [Signal crayfish] |
Yes | Hokkaido, Fukushima, Shiga, Nagano, Tochigi and Chiba Prefs. |
| Portunidae, Decapoda, Malacostraca, Arthropoda | Carcinus aestuarii [Mediterranean green crab] |
Tokyo Bay (Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa Prefs.), Osaka Bay (Osaka and Hyogo Prefs.), Ise Ba ... | |
| Balanidae, Sessilia, Maxillopoda, Arthropoda | Amphibalanus amphitrite [striped barnacle] |
Tokyo Bay, coast of Mie Pref., Osaka Bay, western coast of Kyushu. | |
| Balanidae, Sessilia, Maxillopoda, Arthropoda | Megabalanus coccopoma [Titan Acorn barnacle] |
Rock reaf, fishery net, or buoy along coast of Kanagawa, Chiba, Shizuoka, and Wakayam ... | |
| Crangonyctidae, Gammaridea, Amphipoda, Malacostraca, Arthropoda | Crangonyx floridanus [Florida crangonyctid] |
Yes | Hokkaido, Akita, Yamagata, Miyagi, Fukushima, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Toyama, Ehime, O ... |
| Triopsidae, Notostraca, Branchiopoda, Arthropoda | Triops spp. [tadpole shrimp] |
Triops longicaudatus and T. granarius are widely distributed in central to western Ja ... | |
| Aphelenchidae, Aphelenchida, Secernentea, Nemata | Bursaphelenchus xylophilus [pine wood nematode] |
Entire Japan except Hokkaido and Aomori Pref. | |
| , Aphelenchida, Secernentea, Nemata | Globodera rostochiensis [Potato-cyst nematode] |
Yes | Hokkaido, Nagasaki Pref. |
| Styelidae, Pleurogona, Ascidiacea, Chordata | Polyandrocarpa zorritensis | Unknown | Foulings on ports of Shizuoka, Toyama, Osaka, Hyogo, Tokushima, Kochi, Yamaguchi, and ... |
| Molgulidae, Pleurogona, Ascidiacea, Chordata | Molgula manhattensis | Tokyo, Shizuoka, Aichi, Osaka, Hyogo, Ehime, Fukuoka Prefs. | |
| Mytilidae, Mytiloida, Bivalvia, Mollusca | Limnoperna fortunei [Golden mussel] |
Yes | Tonegawa River System (Chiba and Ibaraki Prefs.), Edo River and Ara River（Tokyo and ... |
| Mytilidae, Mytiloida, Bivalvia, Mollusca | Mytilus galloprovincialis [Mediterranean mussel] |
Coast of entire Japan. There are records in the following small islands: Teuri, Yagis ... | |
| Mytilidae, Mytiloida, Bivalvia, Mollusca | Perna viridis [Green mussel] |
1960-1980s: Tokyo Bay, Izu Peninsula, Wakayama, Osaka, Hyogo, Kochi, Oita, Okinawajim ... | |
| Mytilidae, Mytiloida, Bivalvia, Mollusca | Xenostrobus securis [smll brown mussel] |
Coast of Kanto, Chubu districts, and western Japan. | |
| Dreissenidae, Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca | Mytilopsis sallei [Santo Domingo falsemussel] |
Tokyo (lower to river mouse of Sumida River), Chiba Pref. (Lake Niihama, Ichikawa), F ... | |
| Corbiculidae, Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca | Corbicula fluminea [Asian clam] |
Almost entire Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu | |
| Veneridae, Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca | Meretrix petechialis [Hard clam] |
No known evidence for establishment in Japan. However, hard clam is constantly releas ... | |
| Hydrobiidae, Neotaenioglossa, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Potamopyrgus antipodarum [New Zealand mudsnail] |
Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata, Miyagi, Niigata, Tochigi, Gumma, Saitama, K ... | |
| Nassariidae, Neogastropoda, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Nassarius sinarus [Nassarius snail] |
Seto Inland Sea, Ariake Inland Sea. | |
| Achatinidae, Stylommatophora, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Achatina fulica [Giant African snail] |
Yes | Ogasawara Islands, Amami Islands, Okinawajima Is., Miyakojima Is., Yaeyama Islands, a ... |
| Subulinidae, Stylommatophora, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Rumina decollata [Decollate snail] |
Yes | Wakayama, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Saga, and Kumamoto Prefs. |
| Limacidae, Stylommatophora, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Lehmannia valentiana [Threeband gardenslug] |
Yes | Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands. |
| Spiraxidae, Stylommatophora, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Euglandina rosea [Cannibal snail] |
Yes | Chichijima Island, Ogasawara |
| Calyptraeidae, Neotaenioglossa, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Crepidula onyx [onyx slippersnail] |
Coast of Hokkaido, Sendai Bay, Fukushima, Kanto, Tokai, Kii Peninsula, Seto Inland Se ... | |
| Ampullariidae, Architaenioglossa, Gastropoda, Mollusca | Pomacea canaliculata [Apple snail] |
Yes | Central to western Japan including Ryukyu Islands. |
| Higher Taxa | Common name [Scientific Name] | Legal control | Distribution in Japan |