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StatusEstEstablished in Japan
?Ambiguous
PastFormerly established in Japan
Laws ISControled as Invasive Alien Species (the Invasive Alien Species Act)
USControled as Uncategrized Alien Species (the Invasive Alien Species Act)
LCControled by local regulations
Alert lists 100W100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species 100J100 of the Japan's Worst Invasive Alien Species
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Other Arthropods (provisional list)

Species name StatusLegal controlAlert Notes ReferencesTop
Badumna insignis Est [1]
Latrodectus geometricus EstIS [1],[45]
Latrodectus hasselti EstIS100J [1],[2],[45]
Latrodectus mactans EstIS [2],[33]
Crossopriza lyoni Est [1]
Typopeltis stimpsonii Est Introduced to Hachijojima Island [34]
Trisetacus thujivagrans Est [1]
Aponychus firmianae Est [1]
Eotetranychus lewisi Est Cryptogenic [1]
Eutetranychus orientalis Est Cryptogenic [1]
Oligonychus coffeae Est [1],[2]
Oligonychus orthius Est Cryptogenic [1]
Panonychus osmanthi Est Cryptogenic [1]
Tetranychus neocaledonicus Est Cryptogenic [1]
Brevipalpus californicus Est [1]
Brevipalpus russulus Est [1]
Dolichotetranychus floridanus Est [1]
Tenuipalpus pacificus Est [1]
Aceria ficus Est Cryptogenic [1]
Aceria litchii Est [1]
Aceria paradianthi Est Cryptogenic [1]
Aceria tulipae Est [1]
Aculops lycopersici Est100J [1],[2]
Aculus fockeui Est Cryptogenic [1]
Aculus schlechtendali Est Cryptogenic [1]
Cisaberoptus kenyae Est [1],[2]
Spinacus pagonis Est [1],[2]
Phytonemus pallidus Est Cryptogenic [1]
Locustacarus buchneri Est [1],[2]
Varroa destructor Est100J [1],[2]
Senneritia aff. alfkeni Est [25]
Uncinocythere occidentalis Est [1]
Procambarus clarkii Est100J [1],[2],[45]
Pyromaia tuberculata Est [1],[2],[45]
Pacifastacus leniusculus (Astacus trowbridgii ) EstIS100J [1],[2],[45]
Palaemon paucidens Est [1]
Neocardina sp. EstLC [48]
Carcinus aestuarii EstLC100J [1],[2],[45]
Callinectes sapidus ? [1]
Penaeus orientalis ? [1]
Homarus americanus ? [1]
Homarus gammarus ? [1]
Triops cancriformis Est [1],[2]
Triops granarius Est [1],[2]
Triops longicaudatus Est [1],[2]
Armadillidium vulgare Est [32]
Armadillidium nasatum Est [32]
Porcellio scaber Est [32]
Porcellio laevis Est [32]
Porcellionides pruinosus Est [32]
Balanus glandula Est [1]
Amphibalanus amphitrite (Balanus amphitrite) EstLC [3]
Amphibalanus improvisus (Balanus improvisus) EstLC [1],[2]
Amphibalanus eburneus (Balanus eburneus) EstLC [1],[2]
Species name StatusLegal controlAlert Notes ReferencesTop
Balanus venustus ? [1]
Balanus variegatus cirratus ? [1]
Megabalanus coccopoma Est [37],[38]
Megabalanus tintinnabulum ? [1]
Megabalanus zebra ? [1]
Crangonyx floridanus Est [35]
Artemia franciscana Est [1]
Artemia franciscana ? Cryptogenic [1]
Artemia parthenogenetica ? Cryptogenic [1]
Trichopachyiulus niponicus Est [1]
Trigoniulus lumbricinus Est [1],[45]
Chamberlinius hualienensis Est [1],[45]
Species name StatusLegal controlAlert Notes ReferencesTop
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Contact:
Dr. Koichi Goka <invasive (at) nies.go.jp>
Invasive Species Research Team, Environmental Risk Research Center,
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
16-2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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