Novel introduction pathway for the Chinese mitten crab related to human consumption. A: A fraction of the specimens seized during the operation “Hidden Mitten” of the US government; B: specimens sold at a market in the Netherlands in May 2021. Photo credits: A: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2020/5/19/Invasion-of-the-Hairyclawed-Crustaceans-Mitten-crabs-Mitten-Crabs-Are-a-Delicacy-for-Destruction; B: Newspaper AD https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/viskraam-verkoopt-levende-krabben-op-de-markt-dit-is-dierenleed~aaf3e234/.

 
 
  Part of: Ewers C, Normant-Saremba M, Keirsebelik H, Schoelynck J (2023) The temporal abundance-distribution relationship in a global invader sheds light on species distribution mechanisms. Aquatic Invasions 18(2): 179-197. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2023.18.2.105548