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Abstract

THE invasion of European inland waters by a Chinese river crab which has been in progress for more than twenty years has hitherto attracted little notice from zoologists in Great Britain. There is, however, a distinct possibility that the invasion may spread to our rivers and that this undesirable alien may establish itself as a member of the British fauna. It is therefore desirable that attention should be directed to the exhaustive monograph which has just been published by Dr. N. Peters and Dr. Albert Panning with an appendix by Dr. W. Schnakenbeck. The species is now being used as an easily obtainable ‘type’ and as a subject for experimental work in many German laboratories. The full and clear account of its morphology and development which is given in this monograph will therefore be very useful. In addition, the history of its appearance and spreading in Europe is recorded in detail with full particulars of the damage it causes and with suggestions for its utilisation as food for man and domestic animals.

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Herausgegeben von Berthold Klatt. Zugleich Organ der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. Ergänzungsband zu Band 104: Die chinesische Wollhandkrabbe (Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne-Edwards ) in Deutschland. Von Dr. Nicolaus Peters und Dr. Albert Panning. Mit einem Beitrag von Prof. Dr. W. Schnakenbeck. Pp. viii + 180. (Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1933.) 11.60 gold marks.