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Timeline of research related events on Marmorkrebs, the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish

Created by DoctorZen on Feb 3, 2011

Last updated: 02/13/11 at 12:49 PM

Tags: Marmorkrebs crayfish invasive species research biology science

• Missouri bans Marmorkrebs
  Mar 1, 2011

  Missouri becomes first North American jurisdiction to add Marmorkrebs specifically to its prohibited species list.

• Marmorkrebs related to slough crayfish
  Sep 28, 2010

  Martin P, Dorn NJ, Kawai T, van der Heiden C, Scholtz G. 2010. The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870). Contributions to Zoology 79(3): 107-118.
  http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol79/nr03/art03

• First established population of Marmorkrebs in Europe
  Jul 6, 2009

  Unconfirmed observations of Marmorkrebs had been earlier. Chucholl C, Pfeiffer M. 2010. First evidence for an established Marmorkrebs (Decapoda, Astacida, Cambaridae) population in Southwestern Germany, in syntopic occurrence with Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque, 1817). Aquatic Invasions 5(4): 405-412.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.10

• Tropical Fish Hobbyist article
  Mar 2009

  Article published in national American hobby magazine promoting Marmorkrebs to aquarium enthusiasts.
  http://www.tfhmagazine.com/freshwater/feature-articles/owning-clones.htm

• First scientific review article on Marmorkrebs
  Jul 8, 2008

  Vogt, G. 2008. The marbled crayfish: a new model organism for research on development, epigenetics and evolutionary biology. Journal of Zoology 276(1): 1-13.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00473.x

• Marmorkrebs found in Italy
  Apr 2008

  Marzano FN, Scalici M, Chiesa S, Gherardi F, Piccinini A & Gibertini G. 2009. The first record of the marbled crayfish adds further threats to fresh waters in Italy. Aquatic Invasions 4(2): 401-404.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2009.4.2

• Marmorkrebs.org launched
  Nov 8, 2007

  Marmorkrebs.org launched
  http://marmorkrebs.org

• Marmorkrebs shown to be clones
  May 31, 2007

  Martin P, Kohlmann K & Scholtz G. 2007. The parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) produces genetically uniform offspring. Naturwissenschaften 94(10): 843-846.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-007-0260-0

• Marmorkrebs found in Japan
  2006

  Single individual. Kawai T, Takahata M (eds.). 2010. The Biology of Freshwater Crayfish. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press.

• Marmorkrebs found in The Netherlands
  2004

  Holdich DM, Pöckl M. 2007. Invasive crustaceans in European inland waters. In: Gherardi, F. (ed) Freshwater bioinvaders: profiles, distribution, and threats, pp. 29-75. Springer: The Netherlands.

• Marmorkrebs in North American pet trade
  2004

  Earliest known reports of North American pet owners getting Marmorkrebs. Faulkes Z. 2010. The spread of the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Marmorkrebs (Procambarus sp.), in the North American pet trade. Aquatic Invasions 5(4): 447-450.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.16

• Marmorkrebs found in the wild in Germany
  2003

  Single individuals. Blanke D, Schulz H. 2003. Situation des Edelkrebses (Astacus astacus L.) sowie weiterer Flusskrebsarten in Niedersachsen. Tagungsbericht der Deutschen Gesellschaft fu¨ r Limnologie (DGL), Braunschweig, 2002. Werder: DGL. p 385–389. Cited in: Vogt G, Tolley L & Scholtz G. 2004. Life stages and reproductive components of the Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish), the first parthenogenetic decapod crustacean. Journal of Morphology 261(3): 286-311.

• Marmorkrebs found in Madagascar
  2003

  Marmorkrebs reported in capital city of Antananarivo, according to Heimer (2010). Populations confirmed by scientists in 2007. Heimer K. 2010. Invasion of self-cloning crayfish alarms Madagascar. Deutsche Presse-Agentur wire story. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/339974,alarms-madagascar-feature.html Jones JPG, Rasamy JR, Harvey A, Toon A, Oidtmann B, Randrianarison MH, Raminosoa N, Ravoahangimalala OR. The perfect invader: a parthenogenic crayfish poses a new threat to Madagascar’s freshwater biodiversity. Biological Invasions 11: 1475-1482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9334-y Kawai T, Scholtz G, Morioka S, Ramanamandimby F, Lukhaup C, Hanamura Y. 2009. Parthenogenetic alien crayfish (Decapoda: cambaridae) spreading in Madagascar. Journal of Crustacean Biology 29(4): 562-567.
  http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/339974,alarms-madagascar-feature.html

• Marmorkrebs introduced to science
  Feb 20, 2003

  First Marmorkrebs paper published in Nature.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/421806a

• Hobbyists contact scientists
  Apr 7, 2000

  First email to CRUST-L discussion list on Marmorkrebs.
  http://marmorkrebs.blogspot.com/2007/11/early-reports-from-pet-owners.html

• Marmorkrebs discovered in Germany
  1997 to 1997

  Hobbyists start noticing that their marbled crayfish are reproducing even when kept alone.