08-04-2012, 10:40 AM
Connecticut's first documented specimen of a highly invasive crab species native to eastern Asia was found at the end of June in Greenwich's Mianus Pond fishway.
The [url "http://www.newstimes.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Department+of+Energy+and+Environmental+Protection%22"]Department of Energy and Environmental Protection[/url] has confirmed that [url "http://www.newstimes.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Joe+Cassone%22"]Joe Cassone[/url], conservation assistant for the town, collected a juvenile Chinese mitten crab from the fishway, located on the Mianus River.
First delivered to DEEP's Marine Headquarters in Old Lyme and examined by DEEP and a Connecticut Sea Grant biologist, the creature was sent to the [url "http://www.newstimes.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Marine+Invasion+Research+Lab+of+the+Smithsonian+Environmental+Research+Center%22"]Marine Invasion Research Lab of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center[/url] in California for a confirmation of identification.
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The [url "http://www.newstimes.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Department+of+Energy+and+Environmental+Protection%22"]Department of Energy and Environmental Protection[/url] has confirmed that [url "http://www.newstimes.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Joe+Cassone%22"]Joe Cassone[/url], conservation assistant for the town, collected a juvenile Chinese mitten crab from the fishway, located on the Mianus River.
First delivered to DEEP's Marine Headquarters in Old Lyme and examined by DEEP and a Connecticut Sea Grant biologist, the creature was sent to the [url "http://www.newstimes.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Marine+Invasion+Research+Lab+of+the+Smithsonian+Environmental+Research+Center%22"]Marine Invasion Research Lab of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center[/url] in California for a confirmation of identification.
Read more: [url "http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Invasive-spider-like-crab-discovered-in-Greenwich-3761683.php#ixzz22ZZIa2DB"]http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Invasive-spider-like-crab-discovered-in-Greenwich-3761683.php#ixzz22ZZIa2DB[/url]
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