Identification of exotic North American crayfish in Europe by DNA barcoding

Abstract

Several alien crayfish of North American origin have become established in Europe in recent decades, but their identification is often confusing. Our aim was to verify the taxonomic status of their European populations by DNA barcoding.

Keywords

• COI
• barcoding
• invasive crayfish
• Europe
• North America
• Orconectes
• Procambarus