The capture of Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853, the Chinese mitten crab is reported for the first time from Southern Iraq, in the Shatt Al Basrah Canal, 20 June 2005, south of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers (Iraq, Syria and Turkey) and west of the Karun River (Iran).
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