TY - JOUR AU - Amouret, Julien AU - Bertocchi, Silvia AU - Brusconi, Sara AU - Fondi, Marco AU - Gherardi, Francesca AU - Grandjean, Frédéric AU - Chessa, Lorenzo A. AU - Tricarico, Elena AU - Souty-Grosset, Catherine PY - 2015/03/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The first record of translocated white-clawed crayfish from the Austropotamobius pallipes complex in Sardinia (Italy) JF - Journal of Limnology JA - J Limnol VL - 74 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1143 UR - https://www.jlimnol.it/jlimnol/article/view/jlimnol.2015.1143 SP - AB - <p>The white-clawed crayfish <em>Austropotamobius pallipes </em>complex is native to Europe, being present in 18 European countries, Italy included. However, the number and abundance of its populations are today restricted and it has been recently classified as “endangered” by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). Here, we report the first record of this freshwater crayfish in Sardinia Island (Italy). Using a fragment of the mitochondrial DNA 16S rRNA gene, we identified three haplotypes that correspond to the <em>A. italicus meridionalis </em>subclade. We provide information about the sampling area, population density and finally discuss hypotheses about the occurrence of this population in Sardinia, comparing it with other Mediterranean populations. Our results improve the existing knowledge about the phylogeography of the taxon across Italy, confirming its complex pattern of distribution. In addition to the non-native status of the Sardinian <em>A. i. meridionalis</em> crayfish, we showed that the most proximal Mediterranean population of white-clawed crayfish existing in Corsica belongs to <em>A. pallipes</em> from Southern France.</p> ER -