Chelicorophium curvispinum (G. O. SARS, 1895)

Borza, P., 2011, Revision Of Invasion History, Distributional Patterns, And New Records Of Corophiidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) In Hungary, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 57 (1), pp. 75-84 : 78-79

Chelicorophium curvispinum (G. O. SARS, 1895)

In the archive samples available for revision C. curvispinum was found only in the Lake Balaton (1933-, Fig. 1c ). In recent years, however, it has proven to be the most widespread corophiid ( Fig. 1d ): while still being the only species present in the Lake Balaton, it was found in the whole course of the Hungarian Danube stretch, as well as in the connected Ráckeve-Soroksári Danube arm and the canal network of the Kiskunság area. It was also recorded in the River Tisza (up to rkm 628, at Záhony), and in some of its major tributaries (Bodrog, Körös) and connected canals.

In the River Dráva its most upstream occurrence was at Vízvár (rkm 192).

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Fig. 1. Records of Chelicorophium sowinskyi: a = 1917–1960, b = 1991–2009; C. curvispinum: c = 1917–1960, d = 1991–2009; e = C. maeoticum, f = C. robustum in Hungary. Legends: A = River Danube, B = River Tisza, C = River Dráva, D = River Bodrog, E = River Körös, F = canal network of Kiskunság, G = canal network of Nagykunság, H = Lake Balaton