Chelicorophium sowinskyi (MARTYNOV, 1924)

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 : 77

Chelicorophium sowinskyi (MARTYNOV, 1924)

C. sowinskyi was the only species found in the archive samples of 1917–1934 ( Fig. 1a ) in the River Danube including the first record of Corophiidae for Hungary ( UNGER 1918). It was also present in the River Tisza (at Szeged, 1943), but not in the Lake Balaton.

In the recent years (1991–2009, Fig. 1b ) the species was recorded in the River Danube, in the River Tisza and its major tributaries (Bodrog, Körös), and in the River Dráva. In the Danube it occurred almost exclusively upstream of Göd (river km 1669) except for a single specimen recorded at Dombori (rkm 1507). In the River Tisza it was present in the lower reaches (Szeged, rkm 173), too, as well as in some connected irrigation canals. In the River Dráva the most upstream positive sample with regard to this species was taken at Barcs (rkm 153) .

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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