Editing Chinese mitten crab (section)

{{Short description|Species of crab}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = EriocheirSinensis1.jpg
| genus = Eriocheir
| species = sinensis
| authority = [[Henri Milne-Edwards|H. Milne-Edwards]], 1853
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
|title="Chinese mitten crab"
|t=大閘蟹|s=大闸蟹|p=dà zhá xiè|lmz=du-zaq-ha<br />{{IPA|wuu|du zaʔ ha|}}
|c2=上海毛蟹|p2=shànghǎi máo xiè|lmz2=zaon-he mau-ha<br />{{IPA|wuu|z̥ɑ̃̀hé  mɔ ha|}}
}}
[[File:Chinese mitten crab total production thousand tonnes 1990-2022.svg|thumb|Capture (blue) and aquaculture (green) production of Chinese mitten crab (''Eriocheir sinensis'') in thousand tonnes from 1990 to 2022, as reported by the [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production |url=https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production?lang=en |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)}}</ref>]]

The '''Chinese mitten crab''' ('''''Eriocheir sinensis'''''; {{zh|t={{linktext|大閘蟹}}|s={{linktext|大闸蟹}}|p=dàzháxiè}}; [[Jyutping]]: daai6 zaap6 haai5; [[Shanghainese]]: ''du<sup>6</sup>-zaq<sup>8</sup>-ha<sup>5</sup>'', <small>{{abbr|lit.|Literally}}</small>&nbsp;"big [[sluice]] crab"), also known as the '''Shanghai hairy crab''' ({{lang|zh|{{linktext|上海毛蟹}}}}, <small>[[pinyin|p]]</small>&nbsp;''Shànghǎi máoxiè''),  is a medium-sized burrowing crab that is named for its furry claws, which resemble [[mittens]]. It is native to rivers, estuaries and other coastal habitats of [[East Asia]] from [[Korea]] in the north to [[Fujian]], China in the south. It has also been introduced to Europe and North America, where it is considered an [[invasive species]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsg.washington.edu/mas/ecohealth/invasive_crabs/mitten_crab.html |title=Chinese mitten crab |date=March 29, 2000 |publisher=The Washington Sea Grant Program |access-date=February 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928002933/http://www.wsg.washington.edu/mas/ecohealth/invasive_crabs/mitten_crab.html |archive-date=September 28, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref Name=issg.org>{{cite web |url=http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=38&fr=1&sts= |title=Ecology of ''Eriocheir sinensis'' |author=Stephen Gollasch |date=March 3, 2006 |access-date=November 9, 2004 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313091158/http://issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?fr=1&si=38&sts= |url-status=dead }}</ref> The species features on the [[list of invasive alien species of Union concern]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern - Environment - European Commission |url=https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/invasivealien/list/index_en.htm |access-date=2021-07-27 |website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref> This means that the import of the species and trade in the species is forbidden in the whole of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=REGULATION (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European parliament and of the council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R1143&from=EN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303185733/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R1143&from=EN |archive-date=2017-03-03 }}</ref>