Вестник МГТУ. 2018, том 21, № 2.

Шкляревич Г. А. и др. Китайский мохнаторукий краб Eriocheir Sinensis... G. A. Shklyarevich, Т. Yu. Kuchko Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis domesticates a new habitat The fact o f habitation o f an invading species - the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis - in the Lakhtinskaya Bay o f Lake Onega has been registered. It should be mentioned that the first specimens were caught near the Pukhtinskiy Islands o f Lake Onega in 1993, and in 2006 - in the Kondopoga Bay and the Povenets Bay o f this lake. In 2017, the detection o f the Chinese mitten crab was recorded in the Lakhtinskaya Bay o f Lake Onega. The morphometric analysis data o f these animals have been given. The obtained data can be used to create an information base o f the studied species for further analytical examination o f its growth and age, life cycle characteristics and reproduction, nutrition and migration movements, as well as for forecasting the ecological situation. Key words: Chinesemitten crab, invading species, Lakhtinskaya Bay of Lake Onega. 374