Asparagopsis armata

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Common name (English)

Harpoon weed

Ηabitat

A: Marine

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Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual

First detection year

1998

Pathway

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

Pathway detail

Accidental introduction from aquaculture; transported in ballast water; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal.

Other notes

1st Med record: 1923

1st Med country: Algeria

References

Cirik S, Aysel V, Benli HA, Cihangir B, Unluoglu A (2000) Preliminary studies on the marine vegetation of Northern Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Marine Sciences 6(1): 31-40.

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10(2):109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6