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Herdmania momus

(Savigny, 1816)
Chordata » Stolidobranchia » Pyuridae » Herdmania momus
Common name (English)
Brown Sea Squirt
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Circum-equitorial 36820 0; Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone 773 3; Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone 35789 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mozambique 359 1; Mozambique 19 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Somalia 510 1; Somalia 112 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 19906 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1998
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103830
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
Pathway detail

attachment to ship hulls

Other notes

1st Med record: 1939

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Nishikawa T (2002) Revision of the genus Herdmania (Urochordata: Ascidiacea) inhabiting Japanese waters. Species Diversity 7: 217-250. https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.7.217

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

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