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Hydroides homoceros

Pixell, 1913
Annelida » Sabellida » Serpulidae » Hydroides homoceros
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 71777 0; Maldives 1934 0; Mediterranean Sea 2614 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 2613 0; Turkey 331 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual

First detection year
2016
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238212
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Attachment to ship hulls.

CBD pathway CORRIDOR: Interconnected waterways/basins/seas added as per EASIN (2023).

References

Ulman A, Ferrario J, Occhpinti-Ambrogi A, Arvanitidis C, Bandi A, Bertolino M, Bogi C, Chatzigeorgiou G, Cicek BA, Deidun A, Ramos-Espla A, Kocak C, Lorenti M, Martinez-Laiz G, Merlo G, Princisgh E, Scribano G, Marchini A (2017) A massive update of non-indigenous species records in Mediterranean marinas. PeerJ 5: e3954. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3954

Read G, Fauchald K (2021) World Polychaeta database. Hydroides homoceros Pixell, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238212 on 2021-01-13

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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