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Pegidia lacunata

McCulloch, 1977
Foraminifera » Rotaliida » Pegidiidae » Pegidia lacunata
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 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; New Caledonia 441 1; New Caledonia 169 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2010
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490060
Pathway
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 2008

1st Med country: Israel

References

Abu Tair NK, Langer MR (2010) Foraminiferal invasions: the effect of Lessepsian migration on the diversity and composition of benthic foraminiferal assemblage around Cyprus (Mediterranean Sea). Forams 2010 - International Symposium on Foraminifera, 5-10 September, Bonn, Abstracts: 42.

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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