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Eusyllis kupfferi

Langerhans, 1879
Annelida » Phyllodocida » Syllidae » Eusyllis kupfferi
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 763 3; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 65217 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Trinidad and Tobago 2326 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1998
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195955
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in microscopic stage of life history or as fragments

Other notes

1st Med record: Cyprus

1st Med country: 1998

References

Çinar ME, Ergen Z (2003) Eusyllinae and Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science 72(3): 769- 793.

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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