Herdmania momus

(Savigny, 1816)

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Common name (English)

Brown Sea Squirt

Ηabitat

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

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