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Metacirolana rotunda

(Bruce & Jones, 1978)
Arthropoda » Isopoda » Cirolanidae » Metacirolana rotunda
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Unknown
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1998
Online resource
https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256645
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
Pathway detail

"It can be considered a non-indigenous species (NIS), intro-duced by ship transport" (Castello et al. 2020).

References

Castello J, Bitar G, Zibrowius H (2020) Isopoda (Crustacea) from the Levantine Sea with comments on the biogeography of Mediterranean isopods. Mediterranean Marine Science Mediterranean Marine Science 21(2): 308-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.20329

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