Botryllus schlosseri

(Pallas, 1766)

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Common name (English)

Golden star tunicate

Ηabitat

A: Marine

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Establishment status

Unknown

Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic: (status unresolved)

First detection year

2016

Online resource

https://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103862

Pathway

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull

Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

References

Ulman (2016) Alien Ascidian Taxonomy and Identification Training. Poster. COST-STSM-TD1209-051116-080962

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

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