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Metapenaeopsis aegyptia

Galil and Golani, 1990
Arthropoda » Decapoda » Penaeidae » Metapenaeopsis aegyptia
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Eastern Atlantic Ocean 2186 0; Indo-West Pacific 2259 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2004
Online resource
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=5…
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Other notes

1st Med record: 1987

1st Med country: Israel

References

Kirmitzoglou I, Kitsos MS, Thessalou-Legaki M, Tselepides A, Koukouras A (2006) Investigation of the progress and possible expansion of the limits of the lessepsian migratory current regarding Decapoda (Crustacea). Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions.

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

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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