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Notomastus mossambicus

(Thomassin, 1970)
Mollusca » Not assigned » Capitellidae » Notomastus mossambicus
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

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Casual

First detection year
1997
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761478
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1987

1st Med country: Spain

References

Cinar ME (2005) Polychaetes from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea), with two new records for the Mediterranean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 46(1): 143-161.

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

Rousou M, Langeneck J, Apserou C, Arvanitidis C, Charalambous S, Chrysanthou K, Constantinides G, Dimitriou PD, García Gómez SC, Hadjieftychiou SI, Katsiaras N, Kleitou P, Kletou D, Küpper FC, Louizidou P, Martins R, Moraitis ML, Papageorgiou N, Papatheodoulou M, Petrou A, Xevgenos D, Vasiliades L, Voultsiadou E, Chintiroglou CC, Castelli A (2023) Polychaetes (Annelida) of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea): An Updated and Annotated Checklist including New Distribution Records. Diversity 15(8): 941. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080941

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