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Asparagopsis armata

Harvey, 1855 
Rhodophyta » Bonnemaisoniales » Bonnemaisoniaceae » Asparagopsis armata
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1998
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Angling/fishing equipment – Ang
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
Pathway detail

Accidental introduction from aquaculture; transported in ballast water; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal.

Some CBD pathways added per EASIN (2023).

Other notes

1st Med record: 1923

1st Med country: Algeria

References

Cirik S, Aysel V, Benli HA, Cihangir B, Unluoglu A (2000) Preliminary studies on the marine vegetation of Northern Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Marine Sciences 6(1): 31-40.

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

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

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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