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Branchiomma boholense

(Grube, 1878)
Annelida » Sabellida » Sabellidae » Branchiomma boholense
Common name (English)
Feather duster tubeworm
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Adriatic Sea 690 2; Adriatic Sea 65113 0; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 763 3; Cypriote Exclusive Economic Zone 65217 0; Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 65628 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 9237 0; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 843 3; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 36868 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 611 2; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 4481 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 910 3; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 4480 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 19906 0; Tyrrhenian Sea 689 2; Tyrrhenian Sea 19902 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1972
Online resource
https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130877
Pathway
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1927

1st Med country: Israel

References

Ben Eliahu MN (1972) Littoral Polychaeta from Cyprus. Tethys 4: 85-94.

Çinar 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: 143-159.

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

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

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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