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Bursatella leachii

Blainville, 1817
Mollusca » Aplysiida » Aplysiidae » Bursatella leachii
Common name (English)
Ragged seahare
Common name (Greek)
Λαγός της θάλασσας
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Adriatic Sea 690 2; Adriatic Sea 71905 0; Aegean Sea 692 2; Aegean Sea 67430 0; Colombia 177 0; Cuba 83 0; East Coast of Spain 184804 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 71785 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 8869 0; Lesser Antilles 11723 0; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 843 3; Maltese Exclusive Economic Zone 71877 0; Mediterranean Sea 8851 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 67429 0; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 611 2; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 71834 0; New South Wales 437 1; New South Wales 71 0; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone 859 3; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone 8877 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 67431 0; Puerto Rico 163 0; Slovenian Exclusive Economic Zone 904 3; Slovenian Exclusive Economic Zone 185027 0; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 910 3; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 8854 0; Tunisia 200 0; Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone 927 3; Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone 71795 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 71886 0; Tyrrhenian Sea 689 2; Tyrrhenian Sea 71833 0; Venezuela 80 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2016
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138759
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1940

1st Med country: Israel

References

Lipej L, Acevedo I, Akel EHK, Anastasopoulou A, Angelidis A, Azzurro E, Castriota L, Celik M, Cilenti L, Crocetta F, Deidun A, Drogammatzi A, Falautano M, Fernandez-Alvarez FA, Gennaio R, Insacco G, Katsanevakis S, Langeneck J, Lombardo BM, Mancinelli G, Mytilineou C, Papa L, Pitacco V, Pontes M, Poursanidis D, Prato E, Rizkalla SI, Rodriguez-Flores PC, Stamouli C, Tempesti J, Tiralongo F, Tirnetta S, Tsirintanis K, Turan C, Yaglioglu D, Zaminos I, Zava B (2017) New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (April 2017). Mediterranean Marine Science 18(3): 179-201. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.15823

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

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