Cladophora cf. patentiramea

Kützing, 1849

Chlorophyta » Cladophorales » Cladophoraceae » Cladophora cf. patentiramea

Ηabitat

A: Marine

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Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1991

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 in microscopic stage of life history or as fragments; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal

References

Argyrou M. 2000. The “cladophora” phenomenon in the coastal waters of Cyprus. In: United Nations Environment Programme (Ed.), Proceedings of the First Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation. AJACCIO, 3-4 OCTOBRE 2000. pp. 69-73."