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Diadema setosum

(Leske, 1778)
Echinodermata » Diadematoida » Diadematidae » Diadema setosum
Common name (English)
Long-spined Sea Urchin
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Eastern Africa & Madagascar 181206 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 64694 0; Kenya 20 0; Laccadive Sea 654 2; Laccadive Sea 71828 0; Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 833 3; Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 71784 0; Madagascar 23 0; Mediterranean Sea 8851 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 67429 0; Mozambique 19 0; North Pacific Ocean 681 2; North Pacific Ocean 67428 0; Seychelles 1594 0; South Andaman Islands 185746 0; Tanzania 22 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 71886 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2010
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213372
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

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

Other notes

1st Med record: 2006

1st Med country: Turkey

References

Mytilineou C, Akel EH, Babali N, Balistreri P, Bariche M, Boyaci YO, Cilenti L, Constantinou C, Crocetta F, Celik M, Dereli H, Dounas C, Durucan F, Garrido A, Gerovasileiou V, Kapiris K, Kebapcioglu T, Kleitou P, Krystalas A, Lipej L, Maina I, Marakis P, Mavric B, Moussa R, Pena-Rivas L, Poursanidis D, Renda W, Rizkalla SI, Rosso A, Scirocco T, Sciuto F, Servello G, Tiralongo F, Yapici S, Zenetos A (2016)  New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (November, 2016). Mediterranean Marine Science 17(3): 794-821. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1976

Savva I, Kleitou P (2017) On three alien species from Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea). In Gerovasileiou et al. New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July, 2017). Mediterranean Marine Science 18(2): 355-384. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.13771

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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