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Goniobranchus annulatus

(Eliot, 1904)
Mollusca » Nudibranchia » Chromodorididae » Goniobranchus annulatus
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2009
Online resource
http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597348
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.

Other notes

1st Med record: 2000

1st Med country: Lebanon

References

Tsiakkiros L (2010) Re: Chromodoris annulata from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23027

Tsiakkiros L, Zenetos A (2011) Further additions to the alien mollusc fauna along the Cypriot coast: new opisthobranchia species. Acta Adriatica 52(1): 115-124.

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

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
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