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Hydroides heterocera

(Grube, 1868)
Annelida » Sabellida » Serpulidae » Hydroides heterocera
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1998
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851900
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
Pathway detail

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

Other notes

1st Med record: 1965

1st Med country: Lebanon

References

Ben Eliahu MN, Payiatas G (1999) Searching for lessepsian migrant serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) on Cyprus – some results of a recent expedition. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 101-119.

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

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

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