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Linopherus canariensis

Langerhans, 1881
Annelida » Amphinomida » Amphinomidae » Linopherus canariensis
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 65628 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 9237 0; Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 833 3; Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 36978 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Panama 2099 0; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 910 3; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 4480 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Casual

First detection year
1997
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129833
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

Other notes

1st Med record: 1965

1st Med country: Lebanon

References

Çinar ME (2005) Polychaetes from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea), with two new records for the Mediterranean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 46: 143-159.

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

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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