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Metasychis gotoi

(Izuka, 1902)
Mollusca » Not assigned » Maldanidae » Metasychis gotoi
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Adriatic Sea 690 2; Adriatic Sea 65113 0; Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone 760 3; Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone 65114 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

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Questionable: (status unresolved): Casual

First detection year
1997
Online resource
https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130307
Pathway detail

Unknown

Other notes

1st Med record: 1934

1st Med country: Croatia

References

Cinar 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: 143-161.

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

Read G, Fauchald K (Ed.) (2021) World Polychaeta database. Metasychis gotoi (Izuka, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130307 on 2021-01-13

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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