Metasychis gotoi

(Izuka, 1902)

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Ηabitat

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

Established

Establishment status detail

Questionable: (status unresolved)

First detection year

1997

Online resource

https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130307

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: 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