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Ophiactis macrolepidota

Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887
Echinodermata » Amphilepidida » Ophiactidae » Ophiactis macrolepidota
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1998
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212336
Pathway
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
Other notes

1st Med record: 1968

1st Med country: Israel 

References

Zibrowius H (2002) Assessing scale and impact of ship-transported alien fauna in the Mediterranean? p. 63-68. In: Alien marine organisms introduced by ships in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, F. Briand (Ed.), Monaco, CIESM Workshop Monographs 20."

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

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

Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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