Ophiactis savignyi

(Müller & Troschel, 1842)

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Common name (English)

Savigny's brittle star

Ηabitat

Global distribution

Belize 68 1; Belize 202 0; Bermuda 58 1; Bermuda 219 0; Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone 738 3; Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone 65132 0; Colombia 159 1; Colombia 177 0; Comores 16247 0; Costa Rica 175 1; Costa Rica 81 0; Cuba 188 1; Cuba 83 0; Dominican Republic 196 1; Dominican Republic 159 0; Durban Bay 66462 0; Eastern Africa & Madagascar 17462 0; Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone 773 3; Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone 35789 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; French Exclusive Economic Zone 782 3; French Exclusive Economic Zone 4473 0; Gulf of Suez 648 2; Gulf of Suez 138355 0; Haiti 240 1; Haiti 160 0; Honduras 247 1; Honduras 158 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Kenya 300 1; Kenya 20 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 611 2; Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 4481 0; Mexico 1992 0; Mozambique 359 1; Mozambique 19 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; North Carolina 408 1; North Carolina 1513 0; Panama 2099 0; Puerto Rico 472 1; Puerto Rico 163 0; Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone 898 3; Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone 75941 0; Seychelles 500 1; Seychelles 1623 0; Somalia 510 1; Somalia 112 0; South Africa (country) 3792 0; Tanzania 529 1; Tanzania 22 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Venezuela 569 1; Venezuela 80 0

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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=125122

Pathway

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: Egypt

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