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Pilumnopeus vauquelini

(Audouin, 1826)
Arthropoda » Decapoda » Pilumnidae » Pilumnopeus vauquelini
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1732 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Israel 459 1; Israel 2017 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 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; Tunis Lagoon 73704 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1963
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442484
Pathway
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1924

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Galil BS (2006) The marine caravan – the Suez Canal and the Erythrean invasion. In: Gollasch S, Galil BS, Cohen AN (Eds.) Bridging divides: maritime canals as invasion corridors, (Monographiae Biologicae 83). Berlin, Springer Verlag, 207-300 pp.

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

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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