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Pseudonereis anomala

Gravier, 1899
Annelida » Phyllodocida » Nereididae » Pseudonereis anomala
Ηabitat
A: Marine
Global distribution

Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone 773 3; Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone 35789 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Ionian Sea 691 2; Ionian Sea 65628 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 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

Alien: Invasive

First detection year
1969
Online resource
http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130421
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in larval stagess; attachment to ship hulls

Other notes

1st Med record: 1933

1st Med country: Egypt

References

Ben Eliahu MN (1972) Littoral Polychaeta from Cyprus. Tethys 4: 85-94.

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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