Spirobranchus tetraceros

(Schmarda, 1861)

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Ηabitat

Global distribution

Colombia 159 1; Colombia 177 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 833 3; Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone 36978 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mozambique 359 1; Mozambique 19 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; Tanzania 529 1; Tanzania 22 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1996

Online resource

http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131055

Pathway

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in larval stages; attachment to ship hulls; Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1965

1st Med country: Lebanon

References

Ben Eliahu MN, Payiatas G (1999) Searching for lessepsian migrant serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) on Cyprus – some results of a recent expedition. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 101-119.

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