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Womersleyella setacea

Womersleyella setacea (Hollenberg) R.E.Norris
Rhodophyta » Ceramiales » Rhodomelaceae » Womersleyella setacea
Ηabitat
A: Marine

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2008
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Angling/fishing equipment – Ang
6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat
Other notes

1st Med record: 1986

1st Med country: Italy

References

Taskin E, Öztürk M, Kurt O (2008) Alien and invasive marine plants of North Cyprus. Proceedings of the 2nd international symposium on Underwater Research (March 20-22 2008), Eastern Mediterranean University, pp. 20-20, Famagusta, TRN Cyprus.

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

Taskin E, Ozturk M, Kurt O, Uclay S (2013) Benthic marine algae in northern Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 19: 143-161.

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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Akrotiri Environment

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