Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Beskens/Netherlands/Western Scheldt Estuary (2000, Gittenberger 2007)

Geographic Extent

Kirkwall Marina, Mainland/Scotland/North Sea (2012, Nall et al. 2014); Cromarty/Scotland/North Sea (2012, Nall et al. 2014); Beskens/Netherlands/Western Scheldt Estuary; Neyland Marina 2000, Faasse2006; Gittenberger 2007); Exmouth/England/English Channel (2004, Arenas et al. 2006); Weymouth, England/English Channel (2006, Bishop et al. 2015); Gosport/England/English Channel (2004, Arenas et al. 2006); Poole/England/English Channel (2004, Arenas et al. 2006); 4 marinas/East Anglia, English Channe; (Wood et al. 2016); Portsmouth/England/English Channel (2009, Bishop et al. 2015); 1 marina, Lancashire/England/Irish Sea (2015, Wood et al. 2016); Milford Haven/Wales/Irish Sea (2005, MarLin 2006); http://www.marlin.ac.uk/rml/sightings_verif.php?sp=Botrylloides%20violaceus&spid=703&phy=Chordata; Malahide Marina/Ireland/Irish Sea (2006, Minchin et al. 2007);; Ireland/Carlingford Lough toCork/Irish Sea (2021, O'Shaughnessy et al. 2023);  Carlingford Marina/Ireland/Irish Sea (2006, Minchin et al. 2007); Zeebrugge/Belgium/North Sea (2004, Kerkhof et al. 2007); Oostende/Belgium/North Sea (2004, Kerkhof et al. 2007); 'virtually all the harbours of the islands'/Netherlands/Wadden Sea (2009, Gittenberger et al. 2010); Holyhead/Wales/Irish Sea (2017, Holman et al. 2019, 53.309, -4.633);