Species Regional Summary
Mytella strigata
None ( EAS-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Port of Manila, South Harbor marina, around the Manila Ocean Park/Philippines/Manila Bay (7/2014, Vallejo et al. 2017, 14º34?43.06?N; 120º58?18.69?E, using PICES fouling collections)

Geographic Extent

Port of Manila, South Harbor marina, around the Manila Ocean Park/Philippines/Manila Bay (2014-2015, Vallejo et al. 2017, 14º34?43.06?N; 120º58?18.69?E, using PICES fouling collections); Luzon/Phillipines/Manila Bay, Ungayan Gulf (Fuertes et al. 2021); Samut Prakan Province,/Thailand/inner Gulf of Thailand (2017, Sanpanich1 and Wells 2019)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactFisheries
Negative impacts on commerical mussel culture of Perna perna, but a resource for local, informal shellfish gathering and aquaculturie (Fuertes et al. 2021).
 
Ecological ImpactHabitat Change

In Thailand, extensive invasion by Mytilopsis sallei and Mytlella strigata (Charru Mussel) has coiverted soft-bottom lagoon communities to hard-bottom systems, resulting in the appearance and spread of some species requiring hard substrate, and the disappearance of others.  However, overall changes in species richness were not seen (Wangkulangkul et al. 2022)

 

References

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