Species Regional Summary
Marenzelleria viridis
None ( B-X )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Southern Finland/lower Gulf of Bothnia (Some of these records may refer to M. neglecta (Sikorski and Bick 2004; Bastrop and Blank 2006;

Geographic Extent

Southern Finland/lower Gulf of Bothnia; Aland Islands/Sweden/lower Gulf of Bothnia; Stockholm Archipleago/Sweden/Baltic Sea (Norrko et al. 2011, Marenzellaria spp.; Granberg et al. 2008, M. neglecta); Tvärminne Zoological Station/Finland/Baltic Sea (2014, Kauppi et al. 2018. 59°21?100, 18°15?450);

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Natural Dispersal
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHabitat Change
Aeration of sediments, mitigating hypoxia (Norrko et al. 2011)
 

References

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