Species Regional Summary
Ciona robusta
None ( MED-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Provence/France/Mediterranean (Roule 1884, cited by Hoshino and Nishikawa 1985)

Geographic Extent

Provence/France/Mediterranean (Roule 1884, as C. intestinalis, cited by Hoshino and Nishikawa 1985); Spain-France-Italy/Western Mediterranean (Dybern 1965); Blanes/Spain/Mediterranean Sea (Zhan et al. 2010); Alicante/Spain/Mediterranean Sea (Caputi et al. 2007. molecular ID); Banyuls-sur-Mer/France/Mediterranean Sea (Nydam and Harrison 2007; Zhan et al. 2010)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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