Species Regional Summary
Ciona robusta
None ( MED-VII )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Italy/Adriatic Sea (Heller 1875, as C. intestinalis, cited by Hoshino and Nishikawa 1985)

Geographic Extent

Italy/Croatia/Adriatic Sea (Dybern 1965); Adriatic Sea (Koukouras et al. 1995); Natural & artificial rocky shores & rocky marinas/Italy-Croatia/Adriatic Sea (Airoldi et al. 2015); Italy/Croatia/Adriatic Sea (Dybern 1965); Adriatic Sea (Koukouras et al. 1995); Natural & artificial rocky shores & rocky marinas/Italy-Croatia/Adriatic Sea (Airoldi et al. 2015); Venice/Italy/Lagoon of Venice (Caputi et al. 2007; 2011, Brunetti et al. 2015, molecular ID)

Vectors

Level Vector

Regional Impacts

References

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