Species Regional Summary
Ciona intestinalis
None ( AR-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? In a harbour in Straumsvík, south-western Iceland (2007, Svavarsson and Dungal 2008, cited by Thorarinsdottir et al. 2014)

Geographic Extent

from floating docks in three small harbours also in the Southwest/Iceland/Atlantic Ocean (Björnsson 2011, cited by Thorarinsdottir et al. 2014); Akranes; Reykjavík; Hafnarfjörður; Keflavík; Sandgerði; Grindavík/Iceland/Atlantic Ocean (Iraola 2019; Ramos-Espla et al. 2020).

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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