Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record?: off Poel Island/Germany/Mecklenberg Bay (1999, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015, USNM 1020482, Radashevsky 2005, 54°01.4´ N, 11°29´ E)
Geographic Extent
off Poel Island/Germany/Mecklenberg Bay (1999, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2015, USNM 1020482, Radashevsky 2005, 54°01.4´ N, 11°29´ E)
Vectors
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Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| Polydora cornuta was identified as a a strong pollution indicator species in the Kiel Bay area, becoming dominant in regions receiving heavy inputs of organic pollution (Anger 1977). | ||