Species Regional Summary
Hydroides dianthus
None ( MED-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Naples/Italy/Bay of Naples (1888, Zibrowius 1994)

Geographic Extent

Orbetello/Italy/Lagoon of Orbetello (Bianchi and Morri 2002); Naples/Italy/Bay of Naples (1888, Zibrowius 1994); Touristic port, Rome,Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (2015, Sun et al. 2017, 41°44?14.9?N 12°14?58.6?E); (Olbia-Tempio, Sardinia/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (2010, Sun et al. 2017, 40°54?46.7?N, 9°32?31.4?E); Tunis/Tunisia/Lake of Tunis (1969, USNM 40078, US National Museum of Natural History 2010)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHabitat Change
Construction of reefs
 

References

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