Species Regional Summary
Hydroides elegans
None ( NWP-2 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

None

Geographic Extent

Hong Kong/China/South China Sea (Wang and Huang 1999; 2009, Sun et al. 2012); 'SW Islands'/Japan/South China Sea (1970s, Iwasaki 2006)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactFisheries
Fouling of aquaculture cages (Wang and Huang 1993)
 
Economic ImpactShipping/Boating
'Structures submerged in eastern Hong Kong waters for several months during winter and spring can be coated by H. elegans with a thickness up to 3.8 cm and wet-weight reaching 12.5 kg m-2 (Wang & Huang 1993).' (Sun et al. 2012).
 

References

Full Reference List for Hydroides elegans

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