Species Regional Summary
Hydroides elegans
None ( RS-3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Ismaliya/Egypt/Suez Canal (1895, Ben-Eliah and Ten Hove 2011, orginally identified as H. norvegica)

Geographic Extent

Ismaliya/Egypt/Suez Canal (1895, Ben-Eliahu and Ten Hove 2011, orginally identified as H. norvegica); Egypt/Lake Timsah and Bitter Lakes, Suez Canal (2003, Emara and Belal 2004); Port Taufiq/Egypt/Gulf of Aqaba (Amoureux et al. 1978, cited by Ben-Eliahu and Ten Hove 2011, on barges and floats); Port Taufiq, Suez (Fauvel 1950, cited by Zibrowius 1971)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Canal

Regional Impacts

References

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