Species Regional Summary
Codium fragile ssp. Fragile
None ( MED-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Pyrenees Orientale Department/France/Mediterranean Sea (1950, Verlaque 1994)

Geographic Extent

Castellon de la Plana/Spain/Mediterranean Sea (1987, Ribera and Boudouresque 1995); Tossa di Mar (Ballesteros, E. (1981). Contribució al coneixement algològic de la Mediterrània Espanyola: algues bentòniques i litorales de Tossa de Mar (Girona). Butll. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat. 46 (Sec. Bot. 4): 55-73, 1 fig); Catalonia/Spain/Mediterranean Sea (Gómez, A., Ribera, M.A. & Romero, J. (1981). Addicións a la Flora Algològica del Principat de Catalunya. Butll. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat. 46 (Sec. Bot., 4): 75-78.); Valencia/Spain/Mediterranean Sea (Barcelo, M.C. & Seoane, J.A. (1982). Aportació al coneixement de les algues marines de les costes del País Valencià. Collectanea Botanica 13(2): 767-775.); Cadaques, Girona/Spain/Mediterranean Sea (1954, Provan et al. 2007); Pyrenees Orientale Department/France/Mediterranean Sea (1950, Verlaque 1994); Marseilles/France/Mediterranean Sea (1970, Ribera and Boudouresque 1995); Algiers/Algeria/Mediterranean Sea (1990); Balearic Islands/Spain/Mediterranean Sea (1984, Pericás, J.J. (1984). De flora marina Baleàrica. I.. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Balears 28:); El-Kala National Park/Algeria/Mediterranean Sea (Belbacha et al. 2007, citred by Cherif et al. 2016; Grimes et al. 2018)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactFisheries
Codium fragile has fouled ropes used in oyster culture in the Thau Lagoon (Boudouresque 1994).
 
Economic ImpactAesthetic
In the 1960s, heavy depositions of Codium fragile on the shore near Marseille required removal with heavy equipment (Boudouresque 1994).
 

References

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