Species Regional Summary
Mytilopsis leucophaeata
None ( MED-IX )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Ukraine/Dneister Liman (Black Sea) (Identified through molecular methods; date of actual introduction unknown, Therriault et al. 2004; Zhulidov et al. 2015; Zhulidov et al. 2018)

Geographic Extent

Ukraine/Dneister Liman (Black Sea) (Identified through molecular methods; date of actual introduction unknown, Therriault et al. 2004; Zhulidov et al. 2018); Ukraine/Dnieper-Bug Liman (2003, Zhulidov et al. 2018); Ukraine/southern Bug Lagoon (2009, Heiler et al. 2010; Zhulidov et al. 2015); Russia/Tuapse River bay of the Black Sea (Zhulidov et al. 2018, 44.086389; 39.078611); * locations, Ukraine-Russia-Turkey/Black Sea and adjacent lagoons (Zhulidov et al. 2021)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Canal

Regional Impacts

References

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