Species Regional Summary
Teredo navalis
None ( NEA-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Sea dikes/Netherlands/North Sea (1730, Reise et al. 1999, Wolff 2005). Historical accounts of shipworms before 1700 refer to damage to vessels, possibly due to other species (Wolff 2005). Fossil shipworms from northern Europe appear to be those of other species (Moll 1914, cited by Wolff 2005).

Geographic Extent

Sea dikes/Netherlands/North Sea (1730, Reise et al. 1999, Wolff 2005); Haren/Netherlands/North Sea (Borges 2013); Southampton/England/Southampton Water (Coughlan 1976); Dover, Kent/English Channel (Museum of Comparative Zoology 2007); http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Mollusks/MolluskDetail.cfm); Yersek/Netherlands/North Sea (Museum of Comparative Zoology 2007 http://collections.oeb.harvard.edu/Mollusks/MolluskDetail.cfm); Port of Rotterdam/Netherlands/Rhine-Meuse estuary (Paalvast and van der Velde 2011); Germany/Wadden Sea (Buschbaum et al. 2012); Germany/Elbe Estuary-Helgoland Bight (meso-euhaline, Nehring 2006); Liverpool/England/Irish Sea (Newll 1920, cited by Borges et al. 2014)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactShipping/Boating
Teredo navalis and other shipworms have long posed a threat to wooden boats, ships, and structures in northern European waters (Hoppe 2002; Wolff 2005; Did?iulis 2011).
 
Economic ImpactHealth
Safety, Shoreline Protection- Teredo navalis was first described in 1731, when it caused massive damage to wooden dikes in the Netherlands, destroying 50 km of seawall, resulting in disastrous floods (Hoppe 2002; Wolff 2005; Didžiulis 2011).
 

References

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