Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus amphitrite
None ( MED-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

[Note- Southward (1998) disputes the introduced status of A. amphitrite in the Mediterranean, citing his identification of this barnacle in an excavation of a 2000 year-old Carthaginian naval base in Tunis.]

Geographic Extent

W & NW Mediterranean Sea (Medifauna Database, http://nephi.unice.fr/Medifaune/HTM/art/ESP/F/f5095.htm); Italy/Ligurian Sea (Koukouras and Matsa 1998); (Tamburri et al. 2023)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Oyster Accidental

Regional Impacts

References

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