Invasion
Invasion Description
Naples/Italy/Bay of Naples (1871, Innocenti et al. 2006)
[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
Naples/Italy/Bay of Naples (1871, Innocenti et al. 2006); Palermo, Sicily/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (Koukouras and Matsa 1998); Meloria/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1969, Innocenti et al. 2006); Elba Island/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (date unknown, Innocenti et al. 2006); Porto Santo Stefano/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1991, Innocenti et al. 2006); Isola Maddalena/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1872, Innocenti et al. 2006); Stromboli/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1872, Innocenti et al. 2006)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
References
Innocenti, G. (2006) Collections of the Natural History Museum, Zoological Section «la Specola» of the University of Florence. XXIII. Crustacea, class Maxillopoda, subclass Thecostraca, infraclass Cirripedia, Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, series B. 113: 1-11Koukouras, Anathasios; Matsa, Athanasia (1998) The thoracican cirriped fauna of the Aegean Sea: New information, checklist of the Mediterranean species, faunal comparisons., Senckenbergiana Maritima 28(4/6): 133-142
Southward, A. J. (1998) New observations on barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia) of the Azores regions., Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 16A: 11-27