Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? Alexandrian coast/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Broch 1935, the oldest cited by Koukouras and Matsa 1998) [Note- Southward (1998) disputes the introduced status of B. 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
off Kirlangic Point/Turkey/Levantine Sea (Cinar et al. 2017); Alexandrian coast/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Broch 1935, cited by Koukouras and Matsa 1998); Alexandria/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Suez/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Haifa/Israel/Mediterranean Sea (Shkedy et al. 1995); Suez/Egypt/Lake Timsah/Suez Canal (Shalla 1995)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
References
Henricksen, Summer; Bollens, Stephen M. (2021) Abundance and growth of the invasive Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the lower Columbia River, USA, Aquatic Invasions 17: In pressHenry, Dora P.; McLaughlin, Patsy A. (1975) The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica)., Zoologische Verhandelingen 141: 1-203
Kocak, F. ; Kucuksezgin, F. (2000) Sessile fouling organisms and environmental parameters in the marinas of the Turkish Aegean coast., Indian Journal of Marine Science 29: 149-157
Ramadan, Sh. E.; Kheirallah, A. M.; Abdel-salam, Kh. M. (2006) Marine fouling community in the Eastern harbour of Alexandria, Egypt compared with four decades of previous studies, Mediterranean Marine Science 7/2: 19-29
Shalla, Salma H. A.; Ghobashy, Abdul F. A.; Hartnoll, Richard G. (1995) Studies on the biology of Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854 (Cirripedia) from Lake Timsah in the Suez Canal, Crustaceana 68(4): 503-517
Shkedy, Yehoshua; Safriel, Uriel; Tamar, Keasar (1995) Life-history of Balanus amphitrite and Chthamalus stellatus recruited to settlement panels in the Mediterranean coast of Israel., Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 147-161
Zullo, Victor A.; Beach, Dea B.; Carlton, James T. (1972) New barnacle records (Cirripedia, Thoracica), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39(6): 65-74