Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus amphitrite
None ( NWP-3a )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Kyushu/Japan/East China Sea (1937, Utinomi 1960; Iwasaki 2005)
Apparently a recent invader into Korean waters (1970s, Kim 1992), but possibly native further south in Chinese and Taiwanese waters.

Geographic Extent

Kyushu/Japan/East China Sea (1937, Utinomi 1960; Iwasaki 2005); Pusan to Yosu/South Korea/Korea Straits (Kim 1992; Park et al. 2017); Cheju Island/South Korea/East China Sea (Kim 1992; Park et al. 2017)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

Iwasaki, Keiji (2006) Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks., Shoukadoh Book Sellers,and IUCN, Kyoto and Gland, Switzerland. Pp. 104-112

Kim, I-H. (1992) Invasion of foreign barnacles into Korean waters, Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 8(2): 163-176

Li, Xinzhengl Shenz. Anglv; Xu, zhaou (2008) Report on some shrimos from dontou Island, Zhejiang, China (Decapoda, Natantia, Crustaceana (Leiden) <missing volume>: <missing location>

Lutaenko, Konstantin A.; Furota,Toshio; Nakayama, Satoko; Shin, Kyoungsoon; Xu, Jing (2013) <missing title>, Northwest Pacific Action Plan- Data and Information Network Regional Activity Center, Beijing, China. Pp. <missing location>

Utinomi, Huzio (1960) On the world-wide dispersal of a Hawaiian barnacle, Balanus amphitrite hawaiiensis., Pacific Science 14(1): 43-50


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