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

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Honshu/Japan/Pacific Ocean (1935, Utinomi 1970)

Geographic Extent

Kure/Honshu/Seto Inland Sea (1937, Utinomi 1960); Honshu/Japan/Tokyo Bay and Honshu/Japan/Yokosuka Harbor (1950, Utinomi 1970; Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Honshu/Japan/Ago Bay (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Honshu/Japan/Osaka Bay, Seto Inland Sea (1937, Utinomi 1960)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactCompetition
Amphibalanus amphitrite is a common organism in fouling communities worldwide. In the harbors of Yokohama and Tokyo, A. amphitrite is reported to have largely replaced the native A. reticulatus (Zvyagintsev 2003)
 
Economic ImpactIndustry
Amphibalanus amphitrite is reported to foul 'sluice systems' in Japan (Chavanich et al. 2010).
 

References

Chavanich, S.; Tan, L. T.; Vallejo, B.; Viyakarn, V. (2010) Report on the current status of marine non-indigenous species in the Western Pacific region, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Subcommission for the Western Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. Pp. 1-61

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

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

Utinomi, Huzio (1970) Studies on the Cirripedian Fauna of Japan.IX., Distributional Survey of Thoracic Cirripeds in the Southeastern part of the Japan Sea, Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 17(5): 339-372

Zvyagintsev, A. Yu. (2003) Introduction of species into the Northwestern Sea of Japan and the problem of marine fouling., Russian Journal of Marine Biology 29(Suppl. 1:): 10-21


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