Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus amphitrite
None ( NWP-4a )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Maizuru, Honshu/Japan/Wakasa Bay, Sea of Japan (1937, Utinomi 1960)
Apparently a recent invader into Korean waters (1970s, Kim 1992) and in Russian waters ("confined to ships and hydrotechnical structures", Zvyagintsev and Korn 2003).

Geographic Extent

Quingdao/China/Yellow Sea (1951, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); South Korea/Yellow Sea (Park et al. 2017; Kim et al. 2020); Sokcho to Ulsan/South Korea/Sea of Japan (Kim 1992; Park et al. 2017); Japan/Sea of Japan (1963, Iwasaki et al. 2005); Vladivostok/Russia/Goldon Horn Bay (1975, Zvyagintsev and Korn 2003; Zvysgintsev et al. 2011, only settling in warm years)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Probable Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

Henry, Dora P.; McLaughlin, Patsy A. (1975) The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica)., Zoologische Verhandelingen 141: 1-203

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 (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

Zvyaginstev, A. Yu.; Radashevsky, V. I.; Ivin, V. V.; Kashin, I. A.; Gorodkov, A. N. (2011) Nonindigenous species in the far-eastern seas of Russia, Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 2(1): 164-182

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

Zvyagintsev, A. Yu.; Korn, O. M. (2003) Life history of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin and its role in fouling communities of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan., Russian Journal of Marine Biology 29(1): 41-48.


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