Distribution of the invasive bryozoan Schizoporella japonica in Great Britain and Ireland and a review of its European distribution.

ABSTRACT: The bryozoan Schizoporella japonica Ortmann (1890) was first recorded in European waters in 2010 and has since been reported from further locations in Great Britain (GB) and Norway. This paper provides a new earliest European record for the species from 2009, a first record from Ireland and presence and absence records from a total of 231 marinas and harbours across GB, Ireland, the Isle of Man, France and Portugal. This species is typically associated with human activity, including commercial and recreational vessels, aquaculture equipment, and both wave and tidal energy devices. It has also been observed in the natural environment, fouling rocks and boulders. The species has an extensive but widely discontinuous distribution in GB and Ireland. Although found frequently in marinas

SUBMITTER: Loxton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5529492 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature