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Verlaque, M.; Ruitton, S.; Mineur, F.; Boudouresque, C.-F. (2007). CIESM Atlas of Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea. Rapport de la Commission de l'Exploration de la mer Méditerranée, Monaco. 38.
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Verlaque, M.; Ruitton, S.; Mineur, F.; Boudouresque, C.-F.
2007
CIESM Atlas of Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea
Rapport de la Commission de l'Exploration de la mer Méditerranée, Monaco
38
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The CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species covers the marine macrophytes. A total of 110 species (22 Chromobionta, 71 Rhodobionta, 16 Chlorobionta and 1 Magnoliophyta) are listed. Several other exotic species only known on the NE Atlantic coast are listed in the Annex. The kinetics of species introduction into the Mediterranean Sea is exponential since the late 19th century. As far as the number of introduced macrophytes is concerned, the main donor area is the Indo-Pacific region, and the main vectors of introduction are the shellfish aquaculture, followed by the ship traffic and the Suez Canal. Diagnostic features, biological information, references and a distribution map are given for each species.
Invasions, introduction of alien species
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Acrothrix gracilis Kylin, 1907 (additional source)
Agardhiella subulata (C.Agardh) Kraft & M.J.Wynne, 1979 (additional source)
Aglaothamnion feldmanniae Halos, 1965 (additional source)
Antithamnion nipponicum Yamada & Inagaki, 1935 (additional source)
Antithamnionella elegans (Berthold) J.H.Price & D.M.John, 1986 (additional source)
Antithamnionella spirographidis (Schiffner) E.M.Wollaston, 1968 (additional source)
Antithamnionella ternifolia (Hooker f. & Harvey) Lyle, 1922 (additional source)
Asparagopsis armata Harvey, 1855 (additional source)
Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845 (additional source)
Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot, 1891 (additional source)
Caulerpa taxifolia (M.Vahl) C.Agardh, 1817 (additional source)
Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Falkenberg, 1901 accepted as Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Sauvageau, 1897 (additional source)
Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse, 1797 (additional source)
Chrysymenia wrightii (Harvey) Yamada, 1932 accepted as Botryocladia wrightii (Harvey) W.E.Schmidt, D.L.Ballantine & Fredericq, 2017 (additional source)
Cladosiphon zosterae (J.Agardh) Kylin, 1940 (additional source)
Codium fragile subsp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889 (additional source)
Desmarestia viridis (O.F.Müller) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 (additional source)
Fucus spiralis Linnaeus, 1753 (additional source)
Goniotrichopsis sublittoralis G.M.Smith, 1943 (additional source)
Grateloupia subpectinata Holmes, 1912 (additional source)
Grateloupia turuturu Yamada, 1941 (additional source)
Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Trevisan, 1845 (additional source)
Halothrix lumbricalis (Kützing) Reinke, 1888 (additional source)
Leathesia difformis Areschoug, 1847 accepted as Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne, 1842 (additional source)
Lomentaria hakodatensis Yendo, 1920 (additional source)
Neosiphonia harveyi (Bailey) M.-S.Kim, H.-G.Choi, Guiry & G.W.Saunders, 2001 accepted as Melanothamnus harveyi (Bailey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs, 2017 (additional source)
Pleonosporium caribaeum (Børgesen) R.E.Norris, 1985 accepted as Spongoclonium caribaeum (Børgesen) M.J.Wynne, 2005 (additional source)
Polysiphonia atlantica Kapraun & J.N.Norris, 1982 (additional source)
Polysiphonia fucoides (Hudson) Greville, 1824 accepted as Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze, 1891 (additional source)
Porphyra yezoensis Ueda, 1932 accepted as Pyropia yezoensis (Ueda) M.S.Hwang & H.G.Choi, 2011 (additional source)
Punctaria tenuissima (C.Agardh) Greville, 1830 (additional source)
Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, 1872 (additional source)
Rhodophysema georgei Batters, 1900 (additional source)
Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt, 1955 (additional source)
Scytosiphon dotyi M.J.Wynne, 1969 (additional source)
Solieria filiformis (Kützing) P.W.Gabrielson, 1985 (additional source)
Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 (additional source)
Ulvaria obscura (Kützing) P.Gayral ex C.Bliding, 1969 (additional source)
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 (additional source)
Agardhiella subulata (C.Agardh) Kraft & M.J.Wynne, 1979 (additional source)
Aglaothamnion feldmanniae Halos, 1965 (additional source)
Antithamnion nipponicum Yamada & Inagaki, 1935 (additional source)
Antithamnionella elegans (Berthold) J.H.Price & D.M.John, 1986 (additional source)
Antithamnionella spirographidis (Schiffner) E.M.Wollaston, 1968 (additional source)
Antithamnionella ternifolia (Hooker f. & Harvey) Lyle, 1922 (additional source)
Asparagopsis armata Harvey, 1855 (additional source)
Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845 (additional source)
Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot, 1891 (additional source)
Caulerpa taxifolia (M.Vahl) C.Agardh, 1817 (additional source)
Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Falkenberg, 1901 accepted as Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Sauvageau, 1897 (additional source)
Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse, 1797 (additional source)
Chrysymenia wrightii (Harvey) Yamada, 1932 accepted as Botryocladia wrightii (Harvey) W.E.Schmidt, D.L.Ballantine & Fredericq, 2017 (additional source)
Cladosiphon zosterae (J.Agardh) Kylin, 1940 (additional source)
Codium fragile subsp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889 (additional source)
Desmarestia viridis (O.F.Müller) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 (additional source)
Fucus spiralis Linnaeus, 1753 (additional source)
Goniotrichopsis sublittoralis G.M.Smith, 1943 (additional source)
Grateloupia subpectinata Holmes, 1912 (additional source)
Grateloupia turuturu Yamada, 1941 (additional source)
Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Trevisan, 1845 (additional source)
Halothrix lumbricalis (Kützing) Reinke, 1888 (additional source)
Leathesia difformis Areschoug, 1847 accepted as Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne, 1842 (additional source)
Lomentaria hakodatensis Yendo, 1920 (additional source)
Neosiphonia harveyi (Bailey) M.-S.Kim, H.-G.Choi, Guiry & G.W.Saunders, 2001 accepted as Melanothamnus harveyi (Bailey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs, 2017 (additional source)
Pleonosporium caribaeum (Børgesen) R.E.Norris, 1985 accepted as Spongoclonium caribaeum (Børgesen) M.J.Wynne, 2005 (additional source)
Polysiphonia atlantica Kapraun & J.N.Norris, 1982 (additional source)
Polysiphonia fucoides (Hudson) Greville, 1824 accepted as Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze, 1891 (additional source)
Porphyra yezoensis Ueda, 1932 accepted as Pyropia yezoensis (Ueda) M.S.Hwang & H.G.Choi, 2011 (additional source)
Punctaria tenuissima (C.Agardh) Greville, 1830 (additional source)
Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, 1872 (additional source)
Rhodophysema georgei Batters, 1900 (additional source)
Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt, 1955 (additional source)
Scytosiphon dotyi M.J.Wynne, 1969 (additional source)
Solieria filiformis (Kützing) P.W.Gabrielson, 1985 (additional source)
Ulva fasciata Delile, 1813 accepted as Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753 (additional source)
Ulvaria obscura (Kützing) P.Gayral ex C.Bliding, 1969 (additional source)
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 (additional source)