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Table 2 New NIS reported in the 2017-19 period. In bold established NIS

From: Mediterranean non indigenous species at the start of the 2020s: recent changes

Higher taxon

Species name

Year of 1st Introduction

Country of 1st introduction

Establishment success

Potential Pathway

Source

ASC

Ascidia aff. curvata (Traustedt, 1882)

2014-15

IL

cas

UNK

Gewing and Shenkar 2017

ASC

Botrylloides diegensis Ritter and Forsyth, 1927

unk

unk

est

UNK

Viard et al. 2019

BRY

Calyptotheca alexandriensis Abdel-salam et al. 2017

2015

EG

est

COR

Abdelsalam et al. 2017

CHL

Codium pulvinatum M.J.Wynne & R.Hoffman

2014

IL

est

COR

Hoffman et al. 2017

CHL

Avrainvillea amadelpha (Montagne) A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp

2012

LY

est

T-S

Verlaque et al. 2017

CHL

Ulva tepida Masakiyo & S.Shimada, 2014

2002

IL

unk

T-S/COR

Krupnic et al., 2018

CHL

Ulva chaugulii M.G.Kavale & M.A.Kazi

2015-16

IL

unk

T-S/COR

Krupnic et al., 2018

CNI

Cotylorhiza erythraea Stiasny, 1920

2003

IL

est

COR

Galil et al. 2017a

CNI

Chrysaora cf. achlyos Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo and Bloom, 1997

2018

GR

unk

T-S

Langeneck et al. 2019

CRU

Stenothoe georgiana Bynum & Fox, 1977

2010

ES

est

CON

Fernandez-Gonzalez and Sanchez-Jerez 2017

CRU

Hatschekia siganicola El-Rashidy & Boxshall, 2011

2016

LY

unk

CON

Abdelnor et al. 2019

CRU

Arcania brevifrons Chen, 1989

2016

IL

est

COR

Galil et al. 2017b

CRU

Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860)

2017

EG

cas

COR

Abdelsalam 2018

CRU

Panulirus longipes longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)

2018

IL

cas

ESC

Spanier and Friedmann 2019

CRU

Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913)

2013

TR

est

T-S

Terbıyık Kurt 2018

CRU

Aoroides longimerus Ren & Zheng, 1996

2015

FR

unk

T-S

Ulman et al. 2017

CRU

Cymodoce fuscina Schotte & Kensley, 2005

2002

LB

est

T-S

Castelló et al. 2020

CRU

Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862)

2016

EG

est

T-S

Khafage and Taha 2019

CRU

Laticorophium baconi (Shoemaker, 1934)

2018

ES

unk

T-S

Gouillieux and Sauriau 2019

CRU

Pleopis schmackeri (Poppe, 1889)

2012

TR

est

UNK

Terbıyık Kurt and Polat 2017

CRU

Pseudodiaptomus trihamatus Wright S., 1937

2014

EG

est

UNK

Eltohamy et al. 2017

ECH

Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913

2017

TR

cas

COR

Aydin et al. 2019

FISH

Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803

2016

IL

est

COR

Stern et al. 2017

FISH

Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988

2016

TR

cas

COR

Gürlek et al. 2017

FISH

Bathygobius cyclopterus (Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837)

2017

EG

cas

COR

Akel In Stamouli et al. 2017

FISH

Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)

2017

GR

cas

COR

Giovos et al. 2018

FISH

Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus Fricke et al. 2017

2017

IL

cas

COR

Fricke et al. 2017

FISH

Caesio varilineata Carpenter, 1987

2018

EG

est

COR

Bos and Ogwang 2018

FISH

Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846)

2018

IL

cas

COR

Golani 2019/Alshawy et al. 2019a

FISH

Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775

2015

IT

cas

ESC

Tiralongo et al. 2018

FISH

Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)

2017

GR

cas

ESC

Giovos et al. 2018

FISH

Chrysiptera hemicyanea (Weber, 1913)

2017

MT

cas

ESC

Deidun et al. 2018

FISH

Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

2018

CY

cas

ESC

Bariche et al. 2018

FISH

Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775)

2018

CY

cas

ESC

Huseyinoglu & Jimenez, in Kousteni et al. 2019

FISH

Bodianus speciosus (Bowdich, 1825)

2018

TR

cas

ESC

Filiz et al. 2019

FISH

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801)

2019

LB

cas

ESC/COR

Badreddine and Bitar 2019

FISH

Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951

2017

MT

cas

T-S

Deidun et al. 2017

FISH

Diplogrammus randalli Fricke, 1983

2016

TR

cas

T-S/COR

Seyhan et al. 2017

FISH

Dipterygonotus balteatus (Valenciennes, 1830)

2017

LB

cas

T-S/COR

Bariche and Fricke 2018

FISH

Apogon atradorsatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903

2019

SY

cas

T-S/COR

Alshawy et al. 2019b

FISH

Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938

2014

TR

cas

UNK

Çiftçi et al. 2017

FISH

Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson, 1997

2017

IT

cas

UNK

Insacco and Zava 2017

MAM

Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829)

2016

TR

unk

UNK

Ozbilgin et al. 2018

MOL

Crithe cossinea T. Cossignani, 1997

2014

TR

cas

COR

Aslan and Ovalis 2017

MOL

Viriola sp.[cf. bayani] Jousseaume, 1884

2016

GR

est

COR

Micali et al. 2017

MOL

Rugalucina vietnamica (Zorina, 1978)

2016

IL

cas

COR

Steger et al. 2018

MOL

Alveinus miliaceus (Issel, 1869)

2016

IL

est

COR

Steger et al. 2018

MOL

Gari pallida (Deshayes, 1855)

2017

IL

cas

COR

Lubinevsky et al. 2018

MOL

Gregariella cf. ehrenbergi (Issel, 1869)

2014

EG

est

T-S

Steger et al. 2018

MOL

Euthymella colzumensis (Jousseaume, 1898)

2017

GR

unk

T-S/COR

Angelidis and Polyzoulis 2018

MOL

Phidiana militaris (Alder & Hancock, 1864)

2016

IL

cas

UNK

Rothman et al. 2017

MOL

Varicopeza pauxilla (A. Adams, 1855)

2016

TR

est

UNK

Öztürk et al. 2017

PAN

Achelia sawayai s.l. Marcus, 1940

2016

IT, MT

est

T-S

Ulman et al. 2017

PHY

Chaetoceros pseudosymmetricus Nielsen, 1931

2015

HR

unk

UNK

Čalić et al. 2018

PLAT

Pseudempleurosoma sp Yamaguti, 1965

2012

TN

un

CON

Boussellaa et al. 2018

PLAT

Aponurus sigani Abdel Aal, Banaja & Al-Zanbagi, 1984

2016

LY

unk

CON

Abdelnor et al. 2019

PLAT

Pseudoceros duplicinctus Prudhoe, 1989

2015

IL

unk

UNK

Velasquez et al. 2018

PLAT

Pseudobiceros stellae Newman & Cannon, 1994

2016

IL

unk

UNK

Velasquez et al. 2018

POL

Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940

2014

FR

cas

CON

Radashevsky et al. 2019

POL

Iphione muricata (Lamarck, 1818)

2015

IL

est

COR

Goren et al. 2017

POL

Caulleriella viridis (Langerhans, 1881)

2006

GR

que

T-S

Maidanou et al. 2017

RHO

Aglaothamnion hallia (Collins) Aponte, D.L. Ballantine & J.N. Norris

2016

IT

cas

CON

Wolf et al. 2018

RHO

Melanothamnus japonicus (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Magg

2016

IT

est

CON

Wolf et al. 2018

RHO

Kapraunia schneideri (Stuercke & Freshwater) A.M.Savoie & G.W.Saunders

2016

IT

est

T-S

Wolf et al. 2018

TRA

Halophila decipiens Ostenfeld

2018

GR

est

T-S

Gerakaris et al. 2020

  1. Taxonomic group abbreviations: ASC Ascidiacea, BRY Bryozoa, CHL Chlorophyta, CNI Cnidaria, CRU Crustacea, ECH Echinodermata, FISH Fishes, MAM Mammals, MOL Mollusca, PAN Pantopoda, PHY Phytoplankton, PLAT Platyelminthes, POL Polychaeta, RHO Rhodophyta, TRA Tracheophyta. The Pathway column indicates the most likely primary pathway of Introduction: CON TRANSPORT- CONTAMINANT, COR CORRIDOR, ESC ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT, T-S TRANSPORT- STOWAWAY, UNK Unknown. Country codes follow the internationally accepted two-letter codes for countries https://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/ctycodes.htm)