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Table 4 Species expanding their distribution into new MSFD areas

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

Higher taxon

Species

From

To

status

pathway

Expansion record(s)

ASC

Perophora multiclathrata (Sluiter, 1904)

WMED

CMED

unk

T-S (fouling)

IT: Lezzi et al., 2018

PHY

Chaetoceros bacteriastroides G.H.H.Karsten, 1907

WMED

ADRIA

est

T-S (ballast)

HR: Čalić, M., et al., 2018

BRY

Parasmittina egyptiaca (Waters, 1909)

EMED

CMED

unk

T-S (fouling)

IT: Ulman et al., 2017

BRY

Watersipora arcuata Banta, 1969

WMED

CMED, EMED

est

T-S (fouling)

ES, IT, MT, TR: Ulman et al., 2017

CHL

Ulva ohnoi M.Hiraoka & S.Shimada, 2004

WMED

CMED, EMED

est

T-S (fouling)

IL: Krupnik et al., 2018 / TN: Miladi et al., 2018

CRU

Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890

EMED, WMED

CMED

est

T-S (fouling)

TN: Fersi et al., 2018

CRU

Stenothoe georgiana Bynum & Fox, 1977

WMED

CMED

est

T-S (fouling)

IT: Ulman et al., 2017

CRU

Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984

WMED

EMED, CMED, ADRIA

est

T-S (ballast)

GR: Dragičević et al., 2019; TR: Terbıyık Kurt & Beşiktepe, 2019 / IT: Zagami et al., 2018 / IT: Vidjak et al., 2019

CRU

Dyspanopeus sayi (Smith, 1869)

CMED

EMED

cas

T-S (ballast)/CON

GR: Ulman et al., 2017

CRU

Anilocra pilchardi Bariche & Trilles, 2006

EMED, CMED

WMED

unk

UNA

TN: Ounifi Ben Amor et al., 2017

CRU

Ianiropsis serricaudis Gurjanova, 1936

ADRIA

WMED

est

T-S (fouling)

IT: Ferrario et al., 2017 / FR: Ulman et al., 2017

FISH

Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley 1941

EMED

CMED

est

UNA

GR: Ketsilis-Rinis & Dimitriou in Chartosia et al., 2018

FISH

Etrumeus golanii Di Battista, Randall & Bowen, 2012

EMED, CMED

WMED

est

UNA

DZ: Kassar & Hemida in Stamouli et al., 2017 / TN: Rafrafi-Nouira et al., 2017 / MA: Tamsouri et al., 2019

FISH

Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)

EMED

CMED

est

UNA

TN: Capapé et al., 2018b

FISH

Pteragogus trispilus Randall, 2013

EMED, CMED

WMED

cas

UNA

TN: Hamed et al., 2018

FISH

Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)

EMED, WMED

CMED

est

UNA

IT: Azzurro et al., 2017 / GR: Mitsou & Maximiadi in Yokeş et al., 2018 / LY: Al Mabruk & Rizgalla, 2019

FISH

Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

EMED

CMED

est

UNA

IT: Langeneck et al., 2017

FISH

Synchiropus sechellensis Regan, 1908

GR: EMED

CMED

unk

UNA

GR: Teneketzis & Christidis in Yokeş et al., 2018

MOL

Dendostrea cf folium (Linnaeus, 1758)

EMED

ADRIA

est

T-S (fouling)

AL: Xharahi et al. in Gerovasileiou et al., 2017

MOL

Fulvia fragilis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

EMED, CMED, WMED

ADRIA

est

T-S/UNA

AL: Xharahi et al. in Gerovasileiou et al., 2017 / ME: Gvozdenović et al., 2019

MOL

Malleus regula (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)

EMED

CMED

est

T-S (fouling)

IT: Prato & Rubino in Kousteni et al., 2019

MOL

Sepioteuthis lessoniana Férussac [in Lesson], 1831

EMED, CMED

ADRIA

est

UNA

ME: Dragičević et al. in Stern et al., 2019

MOL

Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938)

EMED, CMED, WMED

ADRIA

est

UNA

HR: Petani & Crocetta in Kousteni et al., 2019

MOL

Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)

EMED, CMED

ADRIA

unk

T-S/UNA

AL: Xharahi et al. in Gerovasileiou et al., 2017

MOL

Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

EMED, WMED

CMED

cas?

T-S (fouling)/UNA

LY: Rizgalla et al., 2019

MOL

Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927)

WMED, ADRIA

CMED

est

T-S/CON

IT: Furfaro et al., 2018

MOL

Haminoea cyanomarginata Heller & Thompson, 1983

EMED, CMED, WMED

ADRIA

unk

T-S/UNA

HR: Dragicevic et al. in Chartosia et al., 2018

PLAT

Allolepidapedon fistulariae Yamaguti, 1940

EMED, WMED

CMED

unk

UNA

LY: Salem, 2017

PLAT

Glyphidohaptor plectocirra (Paperna, 1972) Kritsky, Galli & Yang, 2007

EMED

CMED

unk

UNA

LY: Abdelnor et al., 2019

PLAT

Maritigrella fuscopunctata (Prudhoe, 1978)

CMED

EMED

unk

T-S/UNA

IL: Velasquez et al., 2018

POL

Chaetozone corona Berkeley & Berkeley, 1941

EMED, CMED

ADRIA, WMED

est

T-S (ballast)

IT (ADRIA): Munari et al., 2017; Grossi et al., 2017 / IT (WMED): Munari et al., 2017

POL

Desdemona ornata Banse, 1957

EMED, ADRIA, WMED

CMED

unk

T-S/CON

TN: Boudaya et al., 2019

POL

Dorvillea similis (Crossland, 1924)

EMED

WMED

est

T-S (fouling)/UNA

IT: Langeneck & Tempesti in Dragicevic et al., 2019

POL

Hydroides brachyacantha Rioja, 1941

EMED

WMED

unk

T-S (fouling)

ES: Ulman et al., 2017

POL

Palola valida (Gravier, 1900)

EMED

ADRIA

unk

T-S (fouling)

ME: Spagnolo et al., 2019

RHO

Chondria curvilineata F.S.Collins & Hervey, 1917

EMED, WMED

CMED

est

T-S

IT: Alongi in Gerovasileiou et al., 2017

  1. The pathway column refers to the most likely pathway of secondary spread. Taxonomic group and Pathway abbreviations as in Table 2