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Non Indigenous Species (NIS) of Madeira                     

 

Taxa                                                                                        Source

 

Porifera (3)

      Mycale (Carmia) senegalensis                                          Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Paraleucilla magna                                                           Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Prosuberites cf. longispinus                                              Ramalhosa et al. 2019

 

Cnidaria (1)

      Aiptasia diaphana                                                              Peter Wirtz, Univ Algarve; Canning-Clode et al 2013     

 

Bryozoa (13)

      Amanthia verticillata                                                          Wirtz and Canning-Clode 2009

      Bugula neritina                                                                   Norman, 1909

      Bugula neritina (P. Santo)                                                 Ramalhosa et al. 2017

      Bugulina simplex                                                                Ramalhosa et al. 2017

      Bugulina stolonifera                                                           Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Celleporaria inaudita                                                         Canning-Clode et al. 2013; Souto et al. 2018

      Cradoscrupocellaria bertholletii                                        Canning-Clode et al. 2013 

      Parasmittina alba                                                               Souto et al. 2018

      Parasmittina multiaviculata                                              Souto et al. 2018

      Parasmittina protecta                                                        Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Schizoporella pungens                                                       Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Tricellaria inopinata                                                           Ramalhosa et al. 2019

      Virididentula dentata                                                         Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Virididentula dentata (P. Santo)                                        Norman, 1909

      Watersipora subtorquata                                                  Canning-Clode et al. 2013

     

      

Crustacea (3)

                 Amphipoda

                 Caprella scaura                                                                     Ramalhosa P. and Canning Clode J. 2015

                 Cirripedia

      Balanus trigonus                                                                Carlton, 2011

      Isopods

      Paracerceis sculpta                                                            Ramalhosa et al. 2017

      Sphaeroma walkeri                                                            Ramalhosa et al. 2017

 

Annelida (1)

                 Sabellida

                 Branchiomma bairdi                                                          Ramalhosa et al. 2014

 

Chordata (9)

                 Ascidiacea

      Aplidium glabrum                                                               Ramalhosa et al. 2019

      Botrylloides niger                                                                Ramalhosa et al. 2019

      Botryllus schlosseri                                                             Canning-Clode et al. 2008

      Clavelina lepadiformis                                                        Wirtz, 1998

      Distaplia corolla                                                                  Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Distaplia magnilarva                                                          Ramalhosa et al. 2019

      Microcosmus squamiger                                                    Turon et al. 2007; Canning-Clode et al. 2013

      Polyandrocarpa zorritensis                                                Ramalhosa et al. 2019

      Styela canapus                                                                    Canning-Clode et al. 2013

 

 

 

References

Ramalhosa, P., Gestoso, I., Duarte, B., Caçador, I., & Canning-Clode, J. (2019). Metal pollution affects both native and non-indigenous biofouling recruitment in a subtropical island system. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 141, 373-386 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.02.072 [Link]

Souto, J., Ramalhosa, P. & Canning-Clode, J. (2018). Three non-indigenous species from Madeira harbors, including a new species of Parasmittina (Bryozoa). Marine Biodiversity Volume 478, Issue 2 pp 977-986. doi:10.1007/s12526-016-0592-0 [Link]

Ramalhosa P., Nebra A., Gestoso I. and Canning-Clode J. (2017). First record of the non-indigenous isopods Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904) and Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing, 1905 (Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) for Madeira Island. Crustaceana, 90, 1747-1764 doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003727 [Link]

Ramalhosa P, Souto J, Canning-Clode J, (2017). Diversity of Bugulidae (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) colonizing artificial substrates in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic Ocean) Helgoland Marine Research, 71:1 p.1-20 (DOI:10.1186/s10152-016-0465-8) [Link]

Ramalhosa P, & Canning-Clode J, (2015) The invasive caprellid Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) arrives to Madeira Island, Portugal. BioInvasions Records Volume 4, Issue 2: 97-102 [Link]

Ramalhosa P, Camacho-Cruz K, Bastida-Zavala R, Canning-Clode J, (2014) First record of Branchiomma bairdi McIntosh, 1885 (Annelida: Sabellidae) from Madeira Island, Portugal (northeastern Atlantic Ocean) BioInvasions Records Volume 3, Issue 4: 235-239 http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2014.3.4.04 [Link]

Canning-Clode J, Fofonoff P, McCann L, Carlton JT, Ruiz GM (2013). Marine invasions on a subtropical island: fouling studies and new records in a recent marina on Madeira Island (Eastern Atlantic Ocean). Aquatic Invasions. 01/2013; 8(3):261-270. [Link]

Carlton, J.T., Newman, W.A., Pitombo, F.B., 2011. Barnacle invasions: introduced, cryptogenic, and range expanding Cirripedia of North and South America. In the wrong place-alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology and impacts, Springer, pp. 159–213. [Link]

Wirtz P, Canning-Clode J (2009). The invasive bryozoan Zoobotryon verticillatum has arrived at Madeira Island. Aquatic Invasions 4 (4): 669-670. [Link]

 

Turon, X., T. Nishikawa, and M. Rius. 2007. Spread of Microcosmus squamiger (Ascidiacea: Pyuridae) in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent waters. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 342:185-188 [Link]

Norman, A.M., 1909. The Polyzoa of Madeira and neighbouring islands. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 30, 275–314. [Link]

 

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