Going global: the introduction of the Asian isopod Ianiropsis serricaudis Gurjanova (Crustacea: Peracarida) to North America and Europe
Hobbs, N.-V.; Lazo-Wasem, E.; Faasse, M.A.; Cordell, J.R.; Chapman, J.W.; Smith, C.S.; Prezant, R.; Shell, R.; Carlton, J.T. (2015). Going global: the introduction of the Asian isopod Ianiropsis serricaudis Gurjanova (Crustacea: Peracarida) to North America and Europe. Aquat. Invasions 10(2): 177-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2015.10.2.06
In: Aquatic Invasions. Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC): Helsinki. ISSN 1798-6540; e-ISSN 1818-5487, more
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| Keywords |
Ianiropsis serricaudis Gurjanova, 1936 [WoRMS]; Isopoda [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
introduced species, marine, Isopoda, Ianiropsis serricaudis, shipping, ballast water, fouling |
| Authors | | Top |
- Hobbs, N.-V.
- Lazo-Wasem, E.
- Faasse, M.A., more
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- Cordell, J.R.
- Chapman, J.W.
- Smith, C.S.
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- Prezant, R.
- Shell, R.
- Carlton, J.T.
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| Abstract |
The Asian isopod Ianiropsis serricaudis is now well established in fouling communities, often associated with introduced ascidians, throughout the Northern Hemisphere but has gone largely unnoticed because of its diminutive size (typically less than 3 mm in length) and the difficulties of identifying small peracarid crustaceans. Known locations include the northeastern Pacific (Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, and Monterey Bay), the northwestern Atlantic (from the Gulf of Maine to Barnegat Bay, NJ), and the northeastern Atlantic (England and the Netherlands). We predict that this species is widespread along North America and European coasts, and may already be introduced to cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere as well. |
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