Taxonomic GroupNameYearInvasion StatusPopulation StatusVectors
Crustaceans-CrabsAlbunea catherinae1971DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
Crustaceans-BarnaclesAmphibalanus amphitrite1957DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-BarnaclesAmphibalanus reticulatus1965DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Arthropoda-InsectsAnisolabis maritima1968DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Dry Ballast
Mollusks-BivalvesAnomia peruviana2009DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal, Hull Fouling
TunicatesAplidium accarense*2009DefiniteEstablishedNone
BryozoansArbopercula bengalensis2004DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesArcuatula senhousia2002DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Hull Fouling
TunicatesAscidia archaia*1924DefiniteEstablishedNone
TunicatesAscidia sydneiensis1898DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Crustaceans-BarnaclesBalanus trigonus1939DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesBoccardiella ligericaNoneDefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesBranchiomma coheni2002DefiniteEstablishedCanal, Hull Fouling
Cnidarians-AnthozoansCarijoa riisei1935DefiniteEstablishedNone
Crustaceans-CrabsCharybdis hellerii1987DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
AlgaeCodium simulans*1978DefiniteEstablishedDry Ballast
Cnidarians-HydrozoansCordylophora caspia1925DefiniteEstablishedCanal, Hull Fouling
TunicatesDidemnum perlucidum2009DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
TunicatesDidemnum psammatodes2003DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
TunicatesDiplosoma aff. spongiforme2008DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
AlgaeDurusdinium trenchii*2015DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Pet Release
Mollusks-GastropodsEualetes tulipa1986DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesFicopomatus uschakovi2008DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsGammarus tigrinus2004DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesGeukensia demissa1994DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
AlgaeHalimeda opuntia1917DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
ProtozoansHaplosporidium nelsoni*2002DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling, Oyster Accidental
BryozoansHippoporina indica2004DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
AlgaeKappaphycus alvarezii2013DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Intentional
Crustaceans-OstracodsKotoracythere inconspicua*1963DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Dry Ballast, Hull Fouling
ProtozoansLagenophrys cochinensis*2006DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Crustaceans-IsopodsLigia exotica2005DefiniteEstablishedCargo, Dry Ballast, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-IsopodsLimnoria pfefferi1976DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Crustaceans-ShrimpMacrobrachium rosenbergii1980DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Mollusks-GastropodsMelanoides tuberculata1972DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Pet Release
TunicatesMicrocosmus exasperatus1884DefiniteEstablishedNone
AlgaeMonosporus indicus*2013DefiniteEstablishedNone
Mollusks-BivalvesMytilopsis leucophaeata2017DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Mollusks-GastropodsNaria turdus2021DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water
FishesNeopomacentrus cyanomos*2019DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
FishesOmobranchus punctatus1930DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Unknown Vector
EchinodermsOphiactis savignyi Lineage B2002DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
EchinodermsOphiothela mirabilis2013DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
FishesOreochromis mossambicus1985DefiniteEstablishedBiocontrol, Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster), Fisheries Intentional
FishesOreochromis niloticus*1992DefiniteEstablishedNone
Crustaceans-ShrimpPenaeus monodon2005DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Crustaceans-ShrimpPenaeus vannamei1984DefiniteEstablishedFisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Mollusks-BivalvesPerna perna1967DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Dry Ballast, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesPerna viridis1990DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesPseudopolydora cf. kempi2001DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
FishesPterois volitans2008DefiniteEstablishedNatural Dispersal
Crustaceans-CrabsRhithropanopeus harrisii1957DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Mollusks-BivalvesSaccostrea cucullata complex2015DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
BryozoansSinoflustra amoyensis2004DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
BryozoansSinoflustra annae2004DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-IsopodsSphaeroma terebrans1985DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Crustaceans-IsopodsSphaeroma walkeri2004DefiniteEstablishedNone
Annelids-PolychaetesSpirobranchus minutus1964DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-AmphipodsStenothoe gallensis species complex1936DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
TunicatesStyela canopus2002DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Annelids-PolychaetesTimarete punctata sp. A1931DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Cnidarians-AnthozoansTubastraea coccinea1953DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Cnidarians-AnthozoansTubastraea tagusensis2018DefiniteEstablishedHull Fouling
Cnidarians-HydrozoansTurritopsis dohrnii2006DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
AlgaeUlva ohnoi2012DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Hull Fouling
Crustaceans-IsopodsUromunna reynoldsi1974DefiniteEstablishedBallast Water, Canal, Hull Fouling
* = Species summary still under review.