Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Queen Anne's Battery marina pontoon, Plymouth, England, (2005, MarLin 2006)
Geographic Extent
Falmouth, Cornwall/England/Celtic Sea (2006, Bishop et al. 2015a; 2010, 2013, Bishop 2015b); Queen Anne's Battery marina pontoon, Plymouth/England,/Celtic Sea (2005, MarLin 2006) http://www.marlin.ac.uk/rml/sightings_verif.php?sp=Botrylloides%20violaceus&spid=703&phy=Chordata); Bishop et al. 2015b); ; Ireland/Killary Fjord (2013, Palanisamy et al. 2018)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Economic Impact | Fisheries | |
| Fouling of cultured mussels by a variety of non-native tunicates was reported beginning in 2013, and was a serious problem by 2016 (Palanisamy et al. 2018). | ||