Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? France-Spain/Bay of Biscay (South and Tittley 1986); Spain-Portugal/Atlantic Ocean (South and Tittley 1986) Probably introduced much earlier

Geographic Extent

France-Spain/Bay of Biscay (South and Tittley 1986); Spain-Portugal/Atlantic Ocean (South and Tittley 1986; Atlantic Ocean (Peña et al. 2014, maerl beds); Portugal/Atlantic Ocean (2003, Chainho et al. 2015) Gorostiaga, J.M., Santolaria, A., Secilla, A., Casares, C. & Díez, I. (2004). Check-list of the Basque coast benthic algae (North of Spain). Anales Jardín Botánico de Madrid 61(2): 155-180. Veiga, A.J., Cremades, J. & Bärbara, I. (1998). A catalogue of the marine benthic algae of the Sisargas Islands (N.W. Iberian Peninsula, Spain). Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal Suppl. no. 5: 481-493.