Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Germany/Darss-Zingst Bodden (Essink 1997) Some of these records may refer to M. neglecta (Sikorski and Bick 2004; Bastrop and Blank 2006)
Geographic Extent
Germany/Darss-Zingst Bodden (Essink 1997); Germany/Oderhaff (Oder River mouth); Germany/Pomeranian Bay; Denmark/Køge Bugt-Stege Bugt, Oresund (Delefosse et al. 2012)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| A moderate level of community impacts (Zaiko et al. 2011). | ||
| Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
| Some habitat impacts (Zaiko et al. 2011). | ||