Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Sicily/Italy/Lake of Faro, Straits of Messina (2007, Giangrande et al. 2012). Other records from this region may apply to the Indo-Pacific species B. boholense (del Pasqua et al. 2018).

Geographic Extent

Malta/Mediterranean Sea (2/2011, Arias et al. 2013, 35°50’ N, 14°35’ W; Evans et al. 2015); Sicily/Italy/Lake of Faro, Straits of Messina (Giangrande et al. 2018); Djerba/Tunisia/Boughrara Lagoon (2013, Khedri et al. 2017)