Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? Alexandria/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (1828, Abdel Salam and Ramadan 2008)
Geographic Extent
Latakia/Syria/Mediterranean Sea (1954, Guatier 1956, cited by Marchini et al. 2015); Alexandria/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (1828, Ehrenberg 1828b, cited by Marchini et al. 2015; 1939, Abdel Salam and Ramadan 2008); Israel/Mediterranean Sea (1930s, Fishelson 2000, cited by Marchini et al. 2015); Ashdod/Israel/Mediterranean Sea (2013, Galil and Gevili 2014); east coast, Rhodes/Greece/Mediterranean Sea (2014, Corsini-Foka et al. 2015); Cyprus/Mediterranean Sea (2016, Mediterranean Sea); Marmaris/Turkey/Mediterranean Sea (2015, Ulman et al. 2017); Turkey-Cyprus-Syria-Lebanon-Israel-Egypt (Ferrario et al. 2018)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
---|---|
Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
Economic Impact | Industry | |
Amathia verticillata has clogged power plant intakes in Israel (Gordon 2018). | ||