Invasion
Invasion Description
None
Geographic Extent
Adriatic Sea (Draasche 1883, cited by Kott 2001); Adriatic Sea (Koukouras et al. 1995); Natural & artificial rocky shores & rocky marinas/Italy-Croatia/Adriatic Sea (Airoldi et al. 2015)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Economic Impact | Fisheries | |
| Diplosoma listerianum has been reported to foul cultured shellfish in Croatia (cited by da Rocha et al. 2009). Da Rocha et al. (2009) suggest that because of the thinness of D. listerianum colonies, its impact on mussel growth might be small, but this hypothesis still needs to be tested. | ||