Invasion

Invasion Description

Naples/Italy/Bay of Naples (1871, Innocenti et al. 2006)

[Note- Southward (1998) disputes the introduced status of A. amphitrite in the Mediterranean, citing his identification of this barnacle in an excavation of a 2000 year-old Carthaginian naval base in Tunis.]

Geographic Extent

Naples/Italy/Bay of Naples (1871, Innocenti et al. 2006); Palermo, Sicily/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (Koukouras and Matsa 1998); Meloria/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1969, Innocenti et al. 2006); Elba Island/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (date unknown, Innocenti et al. 2006); Porto Santo Stefano/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1991, Innocenti et al. 2006); Isola Maddalena/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1872, Innocenti et al. 2006); Stromboli/Italy/Tyrhennian Sea (1872, Innocenti et al. 2006)