Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Alexandrian coast/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Broch 1935, the oldest cited by Koukouras and Matsa 1998) [Note- Southward (1998) disputes the introduced status of B. 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

off Kirlangic Point/Turkey/Levantine Sea (Cinar et al. 2017); Alexandrian coast/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Broch 1935, cited by Koukouras and Matsa 1998); Alexandria/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Suez/Egypt/Mediterranean Sea (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Haifa/Israel/Mediterranean Sea (Shkedy et al. 1995); Suez/Egypt/Lake Timsah/Suez Canal (Shalla 1995)