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Introductions from Atlantic, Western Central' to elsewhere

n=15 | Species introduction records list
 
# Species Year Period From - To Reason Established in the wild Ref. no.
1 Amathia distans  1935 1925-1949 Caribbean - Kaneohe Bay  ballast water  yes 003356
2 Carijoa riisei  1972 1950-1974 Western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil, Caribbean. - Pearl Harbor.  accidental with ships  Unknown 003322
3 Chthamalus proteus   1975-present Caribbean - Pearl Harbor.  biofouling  yes 003248
4 Cinachyrella alloclada  1989 1975-present Caribbean Sea. - Faial island  accidental with ships  Unknown 003512
5 Clavelina oblonga  1971 1950-1974 Bermuda - Azores Island  accidental with ships  Unknown 003512
6 Distaplia corolla  1971 1950-1974 Caribbean - Horta's harbour.  biofouling  Unknown 003512
7 Ensis directus  1991 1975-present Not specified - Bay of Seine, English Channel  ballast water  yes 080349
8 Halichondria melanadocia  1993 1975-present Caribbean. - Kaneohe Bay.  accidental with ships  Unknown 003356
9 Mnemiopsis leidyi  1999 1975-present American Estuaries from 40° N to 46° S. - Middle part of the Caspian Sea, in the Turkmen and Kazakh sector.  accidental with ships  yes 002963
10 Mnemiopsis leidyi  1999 1975-present American Estuaries from 40° N to 46° S. - Middle part of the Caspian Sea, in the Turkmen and Kazakh sector.  accidental with ships  Unknown 002963
11 Mnemiopsis leidyi  2006 1975-present Estuaries and coastal regions along the eastern coast of North and South America. - Kiel Bight, western Baltic Sea.  accidental with ships  Unknown 002959
12 Mnemiopsis leidyi  2006 1975-present Estuaries and coastal regions along the eastern coast of North and South America. - Coastal waters of Netherlands.  accidental with ships  Unknown 002962
13 Mycale cecilia  1947 1925-1949 Caribbean - Pearl Harbor.  accidental with ships  Unknown 003356
14 Rimapenaeus similis  2006 1975-present western Atlantic - Mediterranean  unknown  yes 121893
15 Tesseropora atlantica  1965 1950-1974 Bermuda - Azores Island  accidental with ships  Unknown 003512
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