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In 2008, WoRMS stated that it hoped to have an up-to-date record of all marine species completed by 2010, the year in which the Census of Marine Life was completed. [4] As of February 2018, WoRMS contained listings for 480,931 marine species names (including synonyms) of which 247,000 are valid marine species (98% checked).
They are considered one of the most invasive species in the marine environment, destroying seagrass, devouring baby crab and salmon and basically laying waste to coastal waters from California to ...
100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species is a list of invasive species compiled in 2000 from the Global Invasive Species Database, a database of invasive species around the world. [1] [2] The database is run by the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The ISSG acknowledges ...
The North American Invasive Species Network (NAISN) is an American non-profit organization formed in 2010 by a group of government scientists and universities in North America. The network integrates various invasive species institutes, centers, laboratories and networks from the US, Canada and Mexico to help meet the needs of public ...
The Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) is a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It is an invasive species in many parts of the world, and also an object of aquaculture. [2]
The maps were created using data from the USGS’s Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, a clearinghouse of information related to nationally confirmed sightings of non-native aquatic species.
Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellidae. Common names include the Mediterranean fanworm, the feather duster worm, the European fan worm [1] and the pencil worm. [2] It is native to shallow waters in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
An invasive species is a species not native to a particular location which can spread to a degree that causes damage to the environment, human economy or human health. [19] In 2008, Molnar et al. documented the pathways of hundreds of marine invasive species and found shipping was the dominant mechanism for the transfer of invasive species in ...