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Species Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823)

 

Introduction

Styela plicata, an invasive in Australian and New Zealand, arrived "as early as 1878 and [spread] among harbours in the region" (Torkkola et al. (2013).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

West Indian Ocean, West Indies.

Introduced.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Tolerates brackish and polluted waters.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2012 25-Feb-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)