Aquatic pests: marine and freshwater
List of aquatic pests
Taxa | Scientific name/s | Common name |
---|
Algae | Caulerpa taxifolia (exotic strains
only)
Codium fragile fragile
Grateloupia turuturu
Sargassum muticum
Undaria pinnatifida | Green macroalga
Green macroalga
Red macroalga
Asian seaweed
Japanese seaweed |
Annelida | Alitta succinea
Boccardia proboscidea
Euchone limnicola
Marenzelleria spp.
Polydora websteri
Polydora cornuta
Sabella spallanzanii | Pile worm
Spionid polychaete
Sabellid polychaete worm
Red gilled mudworm
Mudworm
Spionid polychaete
European fan worm |
Ascideacea | Ciona intestinalis.
Didemnum spp. (exotic invasive strains only)
Styela clava | Sea vase
Colonial sea squirt
Clubbed tunicate |
Cnidaria | Mnemiopsis leidyi | Comb jelly |
Crustacea | Balanus improvisus
Eriocheir spp.
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Petrolisthes elongatus
Hemigrapsus takanoi/penicillatus
Charybdis japonica
Carcinus maenas | Barnacle
Chinese mitten crab
Japanese/Asian shore crab
New Zealand half shell crab
Pacific crab
Lady crab
European green crab |
Echinoderm | Asterias amurensis | Northern Pacific seastar |
Fish | Neogobius melanostomus
Siganus rivulatus | Round goby
Marbled spinefoot, rabbit fish |
Holoplankton | Alexandrium monilatum
Dinophysis norvegica
Pfiesteria piscicida
Chaetoceros concavicornis
Chaetoceros convolutus
Pseudo-nitzschia seriata | Toxic dinoflagellate
Toxic dinoflagellate
Toxic dinoflagellate
Centric diatom
Centric diatom
Pennate diatom |
Mollusca | Musculista senhousia
Mytilopsis sallei
Perna perna
Perna viridis
Corbula (Potamocorbula) amurensis
Ensis directus
Mya arenaria
Theora lubrica
Varicorbula gibba
Crepidula fornicata
Rapana venosa (syn Rapana thomasiana)
Maoricolpus roseus | Asian bag mussel
Black striped mussel
Brown mussel
Asian green mussel
Asian clam, brackish-water corbula
Jack-knife clam
Soft shell clam
Asian semelid bivalve
European clam
American slipper limpet
Rapa whelk
New Zealand screwshell |
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