Aylin’s Mediterranean Alien Species (Macroinvertebrates) Identification Booklet Version 3.0: 03/2016 1 Table of Contents Ascidians Aplidium glabrum ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Ascidella aspersa ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Botrylloides diegensis ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Botryllus schlosseri ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Botrylloides violaceus-.............................................................................................................................................. 10 Ciona intestinalis and Ciona robusta ................................................................................................................. 11 Clavelina lepadiformis .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Clavelina meridionalis .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Clavelina oblonga ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 Corella eumyota........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Cystodytes philippensis............................................................................................................................................. 15 Didemnum vexillum ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Diplosoma listerianum ............................................................................................................................................. 16 Distaplia bermudensis .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Distaplia corolla- ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Ecteinascidia styeloides ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Herdmania momus- T ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Microcosmus exasperatus- T ................................................................................................................................. 20 Microcosmus squamiger .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Molgula manhattensis .............................................................................................................................................. 22 Perophora multiclathrata ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Polyandrocarpa zorritensis ................................................................................................................................... 24 Rhodosoma turcicum- Sicily .................................................................................................................................. 25 Styela canopus .............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Styela clava .................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Styela plicata ................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Symplegma brakenhielmi ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Barnacles .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Amphibalanus eburneus- ........................................................................................................................................ 30 Amphibalanus improvisus ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Balanus glandula ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Balanus trigonus- ....................................................................................................................................................... 33 Amphibalanus amphitrite ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Dosima fascicularis .................................................................................................................................................... 34 Hesperibalanus fallax ............................................................................................................................................... 35 Megabalanus tintinnabulum tintinnabulum ................................................................................................. 35 Megabalanus Taxa Key (Henry, 1986).............................................................................................................. 36 Bryozoans ......................................................................................................................................... 38 Amathia verticillata (formerly Zoobotryon verticillatum) ..................................................................... 38 Bugula dentata ............................................................................................................................................................ 38 Bugula stolonifera ...................................................................................................................................................... 39 Celloporaria brunnea- .............................................................................................................................................. 40 2 Favosipora purpurea................................................................................................................................................. 41 Hippopodina feegeensis ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Schizoporella pungens unlikely ............................................................................................................................ 43 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Schizoporella japonica ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Tricellaria inopinata- ............................................................................................................................................... 45 Watersipora arcuata................................................................................................................................................. 45 Watersipora subtorquata ....................................................................................................................................... 46 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 47 Victorella pavida- ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 Crustaceans ...................................................................................................................................... 48 Atergatis roseus ........................................................................................................................................................... 48 Callinectes sapidus ..................................................................................................................................................... 49 Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata 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