Blitzkrieg in a Marine Invasion: Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) Reaches the Canary Islands (North-East Atlantic)

First record of <em>Caulerpa cylindracea</em> (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) in Andalusia (Southern Spain)

“…At this moment the westernmost populations of C. cylindracea in the world are located in Canary Islands (Western Atlantic Ocean), where the species has been observed since the late 1990s, and whose origin was confirmed to be from Mediterranean populations (Verlaque & al., 2004). The nearest known population from Canary Islands is in Ceuta (North coast of Africa), where the species was observed for first time in 2007 (Rivera- Ingraham & al., 2010).…”

“…cylindracea Carnac Island, Australia AY173116 clone a, AY173117 clone b, AY173118 clone c (Verlaque & al., 2003) 33 C. racemosa var. cylindracea Canary Islands, Spain AY173119 clone a, AY173120 clone b (Verlaque & al., 2004) 34 C. racemosa var. cylindracea Peljesac, Croatia DQ778924 (Nuber & al., 2007) 35 C. racemosa var.…”

Alien Marine Species in the Mediterranean - the 100 ‘Worst Invasives’ and their Impact

“…cylindracea (for identifi cation see VERLAQUE et al, 2003), nearly the entire Mediterranean basin was reported colonized, reaching as far as the Canary Islands; by 2005 it has colonised the coasts of 11 nations (Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Malta, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey, and all major Mediterranean islands), growing on all kind of substrata, both in polluted and unpolluted areas, between 0 and 70 m depth, demonstrating an excessive rate of proliferation (VERLAQUE et al, 2000(VERLAQUE et al, , 2003(VERLAQUE et al, , 2004PIAZZI et al, 2001aPIAZZI et al, , 2005BOUDOURESQUE & VERLAQUE, 2002b;MEINESZ et al, 2003;.…”

Non-indigenous marine species of the Azores

“…Asparagopsis armata is a well-known invasive species that has its origin in the southern hemisphere and was first recorded in the northern hemisphere in 1923 (summarized in Verlaque et al 2004). This species is widely spread throughout the Azores, in rocky habitats between 0 and 20 m (DOP Database), displaying a biomass maximum during spring (Neto 1997).…”