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Anthropogenic spread of the immigrant sea-spider Ammothea hilgendorfii (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) in UK waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

Roger N. Bamber
Roger N. Bamber*
Affiliation:
ARTOO Marine Biology Consultants, Ocean Quay Marina, Belvidere Road, Southampton SO14 5QY, UK
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Correspondence should be addressed to: R.N. Bamber, ARTOO Marine Biology Consultants, Ocean Quay Marina, Belvidere Road, Southampton SO14 5QY, UK email: roger.bamber@artoo.co.uk
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Abstract

The ammotheid pycnogonid Ammothea hilgendorfi was first recorded outside its native range of the Pacific Ocean in 1978 in southern England and in the Lagoon of Venice in 1979 to 1981. Both occurrences are attributed to anthropogenic dispersion by shipping. Subsequently, it has spread further in the UK to Dorset and, most recently, to Essex. The world distribution of this species and the history of its occurrence outside the Pacific are reviewed, and hypotheses for its recent spread in the UK, via recreational boating, are presented.

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pycnogonidsAmmotheaanthropogenic introductionalienmarinas

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e78
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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