The Indo-Pacific species Avrainvillea amadelpha (Montagne) A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea (Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia). The species is considered as introduced and invasive in the Hawaiian Archipelago. The Mediterranean specimens are studied and the reproductive structures are described and illustrated here for the first time. The possible origins and vectors of this introduction and the risk of propagation of the species in the Mediterranean Sea are discussed.
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1 August 2017
Introduction of a New Potential Invader into the Mediterranean Sea: The Indo-Pacific Avrainvillea amadelpha (Montagne) A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp (Dichotomosiphonaceae, Ulvophyceae)
Marc Verlaque,
Habib Langar,
Ahmed Ben Hmida,
Christine Pergent,
Gérard Pergent
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Cryptogamie, Algologie
Vol. 38 • No. 3
August 2017
Vol. 38 • No. 3
August 2017
Avrainvillea amadelpha
Espèce introduite
espèce invasive
introduced species
invasive species
Mediterranean
Méditerranée
