Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town
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Botrylloides niger (Herdman, 1886)
Color: bright orange or red
Habitats: e.g. on sea grasses, decorator crabs, under rock ledges, on algae-covered rocks and boat hulls.
The Panama Canal in Central America connects the Atlantic with the Pacific and is considered one of the main distribution routes for invasive species due to the massive shipping traffic here. These species are often found fouling the hulls of ships and can reach previously uninhabited regions via the ships.
Alien species are also introduced on a large scale via ships' ballast water tanks; according to a WWF study from 2009, around 7,000 species travel around the world every day.
Synonyms:
Botrylloides chazaliei Sluiter, 1898
Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886
Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886)
Botryllus nigrum (Herdman, 1886)
Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886)
Color: bright orange or red
Habitats: e.g. on sea grasses, decorator crabs, under rock ledges, on algae-covered rocks and boat hulls.
The Panama Canal in Central America connects the Atlantic with the Pacific and is considered one of the main distribution routes for invasive species due to the massive shipping traffic here. These species are often found fouling the hulls of ships and can reach previously uninhabited regions via the ships.
Alien species are also introduced on a large scale via ships' ballast water tanks; according to a WWF study from 2009, around 7,000 species travel around the world every day.
Synonyms:
Botrylloides chazaliei Sluiter, 1898
Botrylloides niger Herdman, 1886
Botryllus niger (Herdman, 1886)
Botryllus nigrum (Herdman, 1886)
Metrocarpa nigrum (Herdman, 1886)
