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Strangford Lough

Tritonia plebeia  

Common Name: European nudibranch

Taxonomy: available through

Identification: Primarily yellow with brown mottling.

Size: can reach 30 mm

Native Range: Northeastern Atlantic from Norway to Portugal.

Interactive maps: Continental US, Hawaii, Puerto Rico

Nonindigenous Occurrences: Coastal areas of Maine and Massachusetts.

Means of Introduction: Probable ballast water introduction.

Status:

Impact of Introduction: Although only present in the Gulf of Maine during the Mid-1980s, it had a severe impact on the soft coral, Alcyoniuum siderium.

Remarks: Marine, sublittoral zone to 129 mm.

References

Author: Amy Benson

Revision Date: 4/23/2004

Citation for this information:
Amy Benson. 2009. Tritonia plebeia. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1149> Revision Date: 4/23/2004

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