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Marine non-indigenous species in the Pacific islands: a desktop review

Battler Series-Manage marine biosecurity in the Pacific

1. Toolkit
2. Top 25 Marine non-indigenous species for the Pacific region
  1. Perna viridis | Asian green mussel
  2. Charybdis (Charybdis) japonica | Asian paddle crab
  3. Hemigrapsus sanguineus | Asian shore crab
  4. Callinectes sapidus Rathbun | Atlantic blue crab
  5. Crassostrea virginica | Atlantic oyster
  6. Mytilopsis sallei | Black striped mussel
  7. Eriocheir sinensis | Chinese mitten crab
  8. Rhithropanopeus harrisii | Estuarine mud crab
  9. Amphibalanus eburneus | Ivory barnacle
  10. Ruditapes philippinarum | Japanese carpet shell
  11. Sargassum muticum | Japanese wireweed
  12. Gracilaria salicornia | Knobbly agar seaweed
  13. Mycale grandis | Orange keyhole sponge
  14. Magallana gigas | Pacific oyster
  15. Pinctada imbricata | Rayed pearl oyster
  16. Acanthophora spicifera | Red seaweed
  17. Eucheuma denticulatum | Red seaweed
  18. Kappaphycus alvarezii | Red seaweed
  19. Microcosmus squamiger | Scaly tunicate
  20. Carijoa riisei | Snowflake coral
  21. Amathia verticillata | Spaghetti bryozoan
  22. Amphibalanus amphitrite | Striped acorn barnacle
  23. Tubastraea tagusensis | Sun cup coral
  24. Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii | Swimming crab
  25. Rapana venosa | Veined rapa whelk
3. Top 25 Marine non-indigenous species for Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)
4. Top 25 Marine non-indigenous species for Tuvalu