First observed: 1939 (Jensen, Knudsen 2005)
Taxon: Polychaeta
Origin: Indo-Pacific
Vector of introduction: shipping
Distribution in the Baltic Sea: Kattegat and Belt Sea
Species status: established
Salinity in native habitats: Polymixohaline to Euhaline (Zaitsev, Ozturk 2001; Marinov 1960)
Salinity in the Baltic Sea: Polymixohaline (Rasmussen 1958)
Ecofunctional group: benthic suspension feeders
Ecological impact: benthic-pelagic interaction (Thomas, Thorp 1994; Davies et al. 1989), community dominance (Stewart, Davies 1986), habitat change (Schwindt, Iribarne 2000; Thomas, Thorp 1994; Cohen, Carlton 1995; Schwindt et al. 2004.; Fornosa et al. 1997; Schwindt et al. 2001)
Impact on uses/resources: -References:
Cohen A.N., Carlton J.T. 1995. Nonindigenous aquatic species in a U.S. estuary: a case study of the biological invasions of the San Francisco Bay and delta. A Report for the US fish and wildlife service, Washington D.C. and the national Sea Grant college program Connecticut Sea Grant, (NOAA Grant Number NA36RG0467).
Davies B.R., Stuart V., de Villiers M. 1989. The filtration activity of a serpulid polychaete population (Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel)) and its effects on water quality in a coastal marina. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 29(6): 613-620.
Fornosa J.J., Forteza V., Martinez-Taberner A. 1997. Modern polychaete reefs in Western Mediterranean lagoons: Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel) in the Albufera of Menorca, Balearic Islands. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 128(1-4): 175-186.
Jensen K.R., Knudsen J. 2005. A summary of marine benthic invertebrates in Danish waters. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 34(1): 137-162.
Marinov T. 1960. On the finding of Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel (Polychaeta) along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Proceedings of Institute of Zoology and Museum. BAS 9: 405-409 (in Bulgarian).
Rasmussen E. 1958. Emigranter i Kobenhavs Sydhavn. Naturens Verden 1958: 3-8.
Schwindt E., Bortolus A., Iribarne O.O. 2001. Invasion of a reef-builder polychaete: direct and indirect impacts on the native benthic community structure. Biological Invasions, 3: 137-149.
Schwindt E., Iribarne O.O. 2000. Settlement sites, survival and effects on benthos of an introduced reef-building polychaete in a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon. Bulletin of Marine Science, 67(1): 73-82.
Schwindt E., Iribarne O.O., Isla F.I. 2004. Physical effects of an invading reef-building polychaete on an Argentinean estuarine environment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 59(1): 109-120.
Stewart B.A., Davies B.R. 1986. Effects of macrophyte harvesting on invertebrates associated with Potamogeton pectinatus L. in the Marina da Gama, Zandvlei, western Cape. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 46(1): 35-50.
Thomas N.S., Thorp C.H. 1994. Cyclical changes in the fauna associated with tube aggregates of Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel). Memoires de Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 162: 575-584.
Zaitsev Y., Ozturk B. 2001. Exotic Species in the Aegean, Marmara, Black, Azov and Caspian Seas. Turkish Marine Research Foundation Istanbul: pp.267
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