AuthorThe Bishop Group
Year2011
TitleMarine Aliens - Identification guide for selected marine non-native species
TypeBook/Report
Source2nd edition, 24pp, Marine Biological Association
IllustrationsColour photographs and line drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)A handy coloured identification guide to a selection of 22 marine aliens, some very common, recently introduced and hence not in standard textbooks, and easily confused with native species.
Examine in the Hand ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful)
Website urlplymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9076/1/MBA%20NNS%20Guide%202020%20%2829%20MB%29.pdf

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededDidemnum vexillumCarpet Sea SquirtAnimalia: Aplousobranchia: Didemnidae
For identificationSupersededCorella eumyotaOrange-tipped Sea SquirtAnimalia: Phlebobranchia: Corellidae
For identificationSupersededPerophora japonicaColonial Sea SquirtAnimalia: Phlebobranchia: Perophoridae
For identificationSupersededBotrylloides diegensisa colonial sea squirtAnimalia: Stolidobranchia: Styelidae
For identificationSupersededBotrylloides violaceusRed Sheath TunicateAnimalia: Stolidobranchia: Styelidae
For identificationSupersededStyela clavaLeathery Sea SquirtAnimalia: Stolidobranchia: Styelidae
For identificationSupersededEriocheir sinensisChinese Mitten CrabAnimalia: Decapoda: Varunidae
For identificationSupersededCaprella muticaJapanese Skeleton ShrimpAnimalia: Amphipoda: Caprellidae
For identificationSupersededAmphibalanus amphitritean acorn barnacleAnimalia: Sessilia: Balanidae
For identificationSupersededAustrominius modestusDarwin’s BarnacleAnimalia: Sessilia: Austrobalanidae
For identificationSupersededFicopomatus enigmaticusTrumpet Tube WormAnimalia: Sabellida: Serpulidae
For identificationSupersededWatersipora subatraa bryozoanAnimalia: Cheilostomatida: Watersiporidae
For identificationSupersededBugula neritinaRuby BryozoanAnimalia: Cheilostomatida: Bugulidae
For identificationSupersededMagallana gigasPacific Oyster, Portuguese OysterAnimalia: Ostreoida: Ostreidae
For identificationSupersededCrepidula fornicataSlipper Limpet, American Slipper LimpetAnimalia: Littorinimorpha: Calyptraeidae
For identificationSupersededUrosalpinx cinereaAmerican Oyster Drill, American Sting WinkleAnimalia: Neogastropoda: Muricidae
For identificationSupersededRapana venosaVeined Rapa WhelkAnimalia: Neogastropoda: Muricidae
For identificationSupersededDiadumene lineataOrange-striped AnemoneAnimalia: Actiniaria: Diadumenidae
For identificationSupersededSargassum muticumJapweed, WireweedChromista: Fucales: Sargassaceae
For identificationSupersededUndaria pinnatifidaWakame, Japanese KelpChromista: Laminariales: Alariaceae
For identificationSupersededAsparagopsis armataHarpoon WeedPlantae: Bonnemaisoniales: Bonnemaisoniaceae
For identificationSupersededGrateloupia turturuDevil’s Tongue WeedPlantae: Halymeniales: Halymeniaceae
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