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TABLE I. SOME WARM STENOTHERU SPECIES INTRODUCED BY HUMAN AQENCY INTO TEMPERATE EUROPEAN COASTAL WATERS
Species
Introduced locality
Native localaty
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___Kemptozoe:
LoxosomeZZa kefereteinii (ClaparBde)
*tSwansea, S. Wales (Ryland and Austin, 1960).
E. Mediterranean and Red Sea.
Polyzoa:
Buqda neritim (Linnaeus)
*tPlymouth, Devon (Marine Biological Association, Subtropical areas.
1957).
*tShoreham, Sueaex (Crisp and Molesworth, 1951).
*tSwansea, S. Wales (Ryland, 1960; Naylor. 1965).
*?Milford Haven, S. Wales (Ryland, 1960).
Polychaeta :
Hydroides ~ n c w t a n s
Monro
Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel
Nereis succinea Leuckart
*tShoreham, Sussex (Monro, 1938).
*tSwansea, S. Wales (Naylor, 1965; Gee, 1963).
*tIntroduced to several British and European Probably Indian Ocean (see Gee,
Unknown (see Gee, 1963).
localities where it thrives best in areas of fluctuating salinity and slightly elevated temperatures
(Fauvel, 1922; Monro, 1924; Tebble, 1953, 1956;
Naylor, 1959, 1965; Markowski, 1962; Gee, 1963;
Rasrnussen, 1958).
*?Possibly introduced by ships to various slightly
estuarine localities (Smith, 1963), including a
[Smith, 1963).
heated dock (Naylor, 1965).
1963).
S. Europe, spreading northwards
Mollusce:
Mercenaria (= Venwr) mercenaria L.
Various European localities (Heppel, 1961) including
Southampton Water where it flourishes near
heated outfalls (Ansell, 1903a).
N. America.