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BSH_Neobiota_MUL: Status and occurrence of the non-indigenous Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) in the central Wadden Sea (southern North Sea)
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Gismann, Lynn; Wenke, Lennart-Kilian; Uhlir, Carolin; Martínez Arbizu, Pedro; Wehrmann, Achim (2023). Status and occurrence of the non-indigenous Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) in the central Wadden Sea (southern North Sea).  . https://doi.org/10.14284/602

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Description

The species Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) is native in the western Atlantic Ocean and was first documented in European coastal waters in 2017. To report its current distribution status in the central Wadden Sea, individuals were collected systematically from intertidal flats along 10 transects ranging from the outer Ems estuary to the outer Elbe estuary (German North Sea coast) between February and May 2022. In total, 897 specimens of M. lateralis were sampled from 392 stations (mean abundance 2.29 ± 4.97 ind./m²). The shell length ranged between 3.98 to 23.5 mm thus representing. 

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The species Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) is native in the western Atlantic Ocean and was first documented in European coastal waters in 2017. Since then, M. lateralis was reported several times in large abundances in the coastal waters of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. While the introduction vector is still unclear we assume that further dispersal in the southern North Sea will be driven by larvae drift related to anti-clockwise residual tidal currents. To report its current distribution status in the central Wadden Sea, individuals were collected systematically from intertidal flats along 10 transects ranging from the outer Ems estuary to the outer Elbe estuary (German North Sea coast) between February and May 2022. In total, 897 specimens of M. lateralis were sampled from 392 stations (mean abundance 2.29 ± 4.97 ind./m²). The shell length ranged between 3.98 to 23.5 mm thus representing. Regarding the increasing number of records of M. lateralis at multiple sites in Europe since 2017, the species can be considered as established in the southern and central Wadden Sea. 


Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Distribution, Introduced species, Non-native marine species, ANE, Germany, German part of the North Sea, ANE, Wadden Sea, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Lower Saxony Wadden Sea and adjacent areas, Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Germany, German part of the North Sea [Marine Regions]
ANE, Wadden Sea [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 7; MinLat: 53,4188 - MaxLong: 8,4989; MaxLat: 53,7381 [WGS84]
Lower Saxony Wadden Sea and adjacent areas [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
February 2022 - May 2022

Taxonomic coverage
Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) [WoRMS]

Contributors
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, moredata creator
Senckenberg am Meer; German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), moredata creator
Senckenberg am Meer; Marine Research, moredata creatorpartner

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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2023-03-29
Information last updated: 2023-05-11
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