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Table 2 Fouling species found colonizing bricks deployed at Funchal marina for almost four years and used in this study as a proxy for propagule pressure source

From: Variability in the settlement of non-indigenous species in benthic communities from an oceanic island

Taxa

Status

Number of bricks where observed

References

Mollusca

   

 Chiton sp.

U

6

 

 Vermetidae

U

2

 

Algae

   

 Enteromorpha sp.

U

7

 

 Lithophyllum incrustans

N

18

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Polysiphonia sertulariodes

N

5

Neto et al. [70]

Arthropod

   

 Amphipods

U

32

 

 Balanus trigonus

NIS

18

Carlton et al. [71]

 Caprella scaura

NIS

32

Ramalhosa and Canning-Clode [72]

Cnidarian

   

 Aiptasia diaphana

NIS

16

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Barentsia discreta

U

3

 

 Ectopleura sp.

U

3

 

 Obelia sp.

U

7

 

 Pennaria disticha

N

2

Goldfuss [73]

 Kirchenpaueria halecioides

C

12

Delivering Alien Species Inventories Europe website (consulted 01/02/2018)

Porifera

   

 Haliclona sp.

U

1

 

 Mycale (Carmia) cf. senegalensis

NIS

13

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Paraleucilla magna

NIS

9

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Prosuberites longispina

U

4

 

 Sycon sp.

U

10

 

Bryozoan

   

 Amanthia verticillata

NIS

7

Wirtz and Canning-Clode [74]

 Bugula neritina

NIS

17

Ryland [75]

 Bugulina fulva

NIS

4

Ramalhosa et al. [76] 

 Cradoscrupocellaria bertholletii

NIS

14

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Crisia denticulata

N

25

Gestoso et al. [41]

 Parasmittina alba

NIS

1

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Schizoporella errata

C

23

Ramalhosa, unpublished

Polychaete

   

 Branchiomma bairdi

NIS

19

Ramalhosa et al. [77]

 Lepidonotus clava

U

1

 

 Nereididae

U

1

 

 Protula tubularia

C

6

 

 Salmacina dysteri

N

25

Gestoso et al. [78]

 Spirobranchus triqueter

N

19

Gestoso et al. [78]

 Spirorbis marioni

NIS

17

Knight-Jones and Knight-Jones [79]

Ascidian

   

 Aplidium glabrum

NIS

5

Ramalhosa, unpublished

 Botrylloides nigrum

NIS

9

Gestoso et al. [41]; Ramalhosa, unpublished

 Botryllus schlosseri

NIS

8

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Clavelina lepadiformis

NIS

9

Wirtz [80]; Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Distaplia corolla

NIS

4

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Ectenascidia sp.

U

4

 

 Phallusia mamillata

N

1

Wirtz [80]; Ramalhosa, unpublished

 Styela canopus

NIS

25

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

 Symplegma brakenhielmi

C

3

Gestoso et al. [41]; Ramalhosa, unpublished

 Trididemnum cereum

N

4

Canning-Clode et al. [19]

  1. The biogeographic status of each species (NIS: non-indigenous species, N: Native, C: Cryptogenic, U: Undetermined) as well as the frequency it has been found on the bricks
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