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Invasion of Biofouling Mussel Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857 (Bivalvia:Dreissenacea) in the Cochin Backwaters, Southwest Coast of India


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The black-striped mussel, Mytilopsis sallei is an invasive biofouling bivalve native to the tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic, which extends from Colombia to the Gulf of Mexico1– 4. It is generally believed that their distribution towards the West Africa coast and beyond has been through attachment to the hull of ships since the 16th century. Later they were introduced to the Eastern Pacific via the Panama Canal, Fiji, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and India through ballast waters and also by attachment to the hull of ships. This species is reported to have invaded Indian waters through Visakhapatnam harbour during 1960s (ref. 5), and further reported from Mumbai harbour during 1975 (refs 6, 7).
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Authors

P. R. Jayachandran
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Lakeside Campus, Cochin 682 016, India
M. Jima
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Lakeside Campus, Cochin 682 016, India
Philomina Joseph
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Lakeside Campus, Cochin 682 016, India
V. F. Sanu
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Lakeside Campus, Cochin 682 016, India
S. Bijoy Nandan
Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Lakeside Campus, Cochin 682 016, India

Abstract


The black-striped mussel, Mytilopsis sallei is an invasive biofouling bivalve native to the tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic, which extends from Colombia to the Gulf of Mexico1– 4. It is generally believed that their distribution towards the West Africa coast and beyond has been through attachment to the hull of ships since the 16th century. Later they were introduced to the Eastern Pacific via the Panama Canal, Fiji, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and India through ballast waters and also by attachment to the hull of ships. This species is reported to have invaded Indian waters through Visakhapatnam harbour during 1960s (ref. 5), and further reported from Mumbai harbour during 1975 (refs 6, 7).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi12%2F2198-2200