Arcuatula senhousia - Asian date mussel (Marine bivalve images)

Arcuatula senhousia is a non-native invasive species that has been found recently at Southampton. The species is native to the East Asian Pacific. The species was first detected in the UK by eDNA techniques being used to find non-native invasive species at a marina in Southampton by Southampton University. The non-native invasive nemertean worm Cephalothrix simula was also detected by eDNA at Southampton but has not yet been physically found there. Cephalothris simula has been found elsewhere in the UK at two other locations in the west of England.

Ref: "The detection of novel and resident marine non-indigenous 1 species using environmental DNA metabarcoding of seawater and sedimen"t by Luke E. Holman, Dr. Mark de Bruyn, Prof. Simon Creer, Prof. Gary Carvalho, Dr. Julie Robidart and Dr. Marc Rius.

The specimen here was photographed on 21.09.18; it was originally collected from the Canal du Midi, Etang de Thau, near Marseillan, on the Mediterranean coast of France, where it has been introduced since 1982. It is believed the species was first recorded in 1960 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.