VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (2022). Synidotea laticauda. Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria = Non-indigenous species from the Belgian part of the North Sea and estuaria. VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (VLIZ): Oostende. Diff. pag. pp.
Part of: Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria = Non-indigenous species from the Belgian part of the North Sea and estuaria. VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (VLIZ): Ostend. ISSN 2983-5518, more
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VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (2020). Synidotea laticauda - Brede brakwaterpissebed, in: Verleye, T. et al.Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria. VLIZ Special Publication, 86: pp. 329-334, more
Synidotea laticauda originally occurred in the shallow brackish water along the west coast of the United States. This omnivore is mainly found on hard substrates like buoys, pontoons and oyster beds. This isopod was observed for the first time in 2005, in the Sea Scheldt near the Doel Nuclear Power Station. Probably, the species was introduced to Belgium – as well as to France and Spain – with the ballast water of ships.
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