International Introductions of Acartia tonsa
Introductions as compiled by FAO
Main Ref. Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
To France
FAO area
From Atlantic, Western Central
FAO area
Year 1927
Range
Period 1925-1949
Established in the Wild yes
Established in Aquaculture
Significant Ecological Interactions unknown - undecided
Significant Socio-economic Effects
Introduced by unknown
Reason unknown
Other Reason
Comments Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Acartia tonsa was first recorded from Southampton Water by between 1916 and 1956 Conover (1957). This copepod was first reported in France by Remy (1927). It was previously known from the western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
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