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Abe, Hirokazu; Tanaka, Masaatsu; Ueno, Yusuke. (2017). First report of the non-native freshwater nereidid polychaete Namalycastis hawaiiensis (Johnson, 1903) from a private goldfish aquarium in eastern Japan. BioInvasions Records. 6(3): 217-223.
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Abe, Hirokazu; Tanaka, Masaatsu; Ueno, Yusuke
2017
First report of the non-native freshwater nereidid polychaete <i>Namalycastis hawaiiensis</i> (Johnson, 1903) from a private goldfish aquarium in eastern Japan
BioInvasions Records
6(3): 217-223
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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The aquarium trade poses a great risk of aquatic invasion worldwide, but little attention has been paid to unintentionally introduced species. The present study reports the occurrence of the freshwater polychaete Namalycastis hawaiiensis for the first time from a private home aquarium in Japan, which was a considerable distance away from the native distribution of the species (tropical/subtropical regions). We concluded that the species was unintentionally introduced via the aquarium trade. As the specimens were collected from an aquarium of the common goldfish, which is one of the most popular ornamental fish in the world, it is possible that a cryptic invasion has already expanded worldwide.
Japan
Invasions, introduction of alien species
Rearing (Aquariology, Aquaculture, Transport of living invertebrates)
Rearing (Aquariology, Aquaculture, Transport of living invertebrates)
Namalycastis hawaiiensis (Johnson, 1903) (taxonomy source)