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Introduced from: Pacific, Northwest to: Atlantic, Northeast

n=23 | Species introduction records list
 
# Species Year Period From - To Reason Established in the wild Ref. no.
1 Ammothea hilgendorfi  1978 19th century Asia outside Western Palaearctic. - Southampton Water.  accidental with ships  probably yes 001314
2 Botrylloides violaceus  2006 1975-present Northwest Pacific - Marine waters of Ireland  accidental with ships  yes 074339
3 Caprella mutica  2003 1975-present Northwest Pacific - Marine waters of Ireland  biofouling  yes 074339
4 Diadumene lineata  1974 1950-1974 Northwest Pacific - Marine and brackish waters of Ireland  aquaculture  probably yes 074339
5 Eriocheir sinensis  1912 1900-1924 Northwest Pacific. - Inland waters.  accidental with ships  Unknown 003700
6 Eriocheir sinensis  1935 19th century Unspecified, China - Thames Estuary  accidental with ships  yes 001314
7 Eriocheir sinensis  1935 19th century Unspecified, Japan - Thames Estuary  accidental with ships  yes 001314
8 Eriocheir sinensis  1935 19th century Unspecified, Korea - Thames Estuary  accidental with ships  yes 001314
9 Magallana gigas  1991 1975-present Northwest Pacific. - North Sea.  aquaculture  Unknown 003700
10 Mizuhopecten yessoensis  1985 1975-present Japan - Denmark.  aquaculture  unknown 007794
11 Mizuhopecten yessoensis  1987 1975-present Japan - France  aquaculture  unknown 007794
12 Mizuhopecten yessoensis  1988 1975-present Northwest Pacific - Marine waters of Ireland  aquaculture  no 074339
13 Mytilicola orientalis  1993 1975-present Northwest Pacific - Brackish and marine waters of Ireland  accidental  yes 074339
14 Palaemon macrodactylus  2000 1975-present Unspecified, China. - Orwell Estuary, southern North Sea.  accidental  probably yes 001314
15 Palaemon macrodactylus  2000 1975-present Unspecified, Japan. - Orwell Estuary, southern North Sea  accidental  probably yes 001314
16 Palaemon macrodactylus  2000 1975-present Unspecified, Korea. - Orwell Estuary, southern North Sea.  accidental  probably yes 001314
17 Paralithodes camtschaticus   1950-1974 Sea of Japan - Barents Sea  fisheries  yes 125523
18 Paralithodes camtschaticus  1960 1950-1974 Murmansk, Russia, Barents Sea - Finnmark, northern Norway  unknown  yes 121578
19 Pileolaria berkeleyana  1974 1950-1974 Japan - Portsmouth Harbour  accidental with ships  yes 001314
20 Pileolaria berkeleyana  1974 1950-1974 Kamchatka Peninsula - Portsmouth Harbour  accidental with ships  yes 000000
21 Ruditapes philippinarum  1988 19th century Asia outside Western Palaearctic: Japan. - Poole Harbour.  aquaculture  yes 001314
22 Styela clava   1950-1974 Korea to Russia - Plymouth  accidental with ships  Unknown 001314
23 Styela clava  1971 1950-1974 Northwest Pacific - Brackish and marine water areas of Ireland  accidental with ships  yes 074339
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