Invasive Species Ireland

Asian rapa whelk

Rapana venosa

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Marine

Threats:

Serious implications for marine bivalve survival.

Carpet sea squirt

Didemnum vexilum

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Marine

Threats:

colonies overgrowing and swamping other species and covering fish spawning grounds, aquaculture cages etc.

Oyster drill

Ceratostoma inornatum and Urosalpinx cinerea

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Marine

Threats:

Serious impacts on oyster populations.

Red King Crab

Paralithodes camtschaticus

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Marine

Threats:

Competition with native species.

Striped eel catfish

Plotosus lineatus

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Marine

Threats:

Outcompetes and predates on native species