WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

AphiaID

234072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234072)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Spartina Schreb.

Original name

Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Spartina alterniflora Loisel.. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234072 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 06:47:14Z

created

Martinez, Olga

2017-07-19 12:54:27Z

changed

Vanhoorne, Bart

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

[request]

basis of record Reise, K.; Olenin, S.; Thieltges, D.W. (2006). Are aliens threatening European aquatic coastal ecosystems?. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 77-83 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]

additional source NCBI Taxonomy, available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species impact United Kingdom part of the English Channel (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea (Marine Region) Other impact - undefined or uncertain: Epiphytic
invertebrate abundance on S. alterniflora was ~5x greater than on P. australis, suggesting that S. alterniflora supports more abundant epiphytic communities than P. australis, irrespective of region. [details]

Introduced species impact in California (State) : Adverse habitat modification [details]

Introduced species impact in California (State) : Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Other impact - undefined or uncertain
These results indicated that the invasive cordgrass has been incorporated into the local aquatic food web through providing important nutrient source for fish species in the mangrove ecosystem of Zhangjiang Estuary. [details]

Introduced species impact United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Aquatic transport [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Adverse habitat modification [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space
[details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Adverse habitat modification [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Adverse habitat modification [details]

Introduced species management in California (State) : yes [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with solid ballast [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Gulf of Gascogne (IHO Sea Area) : Shipping [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Pathway/vector Other (Ecological restoration) [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Pathway/vector Other (Ecological restoration) [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Pathway/vector Other (Ecological restoration) [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	Amerikaans slijkgras	[details]
English	smooth cord-grasssaltwater cord grass	[details]
French	spartine à feuilles alternes	[details]
Welsh	cordwellt llyfn	[details]