First record of the invasive polychaete Hypania invalida (Grube, 1960) in the Czech Republic

STRAKA, Michal, Jan ŠPAČEK and Petr PAŘIL. First record of the invasive polychaete Hypania invalida (Grube, 1960) in the Czech Republic. BioInvasions Records. Helsinky: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre - REABIC, 2015, vol. 4, No 2, p. 87-90. ISSN 2242-1300. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.03.

Basic information

• Original name: First record of the invasive polychaete Hypania invalida (Grube, 1960) in the Czech Republic
• Authors: STRAKA, Michal (203 Czech Republic), Jan ŠPAČEK (203 Czech Republic) and Petr PAŘIL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: BioInvasions Records, Helsinky, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre - REABIC, 2015, 2242-1300.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Finland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/15:00083792
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.03
• UT WoS: 000419950400003
• Keywords (in Czech): Labe; Ponto-kaspický;nepůvodní druh; vodní; neozoa
• Keywords in English: Labe; Elbe; Ponto-Caspian;non-indigenous species; aquatic; neozoa
• Tags: AKR
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Hypania invalida is a freshwater polychaete of Ponto-Caspian origin that has recently colonised many large European rivers. Here we report the first record of this species in the territory of the Czech Republic. It was found at four sites in the Elbe River close to the Czech-German border in 2014. We presume that the most probable vector was the shipping industry.