CCIMPE Trigger List

 

Scientific name

Common name

Species still exotic to Australia

1 *

Eriocheir spp.

Chinese mitten crab

2

Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Japanese/Asian shore crab

3

Crepidula fornicata

American slipper limpet

4 *

Mytilopsis sallei

Black striped mussel

5

Perna viridis

Asian green mussel

6

Perna perna

Brown mussel

7 *

Corbula (Potamocorbula) amurensis

Asian clam/brackish-water corbula

8 *

Rapana venosa (syn Rapana thomasiana)

Rapa whelk

9 *

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Comb jelly

10 *

Caulerpa taxifolia (exotic strains only)

Green macroalga

11

Didemnum spp. (exotic invasive strains only)

Colonial sea squirt

12 *

Sargassum muticum

Asian seaweed

13

Neogobius melanostomus (marine/estuarine incursions only)

Round goby

14

Marenzelleria spp. (invasive species and marine/estuarine incursions only)

Red gilled mudworm

15

Balanus improvisus

Barnacle

16

Siganus rivulatus

Marbled spinefoot/rabbit fish

17

Mya arenaria

Soft shell clam

18

Ensis directus

Jack-knife clam

19

Hemigrapsus takanoi/penicillatus

Pacific crab

20

Charybdis japonica

Lady crab

Species established in Australia, but not widespread

21 *

Asterias amurensis

Northern Pacific seastar

22

Carcinus maenas

European green crab

23

Varicorbula gibba

European clam

24 *

Musculista senhousia

Asian bag mussel/Asian date mussel

25

Sabella spallanzanii

European fan worm

26 *

Undaria pinnatifida

Japanese seaweed

27 *

Codium fragile spp. fragile

Green macroalga

28

Grateloupia turuturu

Red macroalga

29

Maoricolpus roseus

New Zealand screwshell

Holoplankton alert species
(for notification purposes only, eradication response from CCIMPE is highly unlikely)

30 *

Pfiesteria piscicida

Toxic dinoflagellate

31

Pseudo-nitzschia seriata

Pennate diatom

32

Dinophysis norvegica

Toxic dinoflagellate

33

Alexandrium monilatum

Toxic dinoflagellate

34

Chaetoceros concavicornis

Centric diatom

35

Chaetoceros convolutus

Centric diatom

* Species on interim CCIMPE trigger list

Note: Endorsed by National Introduced Marine Pest Coordinating Group (NIMPCG) in 2006