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First record of Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (Bivalvia: Pteroidea) attached to a rafting item: a potentially invasive species on the Uruguayan coast

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Here we describe a record of the occurrence of juveniles of the bivalve Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 attached to a floating rope on the Urugyuayan coast. This new record, rather a simple new southernmost occurrence, represents the first example of early stage invasive species (stage I), which could eventually be allowed to settle in a southernmost region.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank: F. Scarabino, S. Serra and E. Ballestrino for the collecting and donation to MNRJ, and three anonymous reviewers. Special thanks to Daniel Cavallari for improvements in language and comments; to Lara M. Guimarães for helping in using MEV. This research was supported by Fapesp grants 2013/02897–8 and 2012/50184–8 (“Taxonomic revision and anatomy of Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 complex in the Western Atlantic”)

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  2. Laboratório de Biogeoquímica, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Marques, R.C., Breves, A. First record of Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (Bivalvia: Pteroidea) attached to a rafting item: a potentially invasive species on the Uruguayan coast. Mar Biodiv 45, 333–337 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0258-8

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