Adventive occurrence of the fouling serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Polychaeta) in New Zealand

Abstract

The exotic marine-fouling polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel) is recorded and described from New Zealand. Its sudden occurrence in New Zealand around 1967 was marked by its ecological prominence in estuaries of Whangarei and Auckland Harbours, as a nuisance species on submerged artificial structures including pleasure craft and power station intake pipes. © Crown copyright 1991.