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Introduced and invasive animals in Norway
34 animal species are listed as introduced in Norway by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 6 of them are flagged as invasive.
- Introduced species
- 34
- Flagged invasive
- 6
Which invasive animals are in Norway?
Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.
Pink salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Common shore crab
Carcinus maenas
Red king crab
Paralithodes camtschaticus
Salmon fluke
Gyrodactylus salaris
Sea Vomit
Didemnum vexillum
Orange ripple bryozoan
Schizoporella japonica
All introduced animals in Norway
Invasive species first.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | In this country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink salmon | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | Salmonidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Common shore crab | Carcinus maenas | Carcinidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Red king crab | Paralithodes camtschaticus | Lithodidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Salmon fluke | Gyrodactylus salaris | Gyrodactylidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Sea Vomit | Didemnum vexillum | Didemnidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| Orange ripple bryozoan | Schizoporella japonica | Schizoporellidae | Not recorded | Invasive |
| House mouse | Mus musculus | Muridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | Muridae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Common lobster | Homarus gammarus | Nephropidae | Least Concern | Introduced |
| Brown crab | Cancer pagurus | Cancridae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Sand shrimp | Crangon crangon | Crangonidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Common cockle | Cerastoderma edule | Cardiidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| East European vole | Microtus levis | Cricetidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Common limpet | Patella vulgata | Patellidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Sea-fingers | Alcyonium digitatum | Alcyoniidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Edible sea urchin | Echinus esculentus | Echinidae | Near Threatened | Introduced |
| Norway crab | Lithodes maja | Lithodidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Speckled selouse | Eurydice pulchra | Cirolanidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Pin-head squirt | Clavelina lepadiformis | Clavelinidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Japanese skeleton shrimp | Caprella mutica | Caprellidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Japanese crab | Hemigrapsus takanoi | Varunidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Chilean mussel | Mytilus chilensis | Mytilidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Dirty sea squirt | Ascidiella aspersa | Ascidiidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Sea clog | Corella eumyota | Corellidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Gas mantle ascidian | Corella parallelogramma | Corellidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Beaked barnacle | Austrominius modestus | Elminiidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Lister's didemnid | Diplosoma listerianum | Didemnidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Hairy sea-squirt | Ascidiella scabra | Ascidiidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Chain tunicate | Botrylloides violaceus | Styelidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Bay barnacle | Amphibalanus improvisus | Balanidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Eurytemora affinis | Eurytemora affinis | Temoridae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Eurytemora americana | Eurytemora americana | Temoridae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Gracilechinus acutus | Gracilechinus acutus | Echinidae | Not recorded | Introduced |
| Ischyrocerus commensalis | Ischyrocerus commensalis | Ischyroceridae | Not recorded | Introduced |
A species is on this list when the country's checklist in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species records it as introduced by people and present. It is marked invasive when the checklist records an impact on native wildlife or habitats. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another, and checklists are revised as countries report, so the list is not final. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0). See the sources.