Limnoperma fortunei Dunker, 1857

this mussel .... causing environmental and economic damage, such as the introduction of trematode fish parasites (Urabe et al. 2001). (Barbosa, 2016)

Eventos de bioincrustação de mexilhões dourado sobre a superfície corporal de outros organismos, tais como sobre a carapaça do caranguejo Aegla platensis (LOPES et al., 2009), bem como sobre as conchas dos mexilhões Diplodon deceptus e Leila blainvilliana e o gastrópode Pomacea canaliculata (MANSUR et al. (2003). (Rosa, D.M. & Assis, P.S. (2020)

Due to the high density of settled populations and their efficiency in water filtration, clusters of Golden Mussels can also interfere with the water physico-chemical equilibrium,removing large amounts of particulate matter, changing the photic zone and planktonic populations directly dependent on this (Boltovskoy and Correa 2015). (Barbosa, 2016)

Limnoperna fortunei is not only an aggressive invasive species, it is also a very effective ecosystem engineer, altering both ecosystem structure and function. (Darrigran and Damborenea, 2011); Kapusta e Freitas (2012), ao avaliarem as relações entre o mexilhão dourado e a comunidade de macroinvertebrados, concluíram que este bivalve é capaz de modificar a estrutura da comunidade bentônica (e.g. favorecendo o crescimento de algumas espécies e promovendo o deslocamento de outras), e consequentemente alterar a cadeia trófica (e.g. se tornando um recurso alimentar para espécies de peixes devido a sua grande abundância e elevadas densidades.(Rosa, D.M. & Assis, P.S. (2020)

in 1999, we collected three undescribed species of chironomids in the upper Paraná River: one Xenochironomus, two Oukuriella and one Chironomini sp. At that time, we observed that some areas on the bottom of Paraná River (Jupiá, SP/MS) and Tietê River (Itapura, SP) were covered by complex communities of freshwater sponges identifi ed as Oncosclera navicela Carter; Corvospongilla seckti Bonetto and Ezcurra de Drago; Drulia uruguayensis Bonetto and Ezcurra de Drago; Trochospongilla repens Hinde and Uruguaya corallioides Bowerbank. Since thenwe have described Xenochironomus ceciliae Roque & Trivinho-Strixino, 2005 and have looked for additional material in an effort to obtain associations of all stages of the remaining chironomid taxa (samplings in 2002, 2005). However, in fi eldwork carried out in August 2007 we were surprised by the complete substitution of extensive areas covered by freshwater sponges by banks of the invasive alien species of golden mussel - Limnoperna fortunei (Fusari, 2008)