Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 2009

Panama Invasion History:

Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None

Description

None

Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Bryozoa
Class:   Gymnolaemata
Order:   Cheilostomata
Suborder:   Ascophora
Family:   Celleporariidae
Genus:   Celleporaria
Species:   sp. A

Synonyms

Cellporaria subalba (Winston 1986, None)
Holoporella vagans (Canu & Bassler 1921, None)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Celleporaria brunnea
None

Celleporaria magnifica
None

Celleporaria pilaifera
None

Celleporaria sherryae
This bryozoan closely resembles C. sherryae of Winston (2005), but according to Judy Winston, is not that species.

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton; detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatRockyNone
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Tidal RangeLow IntertidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone

Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropical-tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts

Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 2009 Non-native Established
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast Native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Montoya-Cadavid, Erika; Flórez-Romero, Paola; Winston, Judith E. (2007) Checklist of the marine Bryozoa of the Colombian Caribbean, Biota Colombiana 8(2): 159 -184

Winston, Judith E. (2005) Re-description and revision of Smitt's 'Floridan Bryzoa' in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Univrsity, Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 7: 1-147