Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Records: Mobile, South Of/Alabama/Gulf of Mexico (1885, USNM 7235, US National Museum of Natural History 2010, as S. viridis brakenhielmi, 29 32 00 N, 087 45 00W); Fort Myers, West Of/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1885, USNM 7332, US National Museum of Natural History 2010, S. viridis brakenhielmi)
Geographic Extent
Mobile, South Of/Alabama/Gulf of Mexico (1885, USNM 7235, US National Museum of Natural History 2010, S. viridis brakenhielmi, 29 32 00 N, 087 45 00W); Cape Romano, 4 Mile East Of/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1887, USNM 2540, US National Museum of Natural History 2010); FL/Indian River Lagoon (2005, SERC fouling plates, Ruiz et al. unpublished data); FL/Biscayne Bay (Van Name 1921); Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas/Florida/Gulf of Mexico (1924, USNM 7431, as S. viridis brakenhielmi); Clearwater Marina, Clearwater/FL/Gulf of Mexico (2003, Gretchen Lambert, personal communication); Veracruz/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico (Type Locality- Michaelsen 1904, cited by Van Name 1921)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Probable | Hull Fouling |