Species Regional Summary
Cuthona perca
Northern Yucatan, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits, to Middle Eastern Florida ( CAR-I )

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Miami/FL/Biscayne Bay (1969, Marcus 1972)

Cuthona perca has been regarded as native to the tropical Western Atlantic, but its present worldwide distribution makes that assumption questionable. Here we shall treat occurrences in Biscayne and Tampa Bay as definite introductions, but they could be regarded as cryptogenic.

Geographic Extent

Miami/FL/Biscayne Bay (1969, Marcus 1972); St. Petersburg/FL/Tampa Bay (1975, Gosliner 1979)

Cuthona perca has been regarded as native to the tropical Western Atlantic, but its present worldwide distribution makes that assumption questionable. Here we shall treat occurrences in Biscayne and Tampa Bay as definite introductions, but they could be regarded as cryptogenic.