Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Rio de Janeiro/Brazil/Rio de Janeiro Bay (1867, Müller 1867, as C. rupicola, deVictor and Morton 2010)
Geographic Extent
Rio de Janeiro/Brazil/Rio de Janeiro Bay (1867, Müller 1867, as C. rupicola deVictor and Morton 2010); Off Paqueta/Brazil/Rio de Janeiro Bay (1877, USNM 50376, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014); Rio de Janeiro State/Brazil/Ilha Grande Bay (Ilha Grande Bya (Ignacio et al. Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo State//Brazil/in canal, Atlantic Ocean (1944, USNM 73344, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014); Florianopolis, Bombinhas Beach, Santa Catarina/Brazil/Atlantic Ocean (1982, USNM 73374, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2014); marinas, Sao Sebastao/Brazil, Atlantic Ocean (2016, Orricho et al. 2019); Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro States/Barzil/Atlantic Ocean (Teixeira and Creed 2020)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
Ecological Impact | Competition | |
Areas dominated by Carijoa riisei (Snowflake Coral) resisted colonization by the Sun-Coral (Tubastraea coccinea , in at Búzios Island, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Mizrahi et al. 2017). | ||