Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Records? Veracruz/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico (Rioja 1946, cited by Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017)
Geographic Extent
Corpus Christi/TX/Corpus Christi (2002, Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017, abundant, on SERC fouling plates); TX/Galveston Bay (2000, Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017, occasional on SERC fouling plates); Florida/Atlantic Ocean-Gulf of Mexico (Perkins 1998); Pensacola/Florida/Pensacola Bay (2002, Bastida-Zavala et al. 2017, abundant on SERC fouling plates); Cazones, Veracruz/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico (Rioja 1946, cited byBastida-Zavala and Salazar-Vallejo 2000b); Campeche Bank, Campeche/Mexico/Gulf of Mexico (Bastida-Zavala and Salazar-Vallejo 2000b)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |