Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1908, Osburn 1914, cited by Winston 1982)
Geographic Extent
FL/Indian River Lagoon (Winston 1982; Winston 1995; McGovern and Hellberg 2003; Fehlauer-Ale et al. 2014, Haplotype S); Dry Tortugas/FL/Gulf of Mexico (1914, Osburn 1914, cited by Winston 1982); FL/Tampa Bay (Joseph 1955; Baker et al. 2004); Cedar Key/FL/Gulf of Mexico (McGovern and Hellberg 2003; Fehlauer-Ale et al. 2014, Haplotype S); St. Teresa/FL/Appalachee Bay; "Northwest"/FL/Gulf of Mexico; Turkey Point/FL/Gulf of Mexico (McGovern and Hellberg 2003; Fehlauer-Ale et al. 2014, Haplotype S); FL/Pensacola Bay (Ruiz et al. unpublished data); Biloxi/MS/Gulf of Mexico (1932, USNM 9617, US National Museum of Natural History 2011); Marsh Point/MS/Biloxi Bay (1999, Pederson and Peterson 2002); Terrebonne Platform/LA/Gulf of Mexico (28 38N, 90 25W; McGovern and Hellberg 2003; Fehlauer-Ale et al. 2014, Haplotype S)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
| Drifting mats of detached Bugula neritina and Amathia verticillata form an important habitat for a wide variety of invertebrate taxa on muddy bottoms of Biloxi Bay, Gulf of Mexico (Pederson and Peterson 2002). | ||